6/15/2023 0 Comments Epic snail scene![]() ![]() Universal gave Douglas four weeks to come up with a script if he wanted their backing. HOWARD FAST WAS THE FIRST ONE TO TRY WRITING THE SCRIPT. However, Douglas and his film company owned the movie rights to Howard Fast's novel, Spartacus, and when Universal Pictures backed Douglas-along with Ustinov, Olivier, and Laughton all preferring Trumbo's script over the script for Brynner's project-Douglas had won. UA even paid for a full-page ad to be published in Variety in February 1958 for The Gladiators. YUL BRYNNER TRIED TO MAKE HIS OWN SPARTACUS MOVIE FIRST.Ī Spartacus film starring Brynner and Anthony Quinn was on the slate for United Artists, with the titles Spartacus and The Gladiators already trademarked. Here are some facts about director Stanley Kubrick's historical epic. While 1960's Spartacus was the subject of plenty of behind-the-scenes drama, including a script by then-blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo, it should not be forgotten that the movie featured an embarrassment of riches on the screen, including legendary actors like Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis, and Kirk Douglas as the title character, an illiterate slave who leads a revolt against the Roman Empire in 73 B.C.
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