The classics keep popping on #YouTube Movies & TV. Another one (as before, free in the U.S.) has apparently just surfaced. And it's a biggie -- 1960's "Spartacus". Mostly directed by Stanley Kubrick, it's arguably Kirk Douglas' most important role. Running more than three hours, it's one of the uber-great historical dramas, about an escaped gladiator who takes on the entire Roman Empire, and is based on an actual slave immortalized in historical texts from the period. If you've never seen this wondrous film you should. And if you have, it's probably time to see it again.
I have to add that in one production photo I've seen from this film, the Roman Army is positioned on a hillside just a few miles from where I'm sitting right now, with the Ventura Freeway clearly visible at the side, with cars streaming by.
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