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Stanley Kubrick (/ ˈ k uː b r ɪ k /; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and photographer.
IMDb provides an extensive overview of the life and career of Stanley Kubrick, one of the most influential and acclaimed film directors of all time. Learn about his early years, his controversial and visionary films, his collaborations, his awards, and his legacy.
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5 days ago · Stanley Kubrick (born July 26, 1928, Bronx, New York, U.S.—died March 7, 1999, Childwickbury Manor, near St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England) was an American motion-picture director and writer whose films are characterized by his dramatic visual style, meticulous attention to detail, and a detached, often ironic or pessimistic perspective. An ...
1 day ago · Stanley Kubrick photographed shortly before his death. LANDMARK MEDIA/Alamy. When it finally wrapped on June 17 1998, he was exhausted. Eyes Wide Shut had been filmed over 294 days, spread over ...
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Eyes Wide Shut, a sexual odyssey starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, was Kubrick’s final film. Set against a dream-like Christmas backdrop, Eyes Wide Shut steers Cruise’s upper-crust doctor through a hazy mess of conspiracies and perversions, leading to a masked orgy in a private mansion; the most resounding and talked-about sequence in the film.
- Full Metal Jacket (1987) (Warner Bros.) Kubrick’s shocking take on the Vietnam war arrived in the wake of several other classic Vietnam movies (Apocalypse Now; Platoon; The Deer Hunter) but found its own place in the public imagination thanks to its unusual diptych structure.
- Barry Lyndon (1975) Barry Lyndon is a superlative feat of filmmaking craft and is considered by many Kubrick purists to be the director’s finest feature.
- A Clockwork Orange (1971) Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange' also gained accusations of so-called obscenity, prompting the director to withdraw it from circulation.
Apr 2, 2014 · Stanley Kubrick was an American filmmaker known for directing <i>Clockwork Orange</i>, <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>, <i>The Shining</i> and <i>Full Metal Jacket</i>. Learn more...
2 days ago · Similar to The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut became the source of any number of conspiracy theories. It has even been seen as a warning to the predations of convicted US sex offenders, Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein. Now, it is regarded as a classic, maybe not Kubrick’s best film, but one with enough layers to reward repeated viewing.
