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Spartacus was a Universal Pictures film about the infamous slave who caused a rebellion in Rome. Because the film was made prior to 1961, the producers of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess were able to use clips form it without paying the actors any royalties. Clips from Spartacus were used in "Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards" and "Les Contemptibles."

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  • Spartacus (film)
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  • Spartacus was a Universal Pictures film about the infamous slave who caused a rebellion in Rome. Because the film was made prior to 1961, the producers of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess were able to use clips form it without paying the actors any royalties. Clips from Spartacus were used in "Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards" and "Les Contemptibles."
  • The film starred Kirk Douglas as Spartacus, Laurence Olivier as the Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Peter Ustinov, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus and Tony Curtis as Antoninus. The film won four Academy Awards in all. The film became the biggest moneymaker in Universal Studios' history, until it was surpassed by Airport (1970).
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  • 1960-10-07(xsd:date)
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  • Spartacus
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  • Stanley Kubrick
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  • The film starred Kirk Douglas as Spartacus, Laurence Olivier as the Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Peter Ustinov, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus and Tony Curtis as Antoninus. The film won four Academy Awards in all. Douglas, whose Bryna Productions company was producing the film, removed original director Anthony Mann after the first week of shooting. Kubrick, with whom Douglas had worked before, was brought on board to take over direction. It is the only film directed by Kubrick where he did not have complete artistic control. Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was blacklisted at the time as one of the Hollywood Ten. Kirk Douglas publicly announced that Trumbo was the screenwriter of Spartacus, and President-elect John F. Kennedy crossed American Legion picket lines to view the film, helping to end blacklisting. The author of the novel on which it is based, Howard Fast, was also blacklisted, and originally had to self-publish it. The film became the biggest moneymaker in Universal Studios' history, until it was surpassed by Airport (1970).
  • Spartacus was a Universal Pictures film about the infamous slave who caused a rebellion in Rome. Because the film was made prior to 1961, the producers of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess were able to use clips form it without paying the actors any royalties. Clips from Spartacus were used in "Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards" and "Les Contemptibles."
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