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Spartacus
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #488
- IMDb #435
- Google retired #892
- Rotten Tomatoes #538
- Metacritic #316
- Letterboxd #868
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #680
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #892
- Metacritic Critics #303
- Metacritic Audience #645
- Criticker #630
- Douban #586
- Kinopoisk #554
- AlloCiné #634
- Trakt #873
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Lowest is Criticker on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93.
See the most agreed on films →The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
Details
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Writers
- Dalton Trumbo, Peter Ustinov
- Based on
- Spartacus by Howard Fast
- Studio
- Bryna Productions, Universal Pictures
- Released
- 13 October 1960
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 197 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box office
- $60.0M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →5 major awards won · 11 wins from 22 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Peter Ustinov | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2010 | Best Art Direction – Color | Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom, Russell A. Gausman and Julia Heron | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2010 | Best Cinematography – Color | Russell Metty | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2010 | Best Costume Design – Color | Arlington Valles and Bill Thomas | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2010 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Academy Awards 2010 | Best Film Editing | Robert Lawrence | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2010 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Alex North | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2010 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
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22 awards — Spartacus
×| Best Art Direction – Color | Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom, Russell A. Gausman and Julia Heron | Winner |
| Best Cinematography – Color | Russell Metty | Winner |
| Best Costume Design – Color | Arlington Valles and Bill Thomas | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Peter Ustinov | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Robert Lawrence | Nominee |
| Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Alex North | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Laurence Olivier | Nominee |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Alex North | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Woody Strode | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Peter Ustinov | Nominee |
| Best Written American Drama | Dalton Trumbo | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing – Feature Film | Winner |
| Outstanding Translated Foreign Film | Winner |
| Best Archival Release of an Existing Score | Alex North; Robert Townson, Matthew Joseph Peak and Bill Pitzonka | Winner |
| National Film Registry | Winner |
| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture | Winner |
| Best DVD Collection | Spartacus (as part of the Stanley Kubrick: The Essential Collection ) | Winner |
| Top Male Dramatic Performance | Kirk Douglas | Nominee |
| Top Male Supporting Performance | Peter Ustinov | Nominee |
| Best Film | Stanley Kubrick | Nominee |