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Rated: PG-13; Length: 196 Minutes; Genres: Drama, Epic, Historical; With: Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier
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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW
The return of Stanley Kubrick's 1960 epic. Kirk Douglas is the quintessence of old-fashioned manly heroism as Spartacus, the slave gladiator who leads a rebellion against the Roman Empire. This newly restored version contains roughly 10 minutes of additional footage, including scenes that were originally censored. What really counts, though, is the stupendous new 70 mm print that's been unveiled for the occasion. The images now have a golden, surreal majesty. No movie featuring famous actors standing around in loincloths and togas is completely without its camp value, but Spartacus envelops you in the sort of bedazzled hero worship Hollywood has never quite managed to bring off this rousingly again. Featuring superb, slyly mordant performances by Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, and Peter Ustinov.
Posted May 10, 1994
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- Video Review Spartacus | Steve Daly
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- Movie News Stanley Kubrick's ''Spartacus (1960) | James Greenberg
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