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One of the world's most iconic celebrities, Kirk Douglas has distinguished himself as a developer, philanthropist, and publisher. Now, more than 50 years following the release of his long lasting epic Spartacus, Douglas reveals the riveting theatre behind the making of the famous gladiator film. Douglas commenced producing the movie in the midst of the politically costed time when Hollywood's moguls refused to employ anyone accused of Communist sympathies. In the dangerous move, Douglas selected Dalton Trumbo, a blacklisted screenwriter, to create Spartacus. As both developer and star of the film, Douglas faced explosive moments with young director Stanley Kubrick and challenges with large personalities, including Sir Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, and Peter Ustinov. Writing from his heart and from his own meticulously explored archives, Kirk Douglas, at 95, appears again candidly-and often with self-effacing humor-at his audacious decision to give general population credit to Trumbo, thus effectively ending the notorious Hollywood blacklist.
