Warner Directors Series - Stanley Kubrick (2001 - A Space Odyssey/ A Clockwork Orange/ The Shining/ Eyes Wide Shut/ Full Metal Jacket/ A Life in Pictures

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A must for me..but perhaps you should wait for HD DVD versions........2007-09-11

Kubrick was a technical perfectionist, one who never forgot that always movies are at first a visual craft.
I doubt if he considered future television presentations of his movies, as he was well aware of the coming widescreen HD television and that exactly when it would be in place was very uncertain.
I first viewed HD t.v.'s for sale in Japanese department stores, when my Japanese wife, in an over-reaction, most appropriate for Japanese, wanted to replace overnight all of her televisons with HD t.v. sets. This was in 1993!!!
if you are a Kubrick affectionario, and value image quality as very important, as it should be for Kubrick's masterpieces, then please reflect on the following:
resolution WILL degrade when these non-anamorphic negatives are blown up for widescreen t.v.'s.
Proper presentation would be matted, as Kurbrick most certainly would have probably desired, to match the original theatrical presentation WITH NO 16X9!
However, this is a marketing no no, and Kubrick was well aware of both this and the visual degradation that would occur if released 16x9 with VGA resolution. You want bigger, so then accept the price. Hopefully with HD, we get it all. However, so far with every new digital "improvement" aesthetic quality has been compromised...such as downloadable music has very sloppy sound, but it can be marketed. Theoretically, it is possible that these DVD's will be better in some ways then when they are released on HD DVD's. We are living in a world of trade offs where marketing rules. Those with patience usually do the best.
Yes, with the proper matted version, you will have to sit closer to your tube monitor, (still the best viewing quality), to watch the restored, properly matted movies at maximum resolution, or instead, please wait until the HD DVD editions.
For an example of the degradation that will occur, see the current widescreen DVD of Full Metal Jacket.
Logic would be to wait one or two years for this set to be released on HD DVD. If you can't, then using a step up converter DVD player via a HMID connection to a HD television, probably will lessen the degradation to an acceptabele level. However..if you value highly the visual quality, you will toss away these VGA's soon for the HD DVD copies. Myself...I do not plan to move on to HD. Only to retain my personal library of approximately 1,000 DVD's, (which I will prune to 700), and step up my VGA to HD using my three DVD players (for back up so I can play them for at least 10 years from now). Therefore..I will be buying all of these new versions, with the proper matting, and have acceptable minimal resolution degradation. In the future, I will begin building a library of HD DVD's but only for new movies and for new releases of "old" movies which are better on HD. Many may not be better, or as good. HD may be "too good" for early 4:3 black and white movies which thrive on grain. The future may not bode well for Kubricks early masterpieces, or for almost all pre 1954 movies.

Just To Clarify. . ........2007-09-10

Stanley Kubrick is undoubtedly a master filmaker, and this new set of his films is certainly long overdue, even if some of his best films (Dr. Strangelove, Barry Lyndon, Lolita) are not included. However, just to clarify for some of the "HD widescreen purists" who have been disapointed in the full frame versions of some of the films (eg The Shining, Full Metal Jacket), Stanley Kubrick intended them to be released for home viewing in that format. Rather than traditionally shooting those films in widescreen, then chopping off the sides for the home release, Kubrick shot those particular films in a standard aspect ratio, then removed the top and bottom of the frames to create a widescreen ratio for the theatrical exhibition. Then, for the home version, he reinserted the additional parts of the frame. So the full screen versions of Full Metal Jacket and The Shining actually show more of the image and were Kubrick's intended versions. However, most people are unaware of this fact. If Kubrick wanted the films to be released in the larger full frame, did Warner Bros. disregard his wishes when producing this set, or has the Kubrick family approved the move? Regardless of the aspect ratios, this set will still benefit from the inclusion of numerous special features and the anamorphic version of A Clockwork Orange, which was previously only available in a nonanamorphic widescreen version.

16 x 9 for (mostly) full frame films?.......2007-08-29

This is in response to another review here. With the exception of 2001 and Clockwork Orange (which was 1.66:1 I think) none of these films were shot in widescreen in the first place. All of his last three films were shot full frame/ academy ratio and masked for cinema presentations. So what we've been seeing on video is actually the whole of what was shot at the time of production and exactly what Kubrick wanted people to see, knowing that the films would often be viewed on standard televisions.

