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: The film had a notoriously shaky start; producer/star Kirk Douglas fired the original director, Anthony Mann, and replaced him with the then-young Stanley Kubrick .

: The full text of the 1951 novel that served as the film's source material. Written while Fast was imprisoned for his political views during the McCarthy era, the book is a revolutionary testament to human freedom. Full Text - Howard Fast Version spartacus 1960 archive.org

: While Stanley Kubrick directed it, he famously disowned the project because he lacked total creative control. It feels more like a traditional Hollywood epic than his later, more experimental works like 2001: A Space Odyssey Historic Impact : The film had a notoriously shaky start;