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* SparedByTheCut: Gracchus originally committed suicide by slitting his wrists in the bath. This was filmed, but cut and lost.
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* SparedByTheCut: Gracchus originally committed suicide by slitting his wrists in the bath. This was filmed, but cut and lost.lost; however, it's still heavily implied by Batiatus seeming to sense Gracchus' intentions by inviting him to escape with him and Varinia, and Gracchus selecting a 'prettier' knife and heading to his bath.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/KirkDouglas, Creator/LaurenceOlivier, Creator/JeanSimmons, Creator/CharlesLaughton, Creator/PeterUstinov, Creator/WoodyStrode and Creator/TonyCurtis.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/KirkDouglas, Creator/LaurenceOlivier, Creator/JeanSimmons, Creator/CharlesLaughton, Creator/PeterUstinov, Creator/WoodyStrode Creator/WoodyStrode, Creator/JohnGavin and Creator/TonyCurtis.
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* RealitySubtext: The credited screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, was blacklisted from Hollywood for refusing to name names during the Red Scare. There's even a line where Crassus proclaims "Lists of the disloyal are being compiled," [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything making this explicit]].
** Not just the screenwriter. The writer of the original novel, Howard Fast, was also on the blacklist. More than that, making a film about Spartacus was itself highly radical since he had long been a hero for leftists and Creator/KarlMarx himself considered Spartacus his all-time favorite hero. Secretly using an expensive EpicMovie to make what is essentially a leftist epic was pretty subversive for that era.
*** "Secretly" might be overselling it a bit. Considering the right-wing protests against the film upon its original release, its leftist orientation was about the worst kept secret in screen history. Hedda Hopper commented, "The story was sold to Universal from a book written by a commie and the screen script was written by a commie, so don't go to see it." UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy famously crossed an American Legion picket line to see the film.
** Not just the screenwriter. The writer of the original novel, Howard Fast, was also on the blacklist. More than that, making a film about Spartacus was itself highly radical since he had long been a hero for leftists and Creator/KarlMarx himself considered Spartacus his all-time favorite hero. Secretly using an expensive EpicMovie to make what is essentially a leftist epic was pretty subversive for that era.
*** "Secretly" might be overselling it a bit. Considering the right-wing protests against the film upon its original release, its leftist orientation was about the worst kept secret in screen history. Hedda Hopper commented, "The story was sold to Universal from a book written by a commie and the screen script was written by a commie, so don't go to see it." UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy famously crossed an American Legion picket line to see the film.
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* RealitySubtext: RealitySubtext:
** The credited screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, was blacklisted from Hollywood for refusing to name names during the Red Scare. There's even a line where Crassus proclaims "Lists of the disloyal are being compiled," [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything making this explicit]].
**Not just the screenwriter. The writer of the original novel, Howard Fast, was also on the blacklist. More than that, making a film about Spartacus was itself highly radical since he had long been a hero for leftists and Creator/KarlMarx himself considered Spartacus his all-time favorite hero. Secretly using Using an expensive EpicMovie to make what is essentially a leftist epic was pretty subversive for that era.
*** "Secretly" might be overselling it a bit. Considering the right-wing protests against the film upon its original release, its leftist orientation was about the worst kept secret in screen history.era. Gossip columnist and blacklist promoter Hedda Hopper commented, "The story was sold to Universal from a book written by a commie and the screen script was written by a commie, so don't go to see it." UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy famously crossed an American Legion picket line to see the film.
** The credited screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, was blacklisted from Hollywood for refusing to name names during the Red Scare. There's even a line where Crassus proclaims "Lists of the disloyal are being compiled," [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything making this explicit]].
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*** "Secretly" might be overselling it a bit. Considering the right-wing protests against the film upon its original release, its leftist orientation was about the worst kept secret in screen history.
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** A scene has been deleted with Gracchus bribing voters.
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* OnSetInjury: During the scene where Spartacus drowns Marcellus in a cauldron of soup, Creator/KirkDouglas accidentally broke Charles [=McGraw=]'s jaw. His jaw struck the rim of the pot, sustaining a fracture but he managed to continue the scene nonetheless.
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** Creator/LaurenceOlivier was considered a possibility to direct.
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* HypotheticalCasting: Creator/KirkDouglas had Creator/JeanneMoreau in mind for Varinia, but she was in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} and wouldn't leave to do the film.
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** Creator/StanleyKubrick originally wanted Creator/AudreyHepburn to play Varinia. Creator/KirkDouglas had Creator/JeanneMoreau in mind, but she was in Paris and wouldn't leave to do the film. Creator/IngridBergman was also considered.
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* FollowTheLeader: Kirk Douglas was bummed that he didn't get the main role for the mega hit ''[[Film/BenHur1959 Ben-Hur]]'', so he arranged to get his own SwordAndSandal EpicMovie.
