TY - ADVS AU - Fast,Howard ED - Universal Pictures Company. ED - Bryna Productions, Inc. TI - Spartacus SN - 0783226039 AV - PS3511.A784 S62 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - Universal City, CA PB - Universal Studios Home Video KW - Spartacus, KW - Gladiators KW - Rome KW - Drama KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1960; Based on the novel by Howard Fast; Presented uncut with footage from fully restored film; Director, Stanley Kubrick ; producer, Edward Lewis ; screenplay, Dalton Trumbo; Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin, Tony Curtis; Rated PG-13 N2 - Based on the true story of the blood gladiator Spartacus, the woman who believed in his cause, and the power-hungry Roman general who challenged his convictions. Set against the background of Imperial Rome, this is an inspirational account of man's eternal struggle for freedom ER -