Customer Ratings & Reviews

"Spartacus" is a long movie - about three hours. However, it is a good movie and it has an intermission to provide you a break. I watched this movie for the first time and was surprised to find I enjoyed the movie considering the time it was produced. It definitely aged very well. The best thing about this movie in 4K is the 4K pictures. The pictures is just gorgeous! Universal did a great time in giving this the 4K treatment. The difference is like day and night! Brilliant colors. Though you could tell that it was definitely a product of its time (production values and hairstyles for instance), the 4K treatment made it looks like it wasn't made too long ago! It's the best 4K transfer I've ever seen and "Spartacus" definitely will be my reference point when judging the 4K treatment of a film. Great movie and glorious 4K treatment makes this film worth having in your collection!

This classic cinema speaks for itself! I would recommend it to anyone willing to give a chance.

Great film to watch to get into Kubrick early work before he had full control over his movies.

Best restoration available for this classic must have film. Love this SteelBook packaging.

I've always loved this movie but this newly restored version is the best I've seen on DVD.

I own on Laser and blue ray, but being such a great movie I also purchased in steel book.

A beautiful steelbook movie by the late great Stanley Kubrick and with a digfital copy.

Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Dalton Trumbo, and based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Howard Fast. It is inspired by the life story of Spartacus, the leader of a slave revolt in the 1st century BC, and the events of the Third Servile War. It stars Kirk Douglas in the title role, Laurence Olivier as Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Peter Ustinov, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus, and Tony Curtis as Antoninus. This is the restored version of the film and is 3 hours and 17 minutes long which removes any dead spots in the film which shortened versions contained. Well worth the time to enjoy a true Hollywood classic. Don't miss it.

This is one of are classic movie still book looks great heading looks good on Blu-ray

Nothing like a classic movie. This is Kirk Douglas defining roll in a great story

glad i picked this one up, a great movie and love the artwork on the steelbook

For the 60th Anniversary Edition of Spartacus, the original large format negatives from the 1960s were rescanned in 6k and restored and color corrected in 4k. It’s exciting to see this new restoration because Spartacus was shot on Super Technirama 70 film, allowing twice the width of traditional 35mm movies. On 4k Blu-ray, Spartacus is presented in 2160p resolution at 2.20:1 aspect ratio with HDR10 for expanded color range. There is a noticeable improvement in detail in the shadow areas, partly because of the new scans but also because HDR can expand the color depth to allow more detail to be visible in dark and light areas. And, in 4k the video is as sharp as it has ever been. Without a doubt, this film is a must-own on 4k Blu-ray and even better if your audio system supports DTS:X and/or 7.1 channels.

Rare find In a steel book collection price Best Buy knocks it out of the park

Can't go wrong with any Kubrick film. Especially with Kirk Douglas in it.

A classic tale of Ancient Rome complete so word Sandler and plenty of act.

This 4K Spartacus looks and sounds (possibly) better now than it did in the theaters in 1960. But the real question is, is it worth the upgrade from the blu-ray Restored Edition of 2015? If you have a 4K television and UltraHD blu-ray player then yes, it does seem to look better. The thing is, the 2015 disc looked so good that improving it would be hard to do. I do see a difference but it's not night and day because (again) the 2015 disc LOOKED THAT GOOD. Ultimately if your happy with the 2015 disc then spend your money elsewhere. But if you have any other reason to consider an upgrade then you won't be disappointed with this 4K of Spartacus. And you can now pass on your 2015 disc to someone else because this 2-disc set contains the 2015 blu-ray too.

Universal and Best Buy have joined forces again for brand new exclusive SteelBook for the long awaited UHD release of Director Stanley Kubrick's 1960 Epic 'Spartacus. If you haven seen the movie, well, see it before you watch Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000)...too late for the warning! (?) The SteelBook itself has a smooth finish (Not glossy), includes 2 discs (a 4K disc and the standard HD BluRay) and a 4K redeemable digital copy of the film. The special features included are as followed: *I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas *Restoring Spartacus *Archival Interviews *Deleted Scenes *Behind the Scenes Footage *Vintage Newsreels *Theatrical Trailer This is highly recommended for all Stanley Kubrick fans and SteelBook collectors.

I live that the classics keep coming out with a steelbook case!

Nice to see some Classics coming out in Steelbook format.

everyone should see this film, it is timeless and is epic