"Spartacus (film) Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Dalton Trumbo, and based on the novel of the same title by Howard Fast. It is inspired by the life story of Spartacus, the leader of a slave revolt in antiquity, and the events of the Third Servile War, and stars Kirk Douglas in the title role, Laurence Olivier as 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"
"Spartacus (miniseries) Spartacus is a 2004 North American miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm and produced by Ted Kurdyla from a teleplay by Robert Schenkkan. It aired over two nights on the USA Network, and stars Goran Visnjic, Alan Bates, Angus Macfadyen, Rhona Mitra, Ian McNeice, Ross Kemp and Ben Cross. It is based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast. The plot, setting, and costumes are nearly identical to those of the Stanley Kubrick 1960 version; however, this adaptation follows Howard Fast's novel more closely than does Kubrick's film. (Two of the more noticeable omissions from the"
"his ""richest, most impressive collaborations"" with Douglas, and for Minnelli, no other actor portrayed his level of ""cool"": ""A robust, athletic, sometimes explosive player, Douglas loved stagy rhetoric, and he did everything passionately."" That level of passion in Douglas's persona was also used effectively by Minnelli in ""The Bad and the Beautiful"", four years earlier, for which Douglas was nominated for Best Actor, with the film winning five Oscars. In 1960 Douglas played the lead role in what many consider his career defining role of the Thracian slave rebel Spartacus with an all-star cast in ""Spartacus"" (1960). He was the"
"Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus, and Tony Curtis as Antoninus. Douglas, whose company Bryna Productions 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 was 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. 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"
"birth adopted into the Servilii Vatiae. Batiatus was played by Peter Ustinov in Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film, ""Spartacus"", for which Ustinov won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Ian McNeice played Batiatus in the 2004 television adaptation ""Spartacus"". John Hannah played Batiatus (here given the first name Quintus) in the 2010 Starz television series """" and the 2011 """". Lentulus Batiatus Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus (or, possibly, Vatia) was the Roman owner of a gladiatorial school in Capua. It was from this school that, in 73 BC, the Thracian slave Spartacus and about 70 to 78 followers escaped. The"
"Woody Strode Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 – December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first African American players in the National Football League in the postwar era. After football, he went on to become a film actor, where he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ""Spartacus"" in 1960. He served in the United States Army during World War II. Strode was born in Los Angeles. His parents were from New Orleans; his grandmother was"
"Spartacus: Blood and Sand Spartacus: Blood and Sand is the first season of American television series ""Spartacus"", which premiered on Starz on January 22, 2010. The series was inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus (played by Andy Whitfield), a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BC led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Executive producers Steven S. DeKnight and Robert Tapert focused on structuring the events of Spartacus' obscure early life leading up to the beginning of historical records. Slave Roman The program is preceded by a warning that it purports to portray a ""historical portrayal"
"a performance of ""The Gladiator"", starring the popular American actor, Edwin Forrest, as Spartacus. She arranged to meet him and on June 23, 1837 they were married at a church in Covent Garden. Shortly thereafter, the Forrests moved to New York and lived there for the next twelve years. By many accounts, the Forrests lived as a happily married couple in New York from 1837-1849. Forrest became one of the prominent actors of his time, especially after his success in London, where previously American actors were not taken seriously. Forrest's acting work took him throughout the U.S., sometimes accompanied by"
"set for January 27, 2012. Spartacus: Vengeance Spartacus: Vengeance is the second season of the American television series ""Spartacus"", a Starz television series, which follows """". It premiered on January 27, and concluded on March 30, 2012. Its story follows Spartacus (played by Liam McIntyre, who replaces the late Andy Whitfield), after he and his fellow gladiators kill their master Batiatus and escape from his ""ludus"", or gladiatorial training school. Cast members and characters who return from the first season include Lucy Lawless as Lucretia, Peter Mensah as Oenomaus, Manu Bennett as Crixus, Dan Feuerriegel as Agron, Nick E. Tarabay"
