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Spartacus / a Bryna production ; directed by Stanley Kubrick ; produced by Edward Lewis ; screenplay by Dalton Trumbo.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher: United States : Universal, 1960Publisher: United States : MCA Home VideoDescription: 1 dvd sound, color ; 12 in. viewing copyContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 0783226039
Uniform titles:
  • Spartacus (Motion picture : 1960)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DAA 0952 (viewing copy)
Production credits:
  • Executive producer, Kirk Douglas ; music composed and conducted by Alex North.
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis.Summary: Spartacus, a Thracian slave, is trained in Rome as a gladiator. He falls in love with a beautiful slave woman Varnia. During a revolt, Spartacus and Varnia manage to escape. He forms an army of slaves to battle against the Romans. After an early victory, the slave revolt is put down and Spartacus is crucified.
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DVD Idaho Springs Public Library DVDFIC DVD FIC SPARTACUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ISPL00203563S

Copyright: Universal Pictures Co., Inc. & Byrna Productions, Inc.; 6Oct60; LP24917.

Copyright notice on videodisc jacket: MCA Home Video, Inc. ; 1985.

LC videodisc viewing copy is reissue copy; reissue date is copyright date from videodisc jacket.

Two discs in one jacket.

Summary from disc jacket.

On disc jacket: MCA Home Video 40002.

Based on the novel by Howard Fast.

LC also holds a restored Criterion collection version with additional material in the Copyright Collection. DLC

Sources used: videodisc jacket; Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1960-1969.

Executive producer, Kirk Douglas ; music composed and conducted by Alex North.

Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis.

Spartacus, a Thracian slave, is trained in Rome as a gladiator. He falls in love with a beautiful slave woman Varnia. During a revolt, Spartacus and Varnia manage to escape. He forms an army of slaves to battle against the Romans. After an early victory, the slave revolt is put down and Spartacus is crucified.

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