Saturday, December 4, 2010

Screenplays by Dalton Trumbo (Study Guide): Spartacus, Exodus, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Johnny Got His Gun, Road Gang

This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Spartacus, Exodus, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Johnny Got His Gun, Road Gang. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Spartacus is a 1960 American historical drama movie directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast about the historical life of Spartacus and the Third Servile War. The film stars Kirk Douglas as rebellious slave Spartacus and Laurence Olivier as his foe, the Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus. The film also stars Peter Ustinov (who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus), John Gavin (as Julius Caesar), Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, John Ireland, Herbert Lom, Woody Strode, Tony Curtis, John Dall and Charles McGraw. The titles were designed by Saul Bass. The fi..

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