Stanley Kubrick directed a cast of screen legends including Kirk Douglas as the indomitable gladiator who led a Roman slave revolt in the sweeping epic that defined a genre and ushered in a new Hollywood era. Starring Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons and Laurence Olivier. Includes: Audio Commentary by actors Kirk Douglas, Peter Ustinov, novelist Howard Fast, producer Edward Lewis, restoration expert Robert A. Harris, designer Saul Bass; Behind-the-scenes "gladiatorial school" and much much more!
2 DVD edition with TONS of extras!!
- rare deleted scenes
- vintage newsreel footage
- 1950 promotional interviews
- behind the scenes footage
- hundreds of production stills, posters, prints ads, comic books
- sketches by director Kubrick
- Original theatrical trailer
- original storyboards
- The documentary The Hollywood Tea -
- Fully restored super technirama version
- Dolby digital surround soundtrack
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audio commentary by Kirk Douglas and Peter
- and much more
