Spartacus with Richard Lawson

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Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

Comedy, Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Society & Culture

4.7 • 6.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2022

⏱️ 153 minutes

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Summary

I am Spartacus! I am Spartacus! Heck, we’re *all* Spartacus today as we talk about the “sword-and-sandals” epic that solidified Stanley Kubrick’s hit-making potential…and soured him on Hollywood forever. Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson returns to the pod and we’re covering all the major topics: How did a young Kubrick manage all the different stars on set - many of whom were accomplished directors in their own right? Was Kirk Douglas’ chin cleft real? Did Dalton Trumbo write the script for this in a bathtub? Why does Tony Curtis always sound like he’s ordering something from a deli? Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Instagram, Threads, Facebook and X! Buy some real nerdy merch. Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I
0:22.2	Am podcast
0:24.2	I am podcast I am Spartacus. I mean podcast. I am podcast. I thought you might say podcast us or something
0:33.4	That was my only question. Well, it could have been the name of the miniseries. I want you to say I also
0:40.2	Podcast in the way that Tony Curtis has I also juggle I juggle as well
0:48.1	It's so good. I feel like that's weirdly become this movie's lasting legacy is just impressions of how much
0:53.4	Tony Curtis sounds like he's
0:55.4	Sling a sandwich of the daily every single line of this movie which way to the G-Train
1:03.4	I some I just think that one second moment in Clueless where they're watching it. Uh-huh
1:09.6	Have you you're not as big a clueless head?
1:11.4	No, I look I like clueless every time I watch and I'll maybe watch it every couple of years
1:16.5	I wait for it to hit me the way it hits you and it still has yet to but there are other
1:20.8	Richard take a while. I used to be able to recite that movie. I can recite that. Yeah. Yeah, and of course
1:25.6	You know Christian brings over sporadicus. Yeah, it's some like a hot and sporadicus is what she says
1:31.0	Yeah, he brings over some Tony Curtis move. Christian is is the closeted. Yes, she's crushing
1:35.4	And they watch and you know, I don't know that that guy ever like really
1:39.8	Amounted to one of those nine these guys when you're like he should be he seems like it's gonna be a star
1:44.1	Yeah, he didn't he I don't know where he went
1:45.8	I think but the but the Sparrow is saying to him you think semi-David's juniors
1:51.3	Left an opening in the wrap. Yeah, so it's got that. Yeah, that's so good
1:56.6	Such a brutal oh
2:00.2	I have a 45 in a shovel. I have nobody would miss you
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