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* FollowTheLeader: Kirk Douglas Creator/KirkDouglas was bummed that he didn't get the main role for the mega hit ''[[Film/BenHur1959 Ben-Hur]]'', so he arranged to get his own SwordAndSandal EpicMovie.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Just the previous year Douglas and Olivier had also played opponents in a film of Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw's ''Theatre/TheDevilsDisciple''.
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* WrittenByCastMember: Creator/CharlesLaughton hated the Dalton Trumbo-written dialogue he was initially given, so Peter Ustinov rewrote all of the scenes featuring Batiatus and Gracchus together, which placated Laughton enough to complete his portion of the film.
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* WrittenByCastMember: Creator/CharlesLaughton hated the Dalton Trumbo-written dialogue he was initially given, so Peter Ustinov Creator/PeterUstinov rewrote all of the scenes featuring Batiatus and Gracchus together, which placated Laughton enough to complete his portion of the film.
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* UsefulNotes/AFIS100YearsSeries:
** AFIS100Years100Thrills: #62
** AFIS100Years100HeroesAndVillains:
*** #22 Hero, Spartacus
** AFIS100Years100Cheers: #44
** AFIS100Years100Movies10THAnniversaryEdition: #81
** AFIS10Top10:
*** #5, Epic
** AFIS100Years100Thrills: #62
** AFIS100Years100HeroesAndVillains:
*** #22 Hero, Spartacus
** AFIS100Years100Cheers: #44
** AFIS100Years100Movies10THAnniversaryEdition: #81
** AFIS10Top10:
*** #5, Epic
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** Over half-an-hour of footage was removed from the original cut, notably the "snails and oysters" exchange between Crassus and Antoninus, and some of the more graphic battle scenes. Some of this was restored in the early '90s. It's also alleged that the Battle of Metapontnum was filmed but cut from the final version, and that Julius Caesar's subplot (defecting from Gracchus to Crassus) was far more prominent in Kubrick's original cut.
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** Over half-an-hour of footage was removed from the original cut, notably the "snails and oysters" exchange between Crassus and Antoninus, and some of the more graphic battle scenes. Some of this was restored in the early '90s. It's also alleged that the Battle of Metapontnum Metapontum was filmed but cut from the final version, and that Julius Caesar's subplot (defecting from Gracchus to Crassus) was far more prominent in Kubrick's original cut.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Just the previous year Douglas and Olivier had also played opponents in a film of Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw's ''Theatre/TheDevilsDisciple''.
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* DawsonCasting: Although it has been suggested that the 42-year-old Creator/KirkDouglas was too old to play Spartacus, it is believed the real man was about 38 when he died.
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/StanleyKubrick practically disowned the movie due to his lack of creative control, though he considered it a valuable learning experience about the Hollywood studio system. Steven Spielberg recalled that he did love the scenes with Creator/CharlesLaughton and Creator/PeterUstinov, for all the [[DeadpanSnarker wit]] and [[TheChessmaster metaphorical chess game]] in display (Ustinov rewrote most of the dialogues in them).
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* CreativeDifferences: Cinematographer Russell Metty walked off the set, complaining that Creator/StanleyKubrick was not letting him do his job. Metty was used to directors allowing him to call his own shots with little oversight, while Kubrick was a professional photographer who had shot some of his previous movies by himself. Subsequently, Kubrick did the majority of the cinematography work. Metty complained about this up until the release of the movie and even, at one point, asked to have his name removed from the credits. However, because his name was in the credits, when this movie won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, it was given to Metty, although he actually didn't shoot most of it.
* CreatorBacklash: Creator/StanleyKubrick practically disowned the movie due to his lack of creative control, though he considered it a valuable learning experience about the Hollywood studio system.Steven Spielberg Creator/StevenSpielberg recalled that he did love the scenes with Creator/CharlesLaughton and Creator/PeterUstinov, for all the [[DeadpanSnarker wit]] and [[TheChessmaster metaphorical chess game]] in display (Ustinov rewrote most of the dialogues in them).
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* GayPanic: The original version included a scene where Crassus attempts to seduce Antoninus. The Production Code Administration and the Legion of Decency both objected. At one point Geoffrey Shurlock, representing the censors, suggested it would help if the reference in the scene to a preference for oysters or snails was changed to truffles and artichokes. In the end the scene was cut, but it was put back in for the 1991 restoration.
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** Creator/DavidLean was considered to direct, but declined. Creator/LaurenceOlivier was then asked to direct, but he had relinquished the directing assignment, as he felt the dual role of actor and director would prove to be too demanding.
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* ProducedByCastmember: Creator/KirkDouglas was the driving force behind the film, instigated by his failure to win the title role in 1959's ''Literature/BenHur''.
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* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Creator/PeterUstinov told a hilarious anecdote on ''Parkinson'' about filming a scene with Creator/LaurenceOlivier on horseback. During one take, Olivier's horse farted, prompting him to quip, "Next time, could you be quicker on your yes, dear boy?"
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* The Academy Award won by Creator/PeterUstinov for this film (Best Supporting Actor) is the only one awarded to ''any'' performance in any film by Creator/StanleyKubrick.
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