Eyes Wide Shut????.......2007-08-25

Does anyone know if Eyes Wide Shut will be released the way Kubrick intended it to be? I would love to see his real vision of the film. To bad Paths of Glory didn't make the cut.

About time... but.......2007-08-21

OK-- I don't own this fine-looking collection, but I want to echo the sentiment that it's about time that some of these titles are at last released in their original widescreen presentation. (I also agree that the tags "16:9" or "anamorphic" are essential on DVD product descriptors.)

But, please... release these puppies individually! I'm not a huge "Shining" fan, but I've jonesed for a widescreen "Full Metal Jacket" ever since I bought my first DVD player. Let me buy it!!!

Thanks for listening.

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Eyes Wide Shut [Blu-ray]
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Release Date: 2007-10-23

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Starring: Tom Cruise , Nicole Kidman , Madison Eginton , Jackie Sawiris , and Sydney Pollack
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Average yet one of my favorites...
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Release Date: 2001-06-12

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It was inevitable that Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut would be the most misunderstood film of 1999. Kubrick died four months prior to its release, and there was no end to speculation how much he would have tinkered with the picture, changed it, "fixed" it. We'll never know. But even without the haunting enigma of the director's death--and its eerie echo/anticipation in the scene when Dr. Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) visits the deathbed of one of his patients--Eyes Wide Shut would have perplexed and polarized viewers and reviewers. After all, virtually every movie of Kubrick's post-U.S. career had; only 1964's Dr. Strangelove opened to something approaching consensus. Quite apart from the author's tinkering, Kubrick's movies themselves always seemed to change--partly because they changed us, changed the world and the ways we experienced and understood it. And we may expect Eyes Wide Shut to do the same. Unlike Kubrick himself, it has time.

So consider, as we settle in to live with this long, advisedly slow, mesmerizing film, how challenging and ambiguous its narrative strategy is. The source is an Arthur Schnitzler novella titled Traumnovelle (or "Dream Story"), and it's a moot question how much of Eyes Wide Shut itself is dream, from the blue shadows frosting the Harfords' bedroom to the backstage replica of New York's Greenwich Village that Kubrick built in England. Its major movement is an imaginative night-journey (even the daylight parts of it) taken by a man reeling from his wife's teasing confession of fantasized infidelity, and toward the end there is a token gesture of the couple waking to reality and, perhaps, a new, chastened maturity. Yet on some level--visually, psychologically, logically--every scene shimmers with unreality. Is everything in the movie a dream? And if so, who is dreaming it at any given moment, and why?

Don't settle for easy answers. Kubrick's ultimate odyssey beckons. And now the dream is yours. --Richard T. Jameson

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Average yet one of my favorites..........2007-08-24

I find this movie very average. The acting is uninspiring and the plot is pathetic to say the least. It has the potential to be interesting, but it takes so many useless loops that in the end you don't care about the plot at all.

What makes me call this movie one of my favorites, besides the scenes of a half-nude Nicole Kidman and the steamy orgy scene, is how edgy this film is. It has a semi-porn movie feel to it, yet you know that you are watching A-list actors like Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The movie is raw and edgy and very appealing. If you want to buy this movie for a great viewing experience, simply pass on it. However, if you would like to watch something original and edgy for once, then this movie would be a great addition to your collection.

Just Think, You Stupid Bunch of Circus Freaks!.......2007-08-08

Just think. The following will not contain any explanantion of this film whatsoever. It's a provocative message. I have my understanding of this film. If you don't have one then get your goddamn self off of this freaking page, and watch it, you cheap low-life. This is the most intellectually brilliant film of our time, besides, of course, THE SHINING which is the greatest movie ever made (I don't want to sound like a Nazi, but that isn't my opinion, its a damn fact), and some other films like Bergman fellini desica, TCM(1974) Martin(1977)... but anyway. Think about the lead actors. Think about the director, and who he is (an intellectual who doesn't beleive in god, as we all shouldn't and I certaintly don't). Think about the last words that kubrick wrote in the script. Who is the piano player, and who does he represent. Who is that damn dark figure in the nightclub bar behind where cruise meets the piano player!!!!!!!! Think about why Kubrick didn't make the orgy scene erotic like a porno, but actually boner-less(unless your a six year old or something). Think about that little picture that is behind cruise on the wall, while he finds out about the aids. Think about the title, for "god's" sake(get it, "god's"). Think about why throughout the movie, cruise and kidman are never sober, the're high, drunk, and are constantly drugged up? Is this what our society has become, a mental pleasure cruise, in which nobody can accept reality, and escapes through drugs(though I love them) and alcohol(that too). One girl even escapes by dying. Why do those kids beat on cruise(even while he wears that beautiful overcoat)!!!!!!!!!!!! What does the newspaper say? Why is Mozarts requiem playing(a funeral song) while nobody is clearly dying(or are they?) What is that blindfold. Why does he get a cappucino(no, that wasn't a joke, you should seriously try to understand that)!!!! What are the orgy scene lyrics saying(in English) obviously(unless your some illegal chink or somehing) And why the f69k is it Christmas?

