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# Spartacus (1960) - 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital

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Spartacus, the genre-defining epic from director Stanley Kubrick, is the legendary tale of a bold gladiator (Kirk Douglas) who led a triumphant Roman slave revolt. Restored from large format 35MM original film elements, this action-packed spectacle won four Academy Awards® including Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction. Featuring a cast of screen legends such as Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons, John Gavin and Tony Curtis, this uncut and fully restored masterpiece is an inspirational true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.

Review: Here a great actor who always gave you a good entertaining movie - Here is a good old movie with another great actor Kirk douglas he was a great actor who very solomon did a bad movie. His charter was a good one and a good storyline with a great cast of charter who gave good supporting roll to make a all-time great movie
Review: UNIVERSAL FINALLY GIVES "SPARTACUS" THE RESPECT IT DESERVES WITH A STUNNING & RESTORED NEW BLU-RAY - When Universal released "Spartacus"(1960) on Blu-ray for the first time for it's 50th Anniversary in 2010, there was a universal(no pun intended) outcry because of it's less than stellar presentation. Complaints by fans, customers and reviewers were so numerous that many thought they'd never see a true representation of the film in their lifetime. What a difference five years makes. Universal's new 2015 restored version of "Spartacus" should put all that to rest once and for all. This new restored version is simply stunning and Universal deserves credit for finally giving one of their most famous(and valuable) films from it's library the respect it deserves. According to the information that appears on screen at the end of the film "a 2015 4K digital restoration from a 6K scan of the 1991 reconstructed version supervised by Robert A. Harris" was used for this new Blu-ray presentation. I saw the 1991 reconstructed version in 70 mm when it played at one of the Cinerama theaters in San Diego and remember being very impressed when I walked out of the theater. When Criterion released the standard DVD some years ago I immediately bought it and this has been my go to copy for years. That's all changed now with this new 2015 Blu-ray. One thing that viewers will notice right away is how Russell Metty's Oscar winning cinematography dazzles the eye. Colors are sharp and vivid with even the smallest details very prominent. This is very apparent in the art direction, set decorations and costumes all of which won Oscars that year. Metty, who photographed "Touch of Evil" and "The Misfits" during his long career with Universal, had disagreements with director Stanley Kubrick during filming and his insistence on using natural lighting during nighttime scenes(campfires, torches, etc.) conflicted with Kubrick opinions on how the film should be photographed. The results are very apparent now in this restored version with the faces of the actors taking on a more natural glow(mainly yellow) from the flames of the torches inside tents that make the whole scene more authentic than using the studio lighting that Kubrick preferred. Daylight scenes are another wonder and just pop off the screen. Greens, reds, blues, yellows are not only striking but vivid in every scene((Bitrate: 23.49). Since the 1991 reconstruction was used for this new restoration there are still some soft scenes where close-ups are not as crystal clear as other portions but these scenes are few and do not detract from the overall presentation. The story of a slave rebellion(under the leadership of Spartacus) against their Roman masters in 73 B.C. is engrossing from beginning to end. Director Kubrick wisely keeps the whole film focused on the love story between Spartacus(Kirk Douglas) and Varinia(Jean Simmons) and the love they have for each other despite all the events that surround them. The final battle between the slaves and the Roman legions is heartbreaking but leads to a very satisfying ending that proves that love and hope can bring about change no matter what. Douglas and Simmons get great support from Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis and Peter Ustinov(who won an Oscar). "Spartacus" is 197 minutes(Aspect ratio: 2.20:1) and contains the following subtitles: English SDH, French and Spanish. The Audio(DTS-HD MA 7.1 English and DTS French 5.1) is another highlight and free of any noise artifacts(hiss, pop, crackle, etc.) with Alex North's music being especially prominent. Special features include: I am Spartacus(9:39) a 2015 interview with Kirk Douglas; Restoring Spartacus(9:00); Four deleted scenes(7:41); Archival Interviews with Peter Ustinov and Jean Simmons(6:00); Behind the Scenes footage(5:10); Five vintage newsreels(4:59); an Image gallery and the original theatrical trailer. The Blu-ray disc itself is housed in a standard and solid Blu-ray case(not an eco-cutout) and comes inside a cardboard slipcase for added protection. Universal's restored version of "Spartacus" is long overdue and is a must own for any home film library. It comes highly recommended.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Contributor | Charles Laughton, Edward Lewis, Jean Simmons, John Gavin, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, Stanley Kubrick, Tony Curtis, Woody Strode Contributor Charles Laughton, Edward Lewis, Jean Simmons, John Gavin, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, Stanley Kubrick, Tony Curtis, Woody Strode See more |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 6,685 Reviews |
| Format | 4K, NTSC, Subtitled |
| Genre | Action & Adventure, Drama |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 3 hours and 17 minutes |

## Product Details

- **Format:** 4K, NTSC, Subtitled
- **Genre:** Action & Adventure, Drama
- **Language:** English
- **Runtime:** 3 hours and 17 minutes

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Here a great actor who always gave you a good entertaining movie
*by F***Z on February 2, 2026*

