one of the best movies of 1960

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2014)

The best of the gladiatorial epics Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus had one of the best ensemble casts I have ever seen on screen, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Woody Strode, Peter Ustinov, Charles Laughton, John Gavin, and last but not least Tony Curtis. Based on a true story Spartacus resembles really what being a slave and turning into a gladiator was really like for the Romans and the pain they went through as a slave. Director Stanley Kubrick really worn this movie to perfection with his absolute masterful direction. Kirk Douglas gives the best performance of his career and tells us why he became a movie star in the first place, and the same with Olivier, Laughton, Ustinov,Gavin, Simmons, Curtis, and Strode.