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Auction History Result 4z406 SPARTACUS British quad '61 classic Stanley Kubrick & Kirk Douglas epic, cool coin art! Date Sold 5/5/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded British Quad Movie Poster (BQ; Quad Crown; measures approximately 30" x 40") (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. Artist: Reynold Brown/Sam Bass Important Added Info: Note that there are two very similar British quads for this classic movie that are both from the first release. One was printed by Charles & Read, and those were used in London, while the other was printed by Tintern Press (TP), and those were used outside London. This occurred with other movies in the 1950s and 1960s, and sometimes the quads have some significant differences, but in this case, the main difference is the tiny printer information at the bottom! This auction is for the quad that was printed by Charles & Read. Condition: very good. There is 3" of separation at the left and right ends of the top horizontal fold and tiny separation at the left and right ends of the bottom horizontal fold. There are some tiny staple holes around the edges of the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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