"Spartacus: Vengeance Spartacus: Vengeance is the second season of the American television series ""Spartacus"", a Starz television series, which follows """". It premiered on January 27, and concluded on March 30, 2012. Its story follows Spartacus (played by Liam McIntyre, who replaces the late Andy Whitfield), after he and his fellow gladiators kill their master Batiatus and escape from his ""ludus"", or gladiatorial training school. Cast members and characters who return from the first season include Lucy Lawless as Lucretia, Peter Mensah as Oenomaus, Manu Bennett as Crixus, Dan Feuerriegel as Agron, Nick E. Tarabay as Ashur, Viva Bianca as"
"the film was let down by a ""botched"" finale, ""as though Mamet felt obliged to reproduce a standard-issue Tom Clancy climax while knowing that this wasn't the way to go."" Spartan (film) Spartan is a 2004 action thriller film written and directed by David Mamet and starring Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, Tia Texada, Ed O'Neill, William H. Macy, and Kristen Bell. It was released in the United States and Canada on 12 March 2004. Robert Scott is a former United States Marine Corps Force Recon master gunnery sergeant, acting as a selection cadre member for Delta Force. While observing an"
"based on the true life story of the historical figure Spartacus and the events of the Third Servile War. Douglas had acquired the rights to the novel by Howard Fast and blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo began penning the script. It was produced by Douglas, who also starred as rebellious slave Spartacus, and cast Laurence Olivier as his foe, the Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus. Douglas hired Kubrick for a reported fee of $150,000 to take over direction soon after he fired director Anthony Mann. Kubrick had, at 31, already directed four feature films, and this became his largest"
"because lead actor Andy Whitfield was diagnosed with early-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma so Starz produced a six-episode prequel mini-series entitled """". When the actor's cancer recurred and he later died on September 11, 2011, Starz had actor Liam McIntyre take on the role of Spartacus in the second season titled """". On June 4, 2012, Starz announced the third and final season, titled """". The story begins with an unnamed Thracian's involvement in a unit of Roman auxiliary in a campaign against the Getae (Thracian tribes that occupied the regions of the Lower Danube, in what today is Bulgaria and Romania,"
"Spartan (film) Spartan is a 2004 action thriller film written and directed by David Mamet and starring Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, Tia Texada, Ed O'Neill, William H. Macy, and Kristen Bell. It was released in the United States and Canada on 12 March 2004. Robert Scott is a former United States Marine Corps Force Recon master gunnery sergeant, acting as a selection cadre member for Delta Force. While observing an exercise designed to evaluate Delta candidates, Scott meets a recruit, Curtis, as well as Sergeant Jacqueline Black, a knife fighting instructor. Scott is drawn into a clandestine operation to find"
"main role with whom he will play in Spartacus. In 2004, he played the Dr Poulton in the second movie ""Treasure Island Kids"" called ""The Monster of Treasure Islands."" In 2010, he played the voice of a bodyguard in ""Yogi Bear"" with Justin Timberlake. In 2012, he joined the cast of ""Spartacus"" in the second season called """" in which he played the German warrior Lugo freed to help Spartacus in the rebellion against the Romans. In 2013, he took back the character of Lugo in the third and last season of ""Spartacus"" called ""."" In 2014, he played in"
"Spartacus (TV series) Spartacus is a British television series produced in New Zealand that premiered on Starz on January 22, 2010, and concluded on April 12, 2013. The fiction series was inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BCE led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua. Executive producers Steven S. DeKnight and Robert Tapert focused on structuring the events of Spartacus' obscure early life leading up to the beginning of historical records. After the completion of the first season titled """", production for another season was delayed"
"provided a brief voice-over role. Filming began in New Zealand in the summer of 2010. The prequel aired beginning January 2011. In June 2010, season two's pre-production resumed after Starz announced Whitfield was cancer-free. But when his cancer recurred, Starz replaced Whitfield (with the actor's consent) with Liam McIntyre as Spartacus for season two which is titled """". Andy Whitfield died on September 11, 2011. Three days after the US premiere, the series began airing in Canada on TMN beginning on January 25, 2010. RTL 5 announced in their January newsletter that ""Spartacus: Blood and Sand"" would debut in the"
