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Genre
  
DramaAction

First episode date
  
April 18, 2004

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.8/10
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Language
  
English

Poster of Spartacus, a 2004 North American miniseries starring Goran Visnjic with a serious face while holding swords and wearing armor.

Release date
  
April 18, 2004 (2004-04-18)

Cast
  
Goran Višnjić
(Spartacus), (Antonius Agrippa), (Marcus Crassus), (Varinia), (Lentulus Batiatus), (David)

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Spartacus is a 2004 North American miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm and produced by Ted Kurdyla from a teleplay by Robert Schenkkan. It aired over two nights on the USA Network, and stars Goran Visnjic, Alan Bates, Angus Macfadyen, Rhona Mitra, Ian McNeice, Ross Kemp and Ben Cross. It is based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast.

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Poster of Spartacus, a 2004 North American miniseries featuring Goran Visnjic with a serious face, with thin beard and mustache, and wearing armor.

The plot, setting, and costumes are nearly identical to those of the Stanley Kubrick 1960 version; however, this adaptation follows Howard Fast's novel more closely than does Kubrick's film. (Two of the more noticeable omissions from the new adaptation are the "I am Spartacus!" scene and Spartacus' and his wife's reunion after the battle.) The miniseries is shown as a story a woman narrates to her son, who are later revealed to be Spartacus' wife and son.

On the left, Goran Visnjic with a serious face, with a thin beard and mustache, and wearing armor. On the right, Goran Visnjic and Rhona Mitra with serious faces and holding each other in a movie scene from Spartacus, 2004 North American miniseries.

A notable piece of dramatic license has Spartacus' son born exactly at the moment Spartacus dies in battle. As Marcus Crassus and Pompey Magnus are being proclaimed co-consuls, the announcer calls Rome an Empire, when it was still a Republic at the time.

Goran Visnjic and Rhona Mitra with serious faces while talking to each other. Goran is wearing a brown vest over a gray shirt while Rhona is wearing a ripped white shirt in a movie scene from Spartacus, 2004 North American miniseries.

Goran Visnjic slide show in Spartacus 2004


Plot

Goran Visnjic and Rhona Mitra with serious faces while holding each other faces in a movie scene from Spartacus, 2004 North American miniseries.

The movie starts with Varinia (Rhona Mitra), a Gaul woman and her village being attacked by the Romans. Her entire village is taken into slavery, and she is sold to Lentulus Batiatus (Ian McNeice). Spartacus (Goran Višnjić), a Thracian slave condemned to the mines, attempts to protect another slave. Spartacus is nearly crucified before Batiatus purchases the man. Spartacus and a handful of other slaves are brought to Batiatus' ludus to be trained as gladiators. Spartacus and the other slaves are brought to the Gladiators to eat, where he meets Nardo (Chris Jarman), Draba (Henry Simmons) and David (James Frain), before a fight breaks out between Draba and Gannicus (Paul Telfer), they are stopped by their trainer Cinna (Ross Kemp).

Cast

Poster of Spartacus, a 2004 North American miniseries starring Goran Visnjic with a serious face while holding a sword and wearing armor.

  • Goran Višnjić as Spartacus
  • Alan Bates as Antonius Agrippa
  • Angus Macfadyen as Marcus Crassus
  • Rhona Mitra as Varinia, Spartacus' wife
  • Ian McNeice as Lentulus Batiatus
  • Paul Kynman as Crixus
  • Paul Telfer as Gannicus
  • James Frain as David
  • Henry Simmons as Draba
  • Chris Jarman as Nordo
  • Ross Kemp as Cinna
  • Ben Cross as Titus Glabrus, based on Gaius Claudius Glaber
  • Niall Refoy as Publius Maximus, based on Publius Varinius
  • George Calil as Pompey Magnus
  • Richard Dillane as Julius Caesar
  • References

    Spartacus (miniseries) Wikipedia
    Spartacus (miniseries) IMDb Spartacus (miniseries) themoviedb.org