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This 10 page paper is a highly researched discussion on the historical accuracy of the 1960 film, Spartacus, produced by Kubrick. Primary accounts of the insurrection are offered as well as the secondary documentation of Plutarch. The extent of the artistic license is explored and exampled with quotes cited from texts. Extensive and diverse bibliography. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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universal, and the characters compelling. The movie, Spartacus, is one such movie, but most do not know that Spartacus was based on a series of very real events. This begs
the question: How accurate were film makers? In brief, the movie was based on a book by Howard Fast and brought to the screen by Stanley Kubrick(Kubrick, 1960). Spartacus,
played by Kirk Douglas, tells the story from the point of view of a Roman slave who dreams of more. His dream: freedom and the end to slavery. Through
a series of events Spartacus is sentenced to death after he bites a Roman guard, but is spared by Batiatus (played by Peter Ustinov), who is a middleman for the
coliseum. Spartacus becomes a gladiator. As he is training two very wealthy and powerful women and their husbands arrive and arrange for two of the gladiators to fight to the
death for their amusement. Spartacus and his sparring partner (who are the two chosen) are appalled. Spartuacus is defeated, but his sparring partner refuses to kill him. The sparring partner
is killed for refusing to finish Spartacus off. This is the inciting factor, according to the movie, which gave impetus to a slave revolt that managed to spread throughout
most of the country. Thought the Roman legions are shown to be quite disorganized and are at the end of their empires zenith, they still manage to trap Spartacus and
his men and take them, once more, into custody. Spartacus, like Jesus, dies on the cross. In the final scene, his wife stands beneath him and holds up their child,
saying "He will live as a free man, Spartacus"(Kubrick, 1960). Spartacus is loosely based on a slave revolt that did occur in 73BC to 71BC. According to primary sources, the
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