"Nick E. Tarabay Nick Emad Tarabay (born 28 August 1975) is a Lebanese-American actor. He is best known for portraying Ashur on the Starz television series ""Spartacus"". Tarabay was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a large family. His parents still reside in Lebanon, as does his younger brother and a large extended family of cousins, uncles and aunts. He moved to New York after high school. As a clothing salesman, he worked for Hugo Boss and Gucci, while studying acting at the T. Schreiber Studio and appearing in Off-Off-Broadway plays. He moved to Los Angeles in 2004, where he studied"
"Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus is a 1992 concept album produced and composed by Jeff Wayne with Lyrics by Gary Osborne, telling the story of Roman gladiator, Spartacus. It starred Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones (in her first recording role), Fish, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Scots singer Alan King as Spartacus. It was also the first Jeff Wayne release that is not related to his musical adaptation of ""The War of the Worlds"". Based on a story outline by Jeff Wayne, the script was written by writer Brian Sibley and playwright John Spurling with"
"end blacklisting; Howard Fast was also blacklisted, and originally had to self-publish it. The film won four Academy Awards and became the biggest moneymaker in Universal Studios' history, until it was surpassed by ""Airport"" (1970). In 2017, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". In the 1st century BC, the Roman Republic has slid into corruption, its menial work done by armies of slaves. One of these, a proud and gifted Thracian named Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), is so uncooperative in his position in"
"is taken into slavery, and she is sold to Lentulus Batiatus (Ian McNeice). Spartacus (Goran Višnjić), a Thracian slave condemned to the mines, attempts to protect another slave. Spartacus is nearly crucified before Batiatus purchases the man. Spartacus and a handful of other slaves are brought to Batiatus' ludus to be trained as gladiators. Spartacus and the other slaves are brought to the Gladiators to eat, where he meets Nardo (Chris Jarman), Draba (Henry Simmons) and David (James Frain), before a fight breaks out between Draba and Gannicus (Paul Telfer), they are stopped by their trainer Cinna (Ross Kemp). Spartacus"
"of the similarity of the titles and the fact that the Sondheim musical featured an actor named Mark Lambert). Lambert's husky dark looks suited his frequent screen portrayals of gangsters and other heavies. In addition, he often appeared as authority figures such as executives, judges, and police officers. Among his major films were ""Spartacus"" (his movie debut), ""Planet of the Apes"" (in a brief role as a simian minister), and ""All the President's Men"", in which he played the national editor of ""The Washington Post"". It was on television that Lambert played his biggest roles. He acted on 300 shows"
"in the Brent Ryan Green film ""The Veil"". He has also been announced to be joining the cast of the CW series ""Arrow"" as supervillain Digger Harkness/Captain Boomerang. In addition to this, Tarabay has served as a recurring character in the fourth season of ""Person of Interest"" as ""Devon Grice,"" an ISA operative. He joined the TV show ""The Expanse"" in its second season. Nick E. Tarabay Nick Emad Tarabay (born 28 August 1975) is a Lebanese-American actor. He is best known for portraying Ashur on the Starz television series ""Spartacus"". Tarabay was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a large"
"films. For example, Broadway's Her First Roman and Pippin are based on Roman Empire characters though gladiators are not central to the stories. Gladiators do abound in television and film. Spartacus’ story has been told by at least one long running television series and a 2004 made for TV movie starring Goran Visnjic. On the big screen, Howard Fast’s novel Spartacus was adapted into film in 1960 starring Kirk Douglas and it is considered a classic. Just like Bird’s play, Fast’s novel has social relevance in that it reflects the fight for the “political empowerment of the working class” (Joshel"
"autocrat – Marcus Licinius Crassus in ""Spartacus"" and Commodus in ""Gladiator."" Both actors who played Gracchus (in ""Spartacus"" and ""Gladiator""), played Claudius in previous films – Charles Laughton of ""Spartacus"" played Claudius in the unfinished 1937 film ""I, Claudius"" and Sir Derek Jacobi of ""Gladiator"", played Claudius in the 1976 BBC adaptation. Both films also share a specific set piece, wherein a gladiator (Maximus here, Woody Strode's Draba in ""Spartacus"") throws his weapon into a spectator box at the end of a match, as well as at least one line of dialogue: ""Rome is the mob"", said here by Gracchus"