A Stanley Kubrick Love Story.......2007-08-05

Through Stanley Kubrick's camera lens, the universe is a cold and frequently sinister place.

The man-made world of DR. STRANGELOVE marches to its wacky Armaggeddon even as its silly characters struggle valiantly to save it. The technology that got us into the outer space of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY betrays us and leaves us as nothing more than a well-fed, well-dressed specimen to the powers we find beyond our solar system. The government of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE is so bent on behavioral modification that it makes a hero of a rapist thug like Alex the Droog. The mask covering our historical and psychological sins is ripped away and leaves us as absorbed ghosts in the Overlook Hotel in THE SHINING. And the military of FULL METAL JACKET chews up our young men and spits them out as psycho-killers razing someone else's countryside.

So at the end of his life, Kubrick makes a love story. Talk about confounding everyone on the planet, including his fans.

Kubrick died just after finishing the cut that was released to theatres and much speculation has been placed on what he would've done before anyone saw it. There were enough wild rumors during production. Even now, I read a story that Kubrick was disappointed with the Hollywood power couple of Cruise and Kidman. (Although he's a very earnest actor, Cruise seems to struggle with depth, but I thought Kidman was a good choice...although she plays getting high on marijuana too silly and ridiculous--has she ever been high?).

But something worked for me with EYES WIDE SHUT.

And there's something new here that's never been seen in a Stanley Kubrick film before: optimism. Even as Cruise's love for his wife is assaulted by the haunting images of her making love to the officer in uniform, even as he recklessly follows paths to violate his vows and his faithfulness...something always stops him. He doesn't ravage the hooker, he doesn't indulge in the bizarre private orgy, etc.

Something always brings him home, safe and sound. Something you never saw in the Kubrick film before.

(When will they release a version without the computer-generated orgy attendees blocking our view?)

The misunderstood masterpiece.......2007-08-03

The only reason I can think of that this DVD deserves 3.5 stars is the MPAA's mandate for the inclusion of digital figures to cover up the sex sequences, which can be seen "unadulterated" in the Region 2 disc (but with different music, as the theatrical/Region 1 DVD's music was found to be offensive to Hindus, I believe).

But otherwise, this movie is absolutely phenomenal. Like the best of Bergman, like Welles' F for Fake, like Fellini's 8 1/2, this movie represents a story that is truly genre-less. How do you classify Eyes Wide Shut? At Kubrick's _worst_, his movies were some of the best out of their given genres. At his best, they are not only the best of the genre, but transcend it altogether (2001, Barry Lyndon, Dr. Stranglove...).

Other reviewers have already noted what is fantastic about this movie. The lightening is some of the best of Kubrick's career. It holds both Nicole Kidman's and Tom Cruise's best performances of their careers. Sydney Pollack is fantastic. And the centerpiece, the orgy sequence, is quintessential Kubrick.

I think that this movie will be reevaluated in the future, and people will finally understand it for what it is. Personally, I think that Eyes Wide Shut is effectively a period piece. It is a period piece about the 1990s and the era of civilization we now find ourselves in, with the sexual freedoms and faults (and diseases) we now have to deal with. How else do you explain the nondescript "New York City"? How else do you explain the persistent presence of a Christmas tree in _every damn scene_? It underscores the pervasive materialism at the heart of the 80s and 90s, which in turn underscores the kinds of sexuality and sexual inadequacies on display in this movie. It is a period piece about the 90s, it just happens to have been made in 90s as well.

With his final film, Kubrick managed to create a story that is free of any genre, free of baggage, free of any previous assumptions about what a film can do. It is not his best, but it might be his most fulfilling, and it sums up one of the most cynical, but also one of the greatest director's career with a tiny glimmer of modest - but realistic - hope.

