Slacker (1991)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102943/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
A day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs.
It was OKAY for half an hour , but EVERYBODY being a misfit or wacko just got grating. Finally gave up 3/10
Spartacus (1960)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054331/
Storyline
In 73 BCE, a Thracian slave leads a revolt at a gladiatorial school run by Lentulus Batiatus. The uprising soon spreads across the Italian Peninsula involving thousand of slaves. The plan is to acquire sufficient funds to acquire ships from Silesian pirates who could then transport them to other lands from Brandisium in the south.
The Roman Senator Gracchus schemes to have Marcus Publius Glabrus, Commander of the garrison of Rome, lead an army against the slaves who are living on Vesuvius. When Glabrus is defeated his mentor, Senator and General Marcus Licinius Crassus is greatly embarrassed and leads his own army against the slaves. Spartacus and the thousands of freed slaves successfully make their way to Brandisium only to find that the Silesians have abandoned them. They then turn north and must face the might of Rome. Written by garykmcd
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Stars: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
The role of a lifetime for Kirk and he took advantage of it ... superb.
Should have won Best Pic ...LO & JS fantastic too.
Saw this long ago , it still holds up , ending left me misty eyed.
Got to thinking ...Did Spartacus copy El Cid or was it the other way around ...almost same story. 10/10
Much Recommended.