Here is a good old movie with another great actor Kirk douglas he was a great actor who very solomon did a bad movie. His charter was a good one and a good storyline with a great cast of charter who gave good supporting roll to make a all-time great movie

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ UNIVERSAL FINALLY GIVES "SPARTACUS" THE RESPECT IT DESERVES WITH A STUNNING & RESTORED NEW BLU-RAY
*by M***L on October 15, 2015*

When Universal released "Spartacus"(1960) on Blu-ray for the first time for it's 50th Anniversary in 2010, there was a universal(no pun intended) outcry because of it's less than stellar presentation. Complaints by fans, customers and reviewers were so numerous that many thought they'd never see a true representation of the film in their lifetime. What a difference five years makes. Universal's new 2015 restored version of "Spartacus" should put all that to rest once and for all. This new restored version is simply stunning and Universal deserves credit for finally giving one of their most famous(and valuable) films from it's library the respect it deserves. According to the information that appears on screen at the end of the film "a 2015 4K digital restoration from a 6K scan of the 1991 reconstructed version supervised by Robert A. Harris" was used for this new Blu-ray presentation. I saw the 1991 reconstructed version in 70 mm when it played at one of the Cinerama theaters in San Diego and remember being very impressed when I walked out of the theater. When Criterion released the standard DVD some years ago I immediately bought it and this has been my go to copy for years. That's all changed now with this new 2015 Blu-ray. One thing that viewers will notice right away is how Russell Metty's Oscar winning cinematography dazzles the eye. Colors are sharp and vivid with even the smallest details very prominent. This is very apparent in the art direction, set decorations and costumes all of which won Oscars that year. Metty, who photographed "Touch of Evil" and "The Misfits" during his long career with Universal, had disagreements with director Stanley Kubrick during filming and his insistence on using natural lighting during nighttime scenes(campfires, torches, etc.) conflicted with Kubrick opinions on how the film should be photographed. The results are very apparent now in this restored version with the faces of the actors taking on a more natural glow(mainly yellow) from the flames of the torches inside tents that make the whole scene more authentic than using the studio lighting that Kubrick preferred. Daylight scenes are another wonder and just pop off the screen. Greens, reds, blues, yellows are not only striking but vivid in every scene((Bitrate: 23.49). Since the 1991 reconstruction was used for this new restoration there are still some soft scenes where close-ups are not as crystal clear as other portions but these scenes are few and do not detract from the overall presentation. The story of a slave rebellion(under the leadership of Spartacus) against their Roman masters in 73 B.C. is engrossing from beginning to end. Director Kubrick wisely keeps the whole film focused on the love story between Spartacus(Kirk Douglas) and Varinia(Jean Simmons) and the love they have for each other despite all the events that surround them. The final battle between the slaves and the Roman legions is heartbreaking but leads to a very satisfying ending that proves that love and hope can bring about change no matter what. Douglas and Simmons get great support from Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis and Peter Ustinov(who won an Oscar). "Spartacus" is 197 minutes(Aspect ratio: 2.20:1) and contains the following subtitles: English SDH, French and Spanish. The Audio(DTS-HD MA 7.1 English and DTS French 5.1) is another highlight and free of any noise artifacts(hiss, pop, crackle, etc.) with Alex North's music being especially prominent. Special features include: I am Spartacus(9:39) a 2015 interview with Kirk Douglas; Restoring Spartacus(9:00); Four deleted scenes(7:41); Archival Interviews with Peter Ustinov and Jean Simmons(6:00); Behind the Scenes footage(5:10); Five vintage newsreels(4:59); an Image gallery and the original theatrical trailer. The Blu-ray disc itself is housed in a standard and solid Blu-ray case(not an eco-cutout) and comes inside a cardboard slipcase for added protection. Universal's restored version of "Spartacus" is long overdue and is a must own for any home film library. It comes highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best of the classic Roman epics
*by J***F on September 13, 2026*

