Bryna Productions and Universal Pictures Company, Inc. produced the 1960 version of Spartacus. Bryna was owned by Kirk Douglas.
Edward Lewis was chosen by Kirk Douglas to produce the 1960 version of the movie Spartacus. Stanley Kubrick was the director.
The number of shooting days required to produce the 1960 version of Spartacus was 167 days.
The 1960 version of Spartacus required the employment of 10,500 people. The scope of employees included actors and actresses along with extras and technical people.
Spartacus kills his best friend to spare him of the agonies of crucifixion. This happened after the Spartacus slave army was defeated and Spartacus and his friend were captured.
Most of the shooting locations for the 1960 version of Spartacus took place on the back lots of Universal Studios. Only the battle scenes were shot in Spain. The battle scenes were filmed outside of Madrid,Spain .
Spartacus was released on 10/07/1960.
The Music Director of the 1960 version of the movie Spartacus used a variety of musical instruments rarely heard on a movie sound track. The most unique of these instruments was the Ondioline. Invented in Paris the instrument was brought to the USA for the first time for this movie.
Spartacus.
Spartacus won the Oscar for Art Direction in 1960.
Spartacus won the Oscar for Costume Design in 1960.
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