Show Spartacus Real Ben Hw By LINDA HAZEN Realism this one word characterizes and distinguishes it it many of the recent From the first scene to the on the viewer is shown the worst segments of a society killed humans for Much of the first half of the show gives the i being patched together out of the remains of the myrial pictures which have preceded The emphasis on m and interfere with the Spartacus is a slave in the Egyptian gold In a burst of humanity he takes pity on a fellow slave and tries to ra him when he The guards interfere and in Spartacus hamstrings a As an example to other slaves may consider themselves more than animals Spartacus is a rock to i Peter master of a school for is on a MP he stops at the mines looking for some suitable course he wants J. Back at the school Spartacus learns to think and in about that Some of the training scene especially noteworthy if one remembers that stand-ins were used in this The plot of the story begins to develop at this pointy one hour into the 32 hour As Spartacus human and less slave he begins to show definite signs of re When he and another of the slave gladiators are simply to please two rather foolish Roman women he fl-that he cannot kill simply to please y Jeane a slave falls in love with Spar he with When she is sold the fire is lighted ana slave rebellion The attempts of the noble and the not so deal with the rebellion provide some wonderful the most outstanding acting in the Sir Laurence Olivier as the dedicated and Senator as a thrilling His acting is as as the part yet in the few intimate at his d Charles the practical and n A controls the masses of puts on one of the ances this reviewer has ever 0 Tony Curtis often a brash and shallow W sensitiveness and depth of feeling as to see Curtis continue in this could While this like most of the Mrs jt g been shortened to not much more than ordinary manages not to bore the viewer It perhaps is not to come out of however it is than The photography in this picture also deserves sp Russell photography faced ana 50 w very serious problems problems which have n l handled in other i In not but fine m |