Spartacus with Richard Lawson

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

4.6 • 6.1K 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?

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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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