Spartacus (film) Spartacus (film) Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Dalton Trumbo, and based on the novel of the same title by Howard Fast. It is inspired by the life story of Spartacus, the leader of a slave revolt in antiquity, and the events of the Third Servile War, and stars Kirk Douglas in the title role, Laurence Olivier as Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Peter Ustinov, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles
Spartacus (The Farm album) the NME and Sounds. The "NME" placed the album at number 32 in their list of the Top 50 Albums of 1991. Spartacus (The Farm album) Spartacus is the 1991 debut album of Liverpool-based group The Farm, released in the spring of 1991 shortly after the height of Madchester. It reached number one in the UK album chart, staying there for a week. "Spartacus" was dedicated to the parents of former band member Andy McVann, who died in a car chase escaping from the police on 1 October 1986. The album was critically acclaimed in the UK and the rest