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Auction History Result 4g600 SPARTACUS second draft script September 22, 1958, screenplay by Dalton Trumbo! Date Sold 1/21/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Movie Script (measures 8 1/2" x 11" [22 x 28 cm], 211 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. Important Added Info: Note that this script is the second draft from September 22, 1958. Also note that the writers are not credited on this but that the movie credits Dalton Trumbo (which makes sense, because Trumbo was blacklisted at that time, and Kubrick had intended to have his name written as the screenwriter on the film's credits, but producer/star Kirk Douglas insisted that Trumbo be properly given screen credit, and he was, but his name would not figure to be on the early scripts). Also note that this script does not contain the famous "I am Spartacus" scene! Obviously, it was added after this time. We have pictured the pages from the script that show how that part of the film was originally written! Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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