I Am Spartacus! by Kirk Douglas | Free Audiobook

12/06/2012 5h 16min
I Am Spartacus! by Kirk Douglas | Free Audiobook

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Title: I Am Spartacus!

Author: Kirk Douglas

Narrator: Michael Douglas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-12-12

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrity Bios

Summary:

One of the worlds most iconic movie stars, Kirk Douglas has distinguished himself as a producer, philanthropist, and author. Now, more than 50 years after the release of his enduring epic Spartacus, Douglas reveals the riveting drama behind the making of the legendary gladiator film.

Douglas began producing the movie in the midst of the politically charged era when Hollywoods moguls refused to hire anyone accused of Communist sympathies. In a risky move, Douglas chose Dalton Trumbo, a blacklisted screenwriter, to write Spartacus. As both producer and star of the film, Douglas faced explosive moments with young director Stanley Kubrick and struggles with giant personalities, including Sir Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, and Peter Ustinov.

Writing from his heart and from his own meticulously researched archives, Kirk Douglas, at 95, looks back candidlyand often with self-effacing humorat his audacious decision to give public credit to Trumbo, thus effectively ending the notorious Hollywood blacklist.

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