10-14-2010, 12:53 AM
"[Kubrick] insisted on a brutal realism in the war scenes and persuaded Douglas to add the final battle between the Romans and the slaves. The panoramic shots of the approaching Roman army took Kubrick a full week to shoot with the Spanish military."
What's more...
"The character scenes shot at Hearst Castle and on the Universal lot were no less difficult. It irked Charles Laughton that rival Laurence Olivier's salary was five times his own. The competition between the two actors became so fierce that Olivier required someone else to feed him his lines."
(From: George Lucas's Blockbusting, c2010 p.443)
Art imitates history, for had then been contemporaries the historical Crassus and Gracchi would certainly not have seen eye-to-eye on much of anything.
:wink:
Narukami
What's more...
"The character scenes shot at Hearst Castle and on the Universal lot were no less difficult. It irked Charles Laughton that rival Laurence Olivier's salary was five times his own. The competition between the two actors became so fierce that Olivier required someone else to feed him his lines."
(From: George Lucas's Blockbusting, c2010 p.443)
Art imitates history, for had then been contemporaries the historical Crassus and Gracchi would certainly not have seen eye-to-eye on much of anything.
:wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA
