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Spartacus - 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital [4K UHD]

Kirk Douglas (Actor, Producer), Laurence Olivier (Actor), Stanley Kubrick (Director) Rated:
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Genre Drama, Action & Adventure
Format NTSC, 4K, Subtitled
Contributor Bill Thomas, Tony Curtis, Robert Lawrence, Russell Metty, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin, Stanley Kubrick, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Valles, Edward Lewis, Dalton Trumbo, Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons, Woody Strode See more
Initial release date 2020-07-21
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Spartacus [Blu-ray]

Director Stanley Kubrick tells the tale of Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), the bold gladiator slave and Varinia (Jean Simmons), the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of Imperial Rome at its glorious height. The inspirational true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom, Spartacus combines history with spectacle to create a moving drama of love and commitment.

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Spartacus, the genre-defining epic from director Stanley Kubrick, is the legendary tale of a bold gladiator (Kirk Douglas) who led a triumphant Roman slave revolt. Restored from large format 35MM original film elements, this action-packed spectacle won four Academy Awards® including Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction. Featuring a cast of screen legends such as Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons, John Gavin and Tony Curtis, this uncut and fully restored masterpiece is an inspirational true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.


Bonus Content:

  • Includes 4K UHD, Blu-ray and a digital copy of Spartacus (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)
  • Features Dolby Vision and HDR10 for Brighter, Deeper, More Lifelike Color
  • I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
  • Restoring Spartacus
  • Archival Interviews
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Behind the Scenes Footage
  • Vintage Newsreels
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Behind-The-Scenes Footage
  • Image Gallery
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Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.20:1
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 0.02 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ BR61211608
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Stanley Kubrick
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, 4K, Subtitled
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 3 hours and 17 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ July 21, 2020
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, Peter Ustinov, Charles Laughton
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, Japanese, French
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Edward Lewis, Kirk Douglas
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1), Japanese (DTS 5.1), Spanish (DTS 5.1), French (DTS 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08928MDK3
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Dalton Trumbo
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 6,042 ratings

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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This Criterion is amazing just off the two commentary tracks alone, loads of information. The image is good but a bit grainy. The sound is crystal clear. I really hope Criterion gets the rights to release their BR version. Overall a solid release. Great for Kubrick fans and criterion collectors.
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Joseph Murphy
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Mess with Rome
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2024
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Kirk Douglas is superb as Spartacus and the movie is a relic of a by gone era never to be repeated. You need an intermission because it is almost 3 hours but worth every minute of run time. Highly recommend getting this movie even for the younger generation.
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Robert Clapp
5.0 out of 5 stars Slaves can rise up.
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2024
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Great movie and great cast!!!!
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Jazzy K
5.0 out of 5 stars Great film.
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024
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Oh how I wish movie execs would LEAVE MASTERPIECES ALONE! This classic is fantastic. My favorite parts are the way he and his love interest connect in such a horrible situation. How they seemed to meet and be deeply in love.

How he empowered so many who were discarded people but had a place with his army. How the one guy spoke when he sang.., I know the names but don’t know how to spell them as they aren’t easy to spell.

I love the music. I love the costumes. I loved the fight scenes. Great movie. Had to have gotten lots of awards. The new one is nothing like this. 😢
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Epic!
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2024
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The acting, costumes, music and action scenes were spectacular!
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Matthew T. Weflen
4.0 out of 5 stars ***2015 Blu-Ray release*** Universal finally treats its property with respect, if not its customers
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2011
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***October 2015 Update***

Universal's 2010 release of this film on Blu-Ray was a piece of garbage. My review below was made on a 52" screen.I've since created a projection room in my home and watch on a 100" screen. The flaws of that 2010 disc are so glaringly obvious now that it defies belief that Universal even released it.

Well, Universal has gone back and restored Spartacus from a fresh 6k scan of the 35mm Technirama color separates. They've cleaned up the print of dirt and scratches and color corrected the whole film. They've created new 5.1 and 7.1 channel HD audio mixes.

In short, the results speak for themselves. Detail is superb. Individual grains of sand, facial pores (which were almost entirely absent in the 2010 craporama), skin creases, very light film grain, it's all here. And it's blissfully free of any evident DNR or edge enhancement. Colors pop but not unnaturally so. Black levels are strong and stable but not crushed. In a word, superlative. In more than one word, ravishing, transporting, reminds the viewer of how magical watching a movie can be.

I am bumping my rating up to 4 stars. But I can't in good conscience go with 5, because of the history. Universal owes its customers an apology, if not a refund for the travesty they foisted upon them in 2010. I doubt we'll see any of it (they have not replied to my customer service query about a refund or disc exchange). But this disc is at least a good start.

NOTE TO CUSTOMERS:

Do not under any circumstances buy the 2010 edition of this movie. The 2010 edition is easily distinguished by the cover art - it is marked on the top with "50th Anniversary Edition" (I can't imagine a worse insult) and at the bottom with the words "The Perfect HI-DEF Movie Experience" (HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA...). The edition you want is marked on the top by the words "Restored Edition." Amazon should stop selling the 2010 edition altogether, but as of today, there is still a link at the top of this page to choose it, for a few dollars less than this one. DON'T!

***2010 Edition***

The Movie:

I've been letting this one sit in my collection for a few months before I let loose on it. This is one of my personal favorite movies. In the "swords and sandals" genre I think it is among the finest - it has a stirring story, a wonderful sense of scope, a great soundtrack, and a set of truly exceptional performances, including screen greats such as Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, and Kirk Douglas. Although it doesn't display the sort of technical mastery that Kubrick would assert on his later films, there is still a certain Kubrickian something to the direction, as well. Certain camera moves, certain lingering shots, certain compositions. All told, it's a great movie and a great representation of the 1950-60s "epic" motion picture tradition. At 3-plus hours, it always remains brisk and entertaining, and it's a movie I frequently revisit because of its richness and replay value.

The Blu-Ray:

But then we get to this transfer. Having owned the Criterion DVD edition of this film, I was well acquainted with its look and feel.

This Blu-Ray transfer has been stripped of all natural film grain. As such, a level of fine detail is missing from the image, one which has been compensated for by the application of edge enhancement (quite noticeable on the tall iron bars frequently visible in the gladiator school) and an artificially boosted contrast.

On the plus side, the image *is* more detailed than the Criterion DVD. Interested viewers ought to search "spartacus dvdbeaver" in order to see that site's comparison between the Criterion DVD and the Universal Blu-Ray. You should be able to note that several of the comparison shots show that mid-sized details are much sharper. But fine details such as film grain are gone. It should also be rather apparent that colors have been juiced up for this release as well - Kirk Douglas was always a bronzed sort of guy, but he looks like he spent a few too many hours in the tanning salon for this release. The most revealing comparison is the shot of Douglas being painted to show "kill zones" by his instructor. Details on the instructor's uniform like his metal buckles are clearer. But check out the high contrast areas such as the metal bars in the lower left - there is practically a double image made of edge enhancement halos. The flesh tones also are hot and unrealistic. Facial details at this distance look waxy.

The irritating aspect of Universal's thought process is that there was apparently a fresh, restored celluloid interpositive from 1991 that could have been re-transferred at only nominal cost. Instead, the studio went with the cheaper option of using the inferior early-90's HD transfer of that interpositive, a transfer that Richard Harris (who oversaw the 1991 restoration) has called flawed in the extreme, riddled with noise. This noise was washed away with DNR, and then compensated for with edge enhancement.

So in the end, this is sort of a textbook case for a poor Blu-Ray transfer. Sure, it looks slightly better than a DVD. But it is obvious that we're missing so much more that we could have seen. I'd call this comparable to decent cable television HD. Smooth, compressed, pleasing to the uncritical eye, but unsatisfying to those who wish their movies to look like they were shot on film, not on a computer.

The audio is quite nice. The DTS soundtrack presents the booming music score quite well, and the voice acting always comes through well. Extras of course fall short compared to the Criterion release, which had an entire extra disc to its credit. But we do get deleted scenes, some classic interviews and newsreels, some behind the scenes footage, and a trailer. Had we not known of the Criterion DVD, I think most would be pleased. But the lack of commentary and the lack of a comprehensive making-of documentary are glaring. A movie like this cries out for a discussion of writer Dalton Trumbo, Kubrick's tension with actor-producer Douglas, the Hollywood blacklist, and the many elements that slipped past censors of the day.

Conclusion:

As it stands, I can't go above three stars, here. The movie is undeniably great. Those who enjoy historical epics will find a lot to love. But the video transfer is significantly flawed (though perhaps not fatally so). That makes this an "average" home video purchase at best.

