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    After David Lean turned down an offer to direct, Spartacus was originally to be directed by Anthony Mann However, at the end of the first week of shooting, Mann was fired by Douglas and Thirty-year-old Stanley Kubrick was hired to take over.
    Influence of Kirk Douglas made the movie slightly differ from ,other Kubric's major directions.
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    My rating 85%
    quite a nice movie from the 60s. Saw this on the movie channels. Pretty long movie (if I remember correctly).
    I'm sure Gladiator was influenced by this movie as well. Both follow similar stories. While General Maximus was a fiction character Spartacus was very much a real person.
     

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    quite a nice movie from the 60s. Saw this on the movie channels. Pretty long movie (if I remember correctly).
    I'm sure Gladiator was influenced by this movie as well. Both follow similar stories. While General Maximus was a fiction character Spartacus was very much a real person.

    ya Ridlly Scott said that Gladiator was influenced by this and Ben Hur
     

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    Prisoner of the Mountains was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Russia) 1996
    The film is based on the Caucasian War-era short story "The Prisoner of the Caucasus" by the classic Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.
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    IMDB 7.7/10
    my rating 85%
     
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    this a Sergio Leone movie too ?

    No it was directed by Clint Eastwood. .
    The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) IMDB 7.8/10.
    Other one from that period is thriller "Escape from Alcatraz (1979) IMDB 7.6/10
    Though his best westerner is Unforgiven (1992) 8.3/10.It has a memorable ending.

    i am not so convinced of his later works rating in imdb

    Gran Torino (2008) 8.4/10 extremely over rated!! this must be his best work??? cant be!!
    Changeling (2008) 8/10 over rated again!
    Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 8.1/10 ok
    Flags of Our Fathers (2006) 7.2/10 oh!! under rated
    Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.2/10 ok!
    Mystic River (2003) 8/10 ok!
     
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    kenji86

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    @ Backyard-Spot
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    Should have seen, before watching the Devil's Rejects :P
    Anyway, Thnx to Twisted for recommending :)

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    Damn funny movie :lol:

    Anyway, even though its bit early.. Wish all the movie Fans in Ek, "A Happy and a Prosperous New Year" :)
     
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