Stanley Kubrick distanced himself from “Spartacus” over time despite the fact that it was an enormously successful film both in its execution and box office. In fact, Kubrick’s reputation received an enormous lift from the film, after which Hollywood considered him a major, bankable director. But to Kubrick, that most auteur of directors, it wasn’t really his film, not in the sense that he originated the idea, wrote or co-wrote the screenplay and oversaw every aspect of his films from cinematography and lighting to details of set and costume design. In fact, he wasn’t even the original director. “Spartacus” was the personal project of Kirk Douglas, an actor smart enough to have founded his own production company. It is said to have been developed because William Wyler did not choose him as the lead in “Ben Hur”. It became a production full of conflict, animosity and controversy. To begin with it drew condemnation from conservatives by virtue of its being written by two avowed communists. The novel by Howard Fast, was written while he was in prison for not naming names before the House Un-American Activities Committee (hence the inspiration for the “I am Spartacus” scene). Spartacus had been named as a hero by Karl Marx himself and leftist German revolutionaries in 1914-19 called themselves Spartacists. Dalton Trumbo, another blacklisted writer, was responsible for the screenplay and was famously given credit by Douglas, thus breaking the whole blacklist era, though it was in tangent with Otto Preminger, who also gave Trumbo credit for “Exodus” the same year. Trumbo and Fast loathed each other and this came to a head during production where Trumbo accused Fast of being too ideologically hidebound and was furious when he found out that Fast was writing changes in the dialog. Douglas and original director Anthony Mann clashed continually. Though Douglas claimed that Mann simply couldn’t handle an epic scale production, he handled “El Cid” well enough the following year. Mann later said the clash was over his removing excessive dialog, believing that film was primarily a visual medium and the audience would understand enough by what they saw of the treatment of the slaves. One can only imagine the speeches the two politically- minded writers might have inserted throughout the script. Douglas chose the young Kubrick on virtue of having worked with him in “Paths of Glory”. Ironically, he couldn’t have found a director more visually-over-verbally oriented and Kubrick proceeded to cut out even more dialog, including most of Douglas’ in the first half hour of the film. Kubrick himself clashed with cinematographer Russell Metty, essentially telling him to sit in his chair and follow orders, as he was the actual director of photography. This was typical of Kubrick, who tended to see even important crew members as his tools rather that letting them have too much say of their own.The absolutely splendid cinematography in the film, including some spectacular panoramic shots utilizing the full potential of the 70mm Technirama process, won the Academy Award that year for Metty. Fortunately no one bothered Alex North, who composed one of his greatest scores for the film. It’s generally unimportant to note the actual history behind a film, but in this case, the public is still interested in the story of Spartacus, so it might be of some value to add some here so the background is explained. As epics go, particularly Roman epics, “Spartacus” has always been considered one of the best by critics and audiences alike. Whether a historical film follows the details of history is actually somewhat irrelevant to the quality of the film itself unless the film totally subverts the facts. “Spartacus”, with its mostly historic characters - even Batiatus and Crixus - generally follows the gist of the events with some necessary telescoping for time. The biggest divergence is the notion that Spartacus was leading a movement to free all slaves, inserted into the novel because that’s how Marx saw him and in the screenplay where it naturally fit in with American sentiments about equality and justice. In the Ancient World, no one questioned slavery as an institution. Even Aristotle called slaves “animated tools”. It seemingly had always existed, and this was true worldwide, where most , though not all, societies and tribes had slaves. Slavery itself wasn’t questioned until the Enlightenment philosophes developed a theory of the rights of man, and was not acted upon officially until Britain forced the issue at the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Still, like most of the historically inaccurate aspects of Spartacus, it works for the film and lifts it above a story of slaves simply making a break for their own freedom. The actual events, called the Third Servile War (there had been two before in Sicily), occurred from 73 to 71 B.C. and saw an ever expanding group wandering around Italy from Campania to the extreme south and northward over halfway to the Alps. Historians generally think that Spartacus wanted to take his followers north and then disperse them to their places of origin, but most of them preferred looting the countryside and insisted on returning to the extreme south. There, he hired Cilician pirates to ferry him and two thousand men across the Strait of Messina to Sicily, but they were paid to betray him. This is all changed to his wanting to ferry everyone from Brindisium to the east, a more noble move that fits better within the film’s intent. Its intent gets a little carried away in one scene where the runaways are depicted in such a warm and rosy way that they are all but singing “Kumbyaya” This was a mob of 120,000 people who had to eat every day and were roaming southern Italy taking everything they needed. In the film Crassus seems to be delighted to see Pompey and Lucullus coming to his aid when in reality Pompey, his greatest rival, was the last person he wanted to see coming to take some of the glory away from him (which Pompey actually did, rounding up many of the fleeing rebels). As far as Lucullus goes, he was busy chasing Mithridates VI around the Black Sea and wasn’t there at all. But again, it all works in the film to create a picture of Spartacus facing impossible odds. The acting in the film is amazingly good, especially Olivier, Laughton and Ustinov and is another element that lifts the film far above average. Olivier as Crassus actually looks like the famously grimacing bust of the man and manages to convey in him everything that was wrong with Rome. This was the man famous as “the richest man in Rome” who bragged that he paid for the crosses on which he lined the Appian Way with 6,000 crucified men himself. The late Roman Republic was a terrible thing, operating like a criminal cartel in which members of leading families went out with the army to loot the provinces they governed or to conquer new territory and loot even more. Since the relatively recent Social War in Italy and the Civil War between Marius and Sulla, there was a series of civil wars until the empire established by Augustus brought peace and prosperity to the entire Mediterranean and evolved into a kind of commonwealth. Olivier here possesses that darkness as well as a total inability to understand Varinia’s love for Spartacus in an intense and convincing way. Charles Laughton is Gracchus (perhaps allusion to the populist brothers of fifty years prior), a hedonistic but sympathetic Roman aristocrat who sees the danger in Crassus and tries his best to foil him. Laughton effortlessly seems to embody sophistication, world weariness and an immense understanding and sorrow about the foibles of humanity. Peter Ustinov was a brilliant (and Oscar winning) choice for Batiatus, owner of t

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