A worthy finale from the great director.......2007-07-25

I am still shocked that many people out there who are avid movie buffs don't want to give this move the credit it certainly deserves. The movie has of course outstanding imagery with Kubrick's steady cam but also has great color and sound with shostakovich-.starts out slow and captures your attention very quickly Nicole looked amazing and her acting skills was on par with her best role, "Dead Calm"

Definitely check out this collector's edition with some fine interviews with Speilberg(overrated), cruise, kidman

S. Kubrick, you are truly missed.

Eyes Wide Shut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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Slow film that never pays off

Eyes Wide Shut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Starring: Tom Cruise , Nicole Kidman , Madison Eginton , Jackie Sawiris , and Sydney Pollack
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Release Date: 2007-10-23

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Slow film that never pays off.......2007-09-16

I remembered seeing this film when it first came out and being disappointed. When I thought back about why, I couldn't quite remember. I decided to watch this movie again and give an honest chance at finding out why I didn't like it in the first place. The first thing I noticed is this is very much a Stanley Kubrick film. This is a good thing, being a fan of most of his films, slow paced with a methodical precision. Slow steady cam shots and pans that add eeriness to the subject matter. Lot's of dialog which makes it a real character study. The story has tons of depth with lots of real human interaction. So already I'm sucked into this film. The acting is pretty good with Cruise and Kidman as well. The first thing you noticed is the erotic uncomfortably of the subject matter from the first scene. Kubrick sets a tone for that uneasy thoughts and feeling that are shared by many people in monogamous relationships, are they your ultimate fantasy? If not, who and what is. Of course when our significant other finds out it's almost never a good thing. Sexual cravings and fantasies have always been a taboo in our culture.

Aside from the subject matter being not as interesting to me as other films he's done, Kubrick also falls into another problem, pacing. This film was great...for a first act. I mean, if this entire film was the first act, this would be great. Kubrick made this film with so much depth that the story moves very slow. There are lots of distractions and side characters that add to the over all story but never really pay off in the end. It's almost like someone said, "Hey Stan, we got ten minutes to wrap this thing up." The ending was not the payoff needed for this film to justify all this character and emotional development. This film really doesn't even have a climax. It's a fine film on every level until you get to the end...it just fizzles out. Too bad, this film really could have blew your mid if it was conceived in a bit more ambitious direction instead of being left as a thought provoking and some what abstract question about the psychology of human sexuality.

Stanley Kubrick Collection (2001: A Space Odyssey / Dr. Strangelove / A Clockwork Orange / The Shining / Lolita / Barry Lyndon / Full Metal Jacket / Eyes Wide Shut)

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Realize that a new Kubrick boxed set is due October 2007
Great Documentary
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The master of his domain
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Stanley Kubrick Collection (2001: A Space Odyssey / Dr. Strangelove / A Clockwork Orange / The Shining / Lolita / Barry Lyndon / Full Metal Jacket / Eyes Wide Shut)
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Release Date: 2001-06-12

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With the 1957 release of Paths of Glory, Stanley Kubrick confirmed his early promise and joined the ranks of world-class filmmakers. The age of the auteur had arrived, and Kubrick was a prime candidate for inclusion in the pantheon of directors later canonized by critic Andrew Sarris in his influential book The American Cinema. Ironically, this was also the period during which Kubrick left his native soil for permanent residence in England, and from that point forward, the Kubrick mystique inflated to legendary proportions. But if Kubrick was no longer bringing himself to the world, he was certainly bringing the world to his films. From the comfort of his rural England estate and locations never far from London, Kubrick would command cinematic odysseys to isolated Colorado (in The Shining), battle-ravaged Vietnam (Full Metal Jacket), upscale New York City (Eyes Wide Shut), and, of course, Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite (in 2001: A Space Odyssey).

