New Blu-Ray
4K restoration
Newly restored from large format 35mm original film elements
55th Anniversary release
BONUS FEATURES ON BLU-RAY™
- I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas: An interview with the 98-year-old screen legend. –New!
- Restoring Spartacus: An inside look at the intricate process of the film's 2015 restoration. –New!
- Deleted Scenes
- Archival Interviews with Peter Ustinov & Jean Simmons
- Behind-the-Scenes Footage
- 5 Vintage Newsreels
- 5 Image Galleries (Production Stills / Concept Art / Costume Designs / Saul Bass Storyboards / Posters & Print Ads)
- Theatrical Trailer
Press Release from Universal for the USA Blu-ray Release
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., July 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The ultimate gladiator action blockbuster,
Spartacus returns in an all-new fully restored Blu-ray™ with Digital HD on October 6, 2015, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Starring film legend Kirk Douglasas the defiant slave-turned-revolutionary, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Kubrick (
The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey) and written by Oscar®-winner Dalton Trumbo (
Roman Holiday,
The Brave One),
Spartacus: Restored Edition celebrates the film's 55thanniversary with a new extensive restoration of the 1991 reconstructed version of the film which features 12 additional minutes of footage. The highly anticipated Blu-ray™ also includes two all-new bonus featurettes including a brand new interview with screen legend Kirk Douglas plus 7.1 audio for the first time ever.