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As an addition to the Swords and Sandals section I would recommend adding BEN-HUR (1959) VS SPARTACUS (1960). Not only were they released within a year of each other, but I think this blurb from Wikipedia (Citing info from Kirk Douglas\' auto-biography \
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As an addition to the Swords and Sandals section I would recommend adding BEN-HUR (1959) VS SPARTACUS (1960). Not only were they released within a year of each other (November 18, 1959 and October 7, 1960 respectively), but I think this blurb from Wikipedia (Citing info from Kirk Douglas\\\' auto-biography \\\"The Ragman\\\'s Son\\\") illustrates well why they fit in terms of at least somewhat similar premises, as well as how their production fundamentally pits them in a rivalry of sorts.
\\\"The development of Spartacus was partly instigated by Kirk Douglas\\\'s failure to win the title role in William Wyler\\\'s Ben-Hur. Douglas had worked with Wyler before on Detective Story, and was disappointed when Wyler chose Charlton Heston instead. Shortly after, Edward (Eddie) Lewis, a vice president in Douglas\\\'s film company, Bryna Productions (named after Douglas\\\'s mother), had Douglas read Howard Fast\\\'s novel, Spartacus, which had a related theme—an individual who challenges the might of the Roman Empire—and Douglas was impressed enough to purchase an option on the book from Fast with his own financing. Universal Studios eventually agreed to finance the film after Douglas persuaded Olivier, Laughton, and Ustinov to act in it. Lewis became the producer of the film, with Douglas taking executive producer credit. Lewis went on to produce several more films for Douglas.\\\"
\\\"The development of Spartacus was partly instigated by Kirk Douglas\\\'s failure to win the title role in William Wyler\\\'s Ben-Hur. Douglas had worked with Wyler before on Detective Story, and was disappointed when Wyler chose Charlton Heston instead. Shortly after, Edward (Eddie) Lewis, a vice president in Douglas\\\'s film company, Bryna Productions (named after Douglas\\\'s mother), had Douglas read Howard Fast\\\'s novel, Spartacus, which had a related theme—an individual who challenges the might of the Roman Empire—and Douglas was impressed enough to purchase an option on the book from Fast with his own financing. Universal Studios eventually agreed to finance the film after Douglas persuaded Olivier, Laughton, and Ustinov to act in it. Lewis became the producer of the film, with Douglas taking executive producer credit. Lewis went on to produce several more films for Douglas.\\\"
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As an addition to the Swords and Sandals section I would recommend adding BEN HUR (1959) VS SPARTACUS (1960). Not only were they released within a year of each other, but I think this blurb from Wikipedia (Citing info from Kirk Douglas\' auto-biography \
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As an addition to the Swords and Sandals section I would recommend adding BEN-HUR (1959) VS SPARTACUS (1960). Not only were they released within a year of each other, but I think this blurb from Wikipedia (Citing info from Kirk Douglas\\\' auto-biography \\\"The Ragman\\\'s Son\\\") illustrates well why they fit in terms of at least somewhat similar premises, as well as how their production fundamentally pits them in a rivalry of sorts.
\\\"The development of Spartacus was partly instigated by Kirk Douglas\\\'s failure to win the title role in William Wyler\\\'s Ben-Hur. Douglas had worked with Wyler before on Detective Story, and was disappointed when Wyler chose Charlton Heston instead. Shortly after, Edward (Eddie) Lewis, a vice president in Douglas\\\'s film company, Bryna Productions (named after Douglas\\\'s mother), had Douglas read Howard Fast\\\'s novel, Spartacus, which had a related theme—an individual who challenges the might of the Roman Empire—and Douglas was impressed enough to purchase an option on the book from Fast with his own financing. Universal Studios eventually agreed to finance the film after Douglas persuaded Olivier, Laughton, and Ustinov to act in it. Lewis became the producer of the film, with Douglas taking executive producer credit. Lewis went on to produce several more films for Douglas.\\\"
\\\"The development of Spartacus was partly instigated by Kirk Douglas\\\'s failure to win the title role in William Wyler\\\'s Ben-Hur. Douglas had worked with Wyler before on Detective Story, and was disappointed when Wyler chose Charlton Heston instead. Shortly after, Edward (Eddie) Lewis, a vice president in Douglas\\\'s film company, Bryna Productions (named after Douglas\\\'s mother), had Douglas read Howard Fast\\\'s novel, Spartacus, which had a related theme—an individual who challenges the might of the Roman Empire—and Douglas was impressed enough to purchase an option on the book from Fast with his own financing. Universal Studios eventually agreed to finance the film after Douglas persuaded Olivier, Laughton, and Ustinov to act in it. Lewis became the producer of the film, with Douglas taking executive producer credit. Lewis went on to produce several more films for Douglas.\\\"
