Good day to you all. I am an actor currently living and performing in Glasgow.
Good day to you all. I am an actor currently living and performing in Glasgow.
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Forget "Gladiator" and "Ben Hur" - this is truly a taste of pure Roman Epic.
Directed by the late great "slave driver" that is Stanley Kubrick, "Spartacus" follows the tale of lowly slave of the same name (Kirk Douglas) through a rebellion of the Roman Empire.
Douglas is superb as Spartacus (No - I'm Spartacus etc.) and the supporting cast of Sir Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov and Tony Curtis are tremendous, but it is the Academy Award winning cinematography that is the real star - who need CGI when you can just use paintings! Due to the beautiful filming, this is one of those films that MUST be seen in the widescreen format.
Glad to see that the video and DVD now include the deleted bathing scene between Olivier and Curtis - "Do you prefer oysters or snails?" Incidentally Olivier's voice in this scene was dubbed by Anthony Hopkins.
"Spartacus" remains as one of Kubrick's and Douglas's best movies. It is just a pity it is over-shadowed by the modern "Gladiator"
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Apparantly, when Michael Douglas started out as a stand-up comedian, he walked on stage and said 'Hi, I'm Michael Douglas'. A heckler retorted, 'No, I'm Michael Douglas' , then another and another. Nice one, mate.
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Advantages: The leading character "Spartacus" played by sreen legend Kirk Douglas shows emence courage and bravery in breaking free from the role as slave ,and the attempt to lead his fellow slaves to freedom after a lifetime of toil and torture. Disadvantages: There could have been more references to Spartacus's life as a boy before he led the revolt against the hierachy of Roman society
bigvoice 18.08.2003 (18.08.2003)
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Review of Spartacus (DVD)
Advantages: Great Ballet - great music- wonderful dancing Disadvantages: no ballet is as good on dvd as live- filming of ballets from russia is inferior
![Spartacus [DVD] [2004]](http://picnica.ciao.com/uk/78499916.jpg "Spartacus [DVD] [2004]")
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Dec 27th, 2000
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