Spartacus

This 1960 Movie won four Oscars. Directed by Stanley Kubrick this movie was a good representation of the famous story of a Roman slave revolt.

The movie is a three hour epic and I watched it over a period of a week. However the length the movie moved quickly. The cast was very strong. Kirk Douglas plays Spartacus, Lawrence Olivier plays Crassus, Jean Simmons ( a very pretty woman ), Tony Curtis as an excaped slave, Charles Naughton as Graccus who in Roman history was the advocate of the Plebes.

Winning the Oscar for Supporting Actor in this movie was Peter Stinov who plays a slave trader. It was a winning role and he was very beleivable as one who always seeks a financial advantage no matter which side he plays. As a person watching the movie fifty years out it was strange to me as Ustinov in his accent and tone reminded me like nothing so much as David Ogden Stiers from Mash.

A great movie