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Old Posted Apr 5, 2012, 5:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality View Post
G_W: Olive Hill! That rings a bell.

David: Sorry, I can't remember where I found the MM check...it was on a cd I made years ago (if I had to guess, it would be ebay).

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below: Believe it or not, this is Stanley Kubrick filming a scene from 'Sparticus' above Cahuenga Pass in 1959.


found on ebay




Below: It doesn't mention Kubrick by name, but he was the director of Sparticus and it looks like the back of head.



Why film above a busy freeway?

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Probably because it was cheaper than filming in Italy and this scene may have been a last-minute addition to the script. It comes after the climactic battle and in the scene, Crassus (Olivier) is telling Batiatus (Ustinov) that there will be no survivors to sell as slaves. I'll have to go look at my DVD of the movie again to see who well they cut the freeway out of the frame.
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