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Auction History Result 5h697 SPARTACUS hardcover souvenir program book '61 Stanley Kubrick, art of top cast on gold coins! Date Sold 3/6/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Movie Souvenir Program Book (measures 8 3/4" x 11 1/4" [22 x 29 cm]; 40 pages) (Learn More) Spartacus, the classic 1960 Stanley Kubrick sword-and-sandal Ancient Wars gladiator sports action adventure epic ("Winner of 4 Academy Awards!"; "They trained him to kill for their pleasure... But they trained him a little too well..."; "A mighty motion picture!"; "Based on the novel by Howard Fast"; written by Dalton Trumbo) starring Kirk Douglas (in the title role as Spartacus), Laurence Olivier (as Crassus, who liked both oysters and snails, or was it truffles and artichokes?), Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton (as Gracchus), Peter Ustinov (winner of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Woody Strode (as Draba), Tony Curtis ("as Antoninus"), John Gavin (as Julius Caesar), Charles McGraw (as the gladiator trainer), and Herbert Lom. Note that Kirk Douglas was the producer of this movie and originally Anthony Mann was directing. But three weeks into filming, Douglas fired Mann and replaced him with Stanley Kubrick, who then fired Sabine Bethmann, who had been the female lead, and replaced her with Jean Simmons! Also note that Dalton Trumbo had been blacklisted during the HUAAC hearings in the early 1950s, and he was still blacklisted at this time, so he was not going to receive screen credit. Kubrick heard this and wanted to be given the screenwriter credit (since someone had to be credited), but producer Douglas courageously insisted on Trumbo receiving the credit on screen, which effectively ended the blacklist! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this hardcover program book has a cool fold-out (next to the inside back cover) that has nine approximately 7" x 11" painted images of the top stars from the movie. There are four pages that are double-sided and one glued to the inside back cover, so of course it is single sided, giving nine images in all. Note that we have pictured the front cover and an interior 2-page spread from this program book. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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