Spartacus (1960 film)

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American film epic historical drama film feature film

Spartacus (1960 film) is an epic historical drama directed by Stanley Kubrick that chronicles a slave-led revolt against the Roman Republic, renowned for its grand scale, political themes, and iconic performances.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → epic historical drama film → feature film →
aspectRatio	Super Technirama 70 →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color → Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color → Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor →
awardReceivedBy	Peter Ustinov →
basedOn	Howard Fast → Spartacus (novel) →
castMember	Charles Laughton → Charles McGraw → Jean Simmons → John Dall → John Gavin → Kirk Douglas → Laurence Olivier → Nina Foch → Peter Ustinov → Tony Curtis → Woody Strode →
cinematographyBy	Russell Metty →
colorProcess	Technicolor →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
countryOfSetting	Italy →
director	Stanley Kubrick →
distributedBy	Universal Pictures →
editedBy	Robert Lawrence →
famousFor	"I am Spartacus" scene → large-scale battle sequences → political themes →
filmingLocation	California → Spain →
genre	epic film → historical drama film →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Spartacus →
musicBy	Alex North →
notableFor	breaking the Hollywood blacklist by crediting Dalton Trumbo →
portrayedBy	Kirk Douglas →
producer	Edward Lewis → Kirk Douglas →
productionCompany	Bryna Productions → Universal-International →
releaseYear	1960 →
runningTime	approximately 197 minutes →
screenwriter	Dalton Trumbo →
setInPeriod	Roman Republic →
subject	Third Servile War → slave revolt →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Angus Macfadyen ("Spartacus") → Kirk Douglas ("Spartacus") → Laurence Olivier → Steven S. DeKnight ("Spartacus") →	notableWork
Spartacus (1960 film) ("Spartacus (novel)") →	basedOn
Spartacus (1960 film) (""I am Spartacus" scene") →	famousFor
Spartacus (1960 film) ("Spartacus") →	mainCharacter
Spartak Moscow ("Spartacus") →	namedAfter
Roman Republic ("Spartacus slave revolt") →	notableEvent