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Spartacus (1960)

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• After its premiere the film was heavily cut and wasn't shown in its complete form until 1991, when a restored version was re-released. Among the restored scenes is one where where Marcus Licinius (Laurence Olivier) tries to seduce Antonius (Tony Curtis) in the bath. The soundtrack was damaged, so Anthony Hopkins was called in to dub Olivier's lines.
  
  
• A 202 minute version of the film exists which was the premiere version of the show. However, the prints from the premiere were lost in the 1970s when Universal threw out all the film's tracks, outtakes, additional prints etc. This was parallel to John Landis' claim during his work on creating the director's cut of The Blues Brothers. The Criterion Collection has those lost 4 minute scenes more on the subplot of Gracchus. The scenes were:
  • 1.) After the first senatorial meeting scene, Gracchus and Caesar walk around the market, and discussing the dirty tactic of fishing votes. (shown in production stills form)
  • 2.) Gracchus commits suicide by slitting his wrist in the bathtub. This would immediately after he closes the curtain near the end of the film. Only the audio track was found in the studio vault.
  
  
  

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