The New Stanley Kubrick Collection includes all eight of Kubrick's films from Lolita on--a quarter-century of brilliant, challenging cinema. This second edition adds Eyes Wide Shut to the previous collection and remastered sound on five of the films plus a new anamorphic edition of 2001. Purists have complained that Kubrick's last three films have been released in full-screen format only; this was in compliance with Kubrick's wishes, and the films do not suffer unduly from full-screen formatting. This set also features a new full-length documentary made by longtime Kubrick assistant Jan Harlan, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures. The diversity of Kubrick's work is truly astonishing, even though the director's technical precision and steely perspective on humanity may strike uninitiated viewers as cold and even misanthropic. His films almost always received mixed (and sometimes scathingly negative) reviews upon their release, only to benefit from glowing reassessment as they grew entrenched in the public consciousness. Here, in all their glory, are the collected films of a genuine master, ripe for study and appreciation for many years to come. --Jeff Shannon

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The new Stanley Kubrick Collection includes eight of the great director's masterpieces in stunning all-new digital transfers, restored picture and new digital audio. Titles include: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacke

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Realize that a new Kubrick boxed set is due October 2007.......2007-08-02

On October 23, 2007 Warner Home Video will be launching a new "Stanley Kubrick Collection". Included are brand new versions of:
2001: A Space Odyssey - Special Edition (2-disc)
A Clockwork Orange: Special Edition (2-disc)
Eyes Wide Shut: Special Edition (2-disc)
Full Metal Jacket: Deluxe Edition
The Shining: Special Edition (2-disc)
All titles have been restored and remastered and will offer both archive and new bonus features. The documentary "Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures" will also be included in this set. Apparently missing from this set, but also being released in new versions individually on October 23, are Lolita and Barry Lyndon. Eyes Wide Shut will include both the rated and unrated versions. No new release of Dr. Strangelove is planned. The new boxed set will retail at eighty dollars. All titles contained in the boxed set will be available separately including the documentary.

Great Documentary.......2006-03-18

The documentary about Stanley Kubrick included in this collection ("Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures") makes it worth having. A truly great collection of movies, perfect for a Kubrick enthusiast looking to establish their DVD collection, or for people unsure about Kubrick to make them fans!

A box set featuring the films of the world's greatest director.......2005-07-03

The Stanley Kubrick Collection features 9 amazing DVD's, eight of them films. The films include Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, the documentary Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures and more.
First of all, the sound/picture quality is amazing. If improves vastly over the sound/picture quality over the original, now out-of-print Stanley Kubrick Collection from 1999.
Also, the films are brilliant, except the vastly overrated A Clockwork Orange. For my review on this film, visit A Clockwork Orange on amazon.com
Every Kubrick fan should own this item!

The master of his domain.......2005-07-03

"Genius is the fire that lights itself." That could very well describe the mystique of, and the body of work from, Stanley Kubrick, arguably one of the greatest filmakers of the 20th century. This collection represents 8 of his works, from 'Lolita' to 'Eyes wide Shut', released after his sudden death in March 1999. Although other directors have a larger number of films to their credit, it only took 13 directions to go in for Kubrick to cement his legacy in the annals of movie history. From my perspective, two flicks stand out to define his greatness: 'Spartacus' (not included in this collection) and '2001: a Space Odyssey'. To do something no one else has done before, and for everyone to pull from that influence since, is a testament to his courage and perfectionism. He is listed in the Guiness book Of World Records as the director who demanded an astonishing 600-plus takes for one scene in 'The Shining'. Needless to say, Shelley Duvall was not happy after that week of shooting in the cold. But the actors who were fortunate enough to work on one of his films became major stars because of their apearances, from James Earl Jones in 'Dr. Strangelove', to Malcolm McDowell in 'A Clockwork Orange', to R. Lee Ermey and Vincent D'Onofrio in 'Full Metal Jacket', and Lelee Sobieski in 'Eyes Wide Shut'. Kirk Douglas was so fond of his talent, he made sure he got to work with him three times.

This is an excellent overview of a master artisan. Purchasing this along with the Criterion Collection version of 'Spartacus' will give you viewing enjoyment that will last a lifetime. Also check out 'A.I.: Artifical Intelligence', a Steven Spielberg product that was based on a screenplay given to him by Kubrick from ideas written in the books by Isaac Asimov. It was the last script Kubrick never finished making a movie of.

Much better set.......2005-05-30

Includes a couple more films and Vivian's feature-length documentary Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures. One look at this set may be as a cash generator (after all, WB already released a Kubrick collection), but second look is Kubrick's artifact, an in-depth, beautifully remastered, feature-packed set. At last, gone are the days of Kubrick rolling in his grave from the original clunker set. He can now rest in peace, as his films are now preserved at highest imaginable quality with immersive 5.1 surround. Bless you, Vivian.

