Gilmour in attendance.Powers was told the Cold War was over, and that "madman on the loose" Dr.Evil was again threatening.His new partner would be "top agent" Miss Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley), Mrs.Kensington""s daughter - Powers thought to himself outloud: "I bet she shags like a mink." She would help Powers acclimatize to the 90s - among his personal effects that he retrieved was a Burt Bacharach record, and one Swedish-made penis enlarger pump (with his credit card receipt, warranty card, and a book he authored about using the pump).Although anachronistic in costuming and accents and overly long (at 3 hours and 17 minutes) with some ""wooden"" acting,Spartacusremains one of the more beloved and intelligent gladiator films (and a model for Ridley Scott""sGladiator (2000)).But He that hath the steerage of my course direct my sail.Act I, Scene 5:As a jovial host, Lord Capulet meets and welcomes the entering guests and the masked Montagues.The film""s script - written with the backdrop of war in Europe (and the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939 and the persecution of Jews) - made timely parallels between the ostracized Jews and the race of mistreated gypsies (Romani peoples), and dramatically showed the schism between the two socio-economic classes in Paris (the ""haves"" and the ""have-nots"").