"would nevertheless continue, and planned on recasting the role of Spartacus in the wake of Whitfield's exit. Whitfield gave his blessing for Starz to recast the role when he announced he would not return. ""Spartacus"" series creator Steven S. DeKnight said in an interview, ""There are a 'couple of very strong candidates' for the role of Spartacus, and season two should begin production in New Zealand in April 2011."" DeKnight added that the ""Spartacus"" producers and Starz executives weren't always sure they would go forward without Andy Whitfield, who they said had brought ""gravity and heart"" to the role of"
"the Spartacus Panel at Comic Con 2009 and 2011. He had a recurring role in the fifth season of ""True Blood"". He is the voice of Predaking, the dragon-like leader of the Predacons in """". Peter Mensah Peter Mensah (born 27 August 1959) is a Ghanaian-British actor, best known for his roles in ""Tears of the Sun"", ""Hidalgo"", ""300"", and ""Dead Space"", and more recently on the Starz original series, """", """", and """". Mensah was born at Chiraa, Ghana, and comes from an academic family. He was born to parents from the Brong Ahafo Region, and moved to Hertfordshire,"
"Peter Brocco Carl Peter Brocco (January 16, 1903 – December 20, 1992) was an American screen and stage actor. He appeared in about 300 credits, notably ""Spartacus"" (1960) and ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975), during his career spanning over 60 years. Brocco was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brocco. Brocco acted on stage with the Walter Hampton Players. He debuted on Broadway in ""Centuries"" (1927); he also performed in ""The Merry Wives of Windsor"" (1938). Brocco appeared as a criminal type in several episodes of ""Adventures of Superman"". He holds"
"Spartacus (Fast novel) Spartacus is a 1951 historical novel by American writer Howard Fast. It is about the historic slave revolt led by Spartacus around 71 BCE. The book inspired the 1960 film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the 2004 TV adaptation by Robert Dornhelm. ""Spartacus"" begins with three young Roman patricians - Caius, his sister Helena and her friend Claudia, commencing a journey from Rome to Capua along the Via Appia a few weeks after the final suppression of the slave revolt. The road is lined by ""tokens of punishment"" - slaves crucified in the immediate aftermath of the"
"a mining pit that he is sentenced to death by starvation. By chance, he is displayed to unctuous Roman businessman Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov), who - impressed by his ferocity - purchases Spartacus for his gladiatorial school, where he instructs trainer Marcellus (Charles McGraw) to not overdo his indoctrination because he thinks ""he has quality"". Amid the abuse, Spartacus forms a quiet relationship with a serving woman named Varinia (Jean Simmons), whom he refuses to rape when she is sent to ""entertain"" him in his cell. Spartacus and Varinia are subsequently forced to endure numerous humiliations for defying the conditions"
"that Dalton Trumbo, one of the best known members of the Hollywood Ten, was the screenwriter of his forthcoming film ""Exodus"". Six-and-a-half months later, with ""Exodus"" still to debut, the ""New York Times"" announced that Universal Pictures would give Trumbo screen credit for his role as writer on ""Spartacus"", a decision star Kirk Douglas is now recognized as largely responsible for. On October 6, ""Spartacus"" premiered – the first movie to bear Trumbo's name since he had received story credit on ""Emergency Wedding"" in 1950. Since 1947, he had written or co-written approximately seventeen motion pictures without credit. ""Exodus"" followed"
"well written and encouraged a second submission by Bird. The following year, Bird won Forrest's prize a second time with that play that would become his most impactful, ""The Gladiator"". Bird's brother Henry, in a letter advised Robert to continue with ""The Gladiator"" as Spartacus was ""altogether more suited to Forrest's Roman figure & actions."" In fact, it turned out to be the perfect vehicle to showcase Forrest’s “muscular acting style” . Thanks to ""The Gladiator"", Forrest became “the most famous American actor of his day”. ""The Gladiator"" tells the story of a man yearning to live freely and removed"
"Monday to Friday at 9.45 pm. In 2014, Syfy began to air an edited version of the series. In 2016 the series was made available on Netflix. Spartacus (TV series) Spartacus is a British television series produced in New Zealand that premiered on Starz on January 22, 2010, and concluded on April 12, 2013. The fiction series was inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BCE led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua. Executive producers Steven S. DeKnight and Robert Tapert focused on structuring the events of"