Kirk Douglas To Release eBook On 'Spartacus'

In I Am Spartacus! Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist, Douglas tells the story of making the historic 1960 Stanley Kubrick film, in which he stars in as the rebellious slave Spartacus who rebels against the Roman politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, which is played by Laurence Olivier. The film helped break Hollywood’s black list ban against suspected Communists.

Douglas stated: “The blacklist was a witch hunt, destroying lives and careers without regard for the truth of the allegations.