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Synopsis: Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an Ethiopian warrior, Draba, Spartacus leads a slave uprising which threatens Rome's status quo. As Spartacus gains sympathy within the Roman Senate, he also makes a powerful enemy in form of Marcus Lucinius Crassus, who makes it a matter of personal honor to crush the rebellion.
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Director(s): Robert Dornhelm
  Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Year:
2004
174 min
463 Views


Now, why is it that those who are

most in favor of mob rule...

stand most to benefit from the

public's greed and stupidity?

Why is it that the rich are

always so keen on reform...

after they've made their

fortune and not before?

The Republic was a fine form

of government...

when Rome was a

backwater city state.

Times have changed.

Rome rules the world now.

And one man with a strong

vision must rule Rome.

So power should be wielded

by whom?

The educated? The wealthy?

The aristocrat? By Crassus?

Or by Pompey?

Plato did say that leadership must

be left to the educated.

That leaves Pompey out.

Julius Caesar, you mean.

You've heard what

they say about him.

"Every woman's man and

every man's woman."

But you're right,

Pompey overreaches.

If he's not careful, his head will

be found hanging in the Forum...

just like that of your father

and your brother.

Was it something I said?

This is the Roman short sword...

the Gladius. From which

you get your names.

Twenty-two inches long,

three pounds in weight.

A stabbing weapon

for close work.

You kill a man with this and

you can smell his sweat...

taste his breath.

But you sons of whores...

aren't worthy of fighting

with the Gladius yet.

So you will use...

these wooden swords

while I teach you.

You, slave.

Pick it up.

Come at me.

Again.

Too slow, slave.

Pick it up.

Too slow.

Cinna!

So what do you think of our

new Thracian slaves? Good, huh?

They have spirit,

but no real talent.

I see. So you think

they're just very lucky?

And Cinna...

this boy was very expensive.

Don't damage my property.

Enough! Go! Bring her.

Come.

Come here.

Very good.

Better.

Come.

Let me smell your hair.

You know...

I can be a very good master.

Oh, yes. Now, now...

- now kiss me.

- No! No!

Hold her!

Hey, Spartacus.

- How's your nose?

- You got lucky.

Do I have to break it again?

- So where did you fight Romans?

- Thrace.

- You?

- Gaul, where I was caught.

And then later in Sicily

where slaves rebelled.

- You rebelled?

- Two times.

The Romans were terrified of us.

They still are.

Now they kill a man just

for talking about it.

Why did it fail?

Fighting Romans is like

fighting a grist mill.

The stone keeps on turning.

No matter how many times

you attack it in the end...

it grinds you down to dust.

Faster!

Put your backs into it,

you sons of whores!

Why do Africans use

the spear and the net?

I amuses the Romans to turn us

into fishermen.

I was a farmer. I never saw a net

until I came here.

Nordo, this man is trouble.

Leave him be.

In the ring, Draba, they ever pit

the knife against the spear?

The spear always wins.

Enough talking! Back to work.

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Howard Fast

Howard Melvin Fast (November 11, 1914 – March 12, 2003) was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E. V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson. more…

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