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Spartacus was a commercial success upon its release and became the highest-grossing film of 1960. In its first year from 304 dates (including 116 in 25 countries outside the US and Canada), it had grossed $17 million, [ 61 ] including nearly $1.5 million from over half a million admission in over a year at the DeMille Theatre. [ 62 ]
Spartacus is a 1951 historical novel by American writer Howard Fast. It is about the historic slave revolt led by Spartacus around 71 BC. The book inspired the 1960 film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the 2004 TV adaptation by Robert Dornhelm .
The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic known as the Servile Wars. This third rebellion was the only one that directly threatened the Roman heartland of Italy .
Howard Fast wrote the historical novel Spartacus, the basis of the 1960 film of the same name. Arthur Koestler wrote a novel about Spartacus called The Gladiators. The Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon wrote a novel Spartacus. The Italian writer Raffaello Giovagnoli wrote his historical novel, Spartacus, in 1874. His novel has been ...
1960 Spartacus: Yes No No Based on the 1951 novel by Howard Fast [44] 1962 Lolita: Yes No No Based on the 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov [45] [46] 1964 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: Yes Yes Yes Based on Red Alert by Peter George; Co-adapted with Terry Southern and Peter George [47] 1968 2001: A Space ...
Spartacus is an American historical drama television series filmed in New Zealand that premiered on Starz on January 22, 2010, and concluded on April 12, 2013. The series was inspired by historical figure, Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BC led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.
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Ustinov won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in Spartacus (1960) and Topkapi (1964). He also won a Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Quo Vadis (he set the Oscar and Globe statuettes up on his desk as if playing doubles tennis; the game was a love of his life, as was ocean yachting).