2001 was the only film in the original set to get the 5.1 treatment. Now, four other films (Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket) have been touched by the magic wand, and given a massive makeover, including-- you guessed it-- 5.1 surround. The features on the separate discs are essentially the same as the original set (we still get Vivian's Making of The Shining documentary, only with a restoration job done), but the real highlight is A Life In Pictures. After only seeing three of his films (2001, A Clockwork Orange, and Shining), I must agree that Kubrick is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, director(s) that ever lived.

Now WB has listened to the wailing Kubrick estate, and given his films the respect they deserve. Avoid the original clunker. Buy this one.

P.S. The films that are in fullscreen were shot that way, and the original aspect ratio is preserved according to Kubrick's wishes. So stop complaining about it!

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Average yet one of my favorites...
Just Think, You Stupid Bunch of Circus Freaks!
A Stanley Kubrick Love Story
The misunderstood masterpiece
A worthy finale from the great director

Eyes Wide Shut
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Don't settle for easy answers. Kubrick's ultimate odyssey beckons. And now the dream is yours. --Richard T. Jameson

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Average yet one of my favorites..........2007-08-24

Just Think, You Stupid Bunch of Circus Freaks!.......2007-08-08

A Stanley Kubrick Love Story.......2007-08-05

The misunderstood masterpiece.......2007-08-03

A worthy finale from the great director.......2007-07-25

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A wandering eye almost cost him his families life.......

Eyes Wide Shut [Region 2]
Starring: Tom Cruise , Nicole Kidman , Madison Eginton , Jackie Sawiris , and Sydney Pollack
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A wandering eye almost cost him his families life..............2005-12-15

There are times during any infidelity where if you continue your infidelity, you will almost certainly loose your spouse. Now, just imagine a time when investigating a very brief, potential infidelity / relationship outside of his marriage it almost cost Tom Cruise his life. Or worse yet, he placed his families safety in significant jeopardy simply because he held a temporary fascination with a lifestyle led by very few, which he stumbled across when he ran into an old male friend who was a professional musician.

Although Dr. William Harford (Cruise) is living in New York's high society, there is an entire exclusive society for the Ultra Wealthy which has orgies of massive proportions. Every member of the secret society must always keep their face covered with a mask while they are at these functions.

A combination of Dr. Harford's uncontrollable curiosity about this secret society was moved along dramatically by his wife's (Nicole Kidman) admission of sexual longings with a sailor at a recent resort while the Dr's family was on vacation. Suddenly Tom Cruise was headed directly into maritial infidelity with the stunning beauty he meets at his best friends home during a party. They are unable to connect at this party but he has plans to see this new female soon. And he does, at the morgue.

Tom's Cruises character in Eyes Wide Shut is reminded in a very frightening manner how close he was to the edge and how close he had driven the family he loves near disaster.

This is Director Stanley Kubricks last film and it is truly a classic. While it shares some of the normal characteristics of other films which Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman have made either together or apart, this film takes us to places most of us have never thought about nor that we may even want to think about.

This is a very daring film and one which truly stands out alone. There are several brief parts of this film where an X Rating probably had to be considered. Through a combination of creative shot angles and using others bodies to block parts of questionable scenes, this film was able to be released with the R Rating.

This is CLEARLY an R Rated film. This is not a film that would be appropriate for anyone under age 18 or 21. I enjoyed this film and have seen it many times. This film is so loaded with characters, parts of the plot, conversation and great filming locations, that watching this movie many times will bring something new to you each time. I would give this movie two thumbs way up and say it certainly is a must see for adults who enjoy watching Cruise and Kidman films.

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Average yet one of my favorites...
Just Think, You Stupid Bunch of Circus Freaks!
A Stanley Kubrick Love Story
The misunderstood masterpiece
A worthy finale from the great director

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Starring: Tom Cruise , Nicole Kidman , Madison Eginton , Jackie Sawiris , and Sydney Pollack
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Customer Reviews:

Average yet one of my favorites..........2007-08-24

Just Think, You Stupid Bunch of Circus Freaks!.......2007-08-08

A Stanley Kubrick Love Story.......2007-08-05

The misunderstood masterpiece.......2007-08-03

A worthy finale from the great director.......2007-07-25

Average customer rating:

Eyes Wide Shut [Region 2]
Starring: Tom Cruise , Nicole Kidman , Madison Eginton , Jackie Sawiris , and Sydney Pollack
Director: Stanley Kubrick
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Thrillers | Mystery & Suspense | Genres | DVD | Video

General | Mystery & Suspense | Genres | DVD | Video

( E ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B00005OA7J

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