This is a stopgap. I think it's worth buying at a low price, in order to have a version of this film in high definition. But we can only hope that either Criterion gets the rights back from Universal and does their usual respectful job, or the powers that be at Universal pull their heads from their rears and decide to treat this classic the way it deserves to be: with a fresh, modern HD transfer from film elements that will give us a truly filmic presentation of a great flick.
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Gary
5.0 out of 5 stars Kirk douglas
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024
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Great movie ,very sad but accurate
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Ron Rauenzahn
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2024
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Great movie
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Elunda Hollis
5.0 out of 5 stars Spartacus
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2024
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This is an amazing movie. I love it.
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Leonardo Baez
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente pelicula, excelente disco.
Reviewed in Mexico on July 23, 2023
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Este gran clásico del cine nunca se vio así de bien.... Ni siquiera en el cine. La restauración es soberbia, los colores, la calidad visual (se le ven las pestañas individuales a Kirk Douglas). El sonido sublime. Un gran lanzamiento en UHD. Audio DTS:X en ingles o DTS en español. Subtitulos en español.
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Ralf Gerlich
5.0 out of 5 stars Qualität prima!
Reviewed in Germany on April 28, 2024
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Die Lieferung war schnell, die DVD-Qualität ist okay.
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lino
5.0 out of 5 stars Rimasterizzazione impeccabile!
Reviewed in Italy on March 25, 2023
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Buongiorno,voglio scrivere due righe in merito a questo film Colossal.
Spartacus-1960 Rimasterizzato in 4K (Eccellente)
Devo dire che sono rimasto per la qualità di rimasterizzazione,ho acquistato diversi film rimasterizzati in 4K ,ma come questo film "SPARTACUS" è imbattibile,forse hanno cambiato metodo di Remaster non so,ma posso dire che questa masterizzazione è di altissima qualità,scene nitide impeccabili,la grana video non esiste insomma un capolavoro della masterizzazione in assoluto. Da comperare.
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vlad
5.0 out of 5 stars and undying love cascade through the main characters throughout the final moments
Reviewed in Canada on May 28, 2017
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restored edition. The film is based on the actual historical uprising of Roman slaves between 71-73 b.c. The film deals frankly and often disturbingly with the cavalier treatment of this underclass, specificly the men who were trained to fight to the death as gladiators, all for the entertainment of the Roman ruling elite. This is a film that builds surprisingly quietly(despite it's bombastic battle sequences) to an unusually moving set denouements that should leave all but the hardest of hearts moved. Friendship, loyalty, political correctness, freedom, justice, and undying love cascade through the main characters throughout the final moments, leading to a devastating pair of final scenes between Douglas and Curtis, and then Douglas and Simmons. This may in fact be the thinking mans epic but it pulls at the heart as few films of this type ever have. Wow. Jaw-dropping beautiful. This is a meticulous restoration. It's clean and filmic, retaining a very mild grain structure that helps accentuate the amazing depth, accurate detailing and vibrant coloring the film has to offer. The amount of detail is striking. Evident in skin, clothing textures revealing some of the most inborn complex details imaginable, seen in nuanced fabrics, sweaty faces, Each grain of sand, pebble, blades of grass, leaf and other natural details are refined and sharp, even at some distance. Black levels are inky deep and natural. Flesh tones are excellent. Banding, noise reduction, aliasing, edge enhancement, and other anomalies are nowhere to be found. This is a startling improvement, in every way over previous editions. Spartacus' DTS-HD MA 7.1 lossless soundtrack is a new remix. Music is the dominant factor, and is a real treat. It manages width, depth, and power without loss of the finer points of Alex North's Oscar-nominated score. The sense of true immersion is striking, and the nuanced attention to detail is startling. The track has a potent low end; the orchestral percussion elements are fantastic. Battle scenes have a satisfyingly robust bit of chaos. Dialogue is well prioritized, center balanced and clear for the duration. This is a superb soundtrack that marvellously compliments the newly restored 1080p picture and the film in general. This is absolutely a must own despite the extras leaving a bit to be desired, and a must-see for all audiences. Highly Recommended.
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Carl Thomson
5.0 out of 5 stars I'm Spartacus
Reviewed in Australia on December 26, 2020
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An epic film with great story telling and excellent performances. The 4k transfer is very good considering the movie was made in 1959/1960. A worthwhile purchase when on special.
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