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DirectorStanley Kubrick
Runtime3h 17m · PG-13
GenresAdventure · Drama · History
Release1960-10-13
Film
Spartacus
1960· PG-13· 3h 17m· Adventure· Drama· History
“They trained him to kill for their pleasure ... but they trained him a little too well”
Spartacus (1960) charts the incendiary rise of a Thracian slave sold to a gladiator school, where he amasses a following of fellow captives in revolt. Leading a burgeoning army across southern Italy, Spartacus's rebellion swells with each liberated soul, painting a visceral tableau of freedom's cost and the indomitable human spirit. Stanley Kubrick's epic viscerally captures the raw power and brutal beauty of Rome's subjugated masses rising against their oppressors.
1960-10-13
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Key Crew
DirectorStanley Kubrick
ScreenplayDalton Trumbo
ProducerEdward Lewis
Director of PhotographyRussell Metty
Original Music ComposerAlex North
EditorIrving Lerner
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Details
Released1960-10-13
Runtime3h 17m · PG-13
StatusReleased
StudiosBryna Productions · Universal Pictures
Budget$12M
Box office$60M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.5/10 · 2412 votes
Original languageen
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