Stanley Kubrick

Legendary director, Stanley Kubrick, was born on Jul 26, 1928 in New York City, NY. Kubrick died at the age of 70 on Mar 7, 1999 in Harpenden, Hertfordshire and was laid to rest in Childwickbury Manor Cemetery in Childwick Green, Hertfordshire, England.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Kubrick was nominated for four Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

Year	Award	Film name	Role	Result
1964	Best Director	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	N/A	Nominated
1968	Best Director	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	N/A	Nominated
1971	Best Director	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	N/A	Nominated
1971	Best Writing	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	N/A	Nominated

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Barry Lyndon (1975, )

on Apr 17, 2020 From The Stop Button

The first half of Barry Lyndon, very nicely delineated on screen with a title card and then an intermission, is a black comedy. The second half is a tragedy. The epilogue explicitly reconciles the two, but there?s also Michael Hordern?s narration, which does the most expository work of anything in t... Read full article

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Quote: on Plot

By KC on Jun 24, 2018 From Classic Movies

Image Source A very good plot is a minor miracle; it's like a hit tune in music. - Source... Read full article

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Flying Padre (1951, )

By Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 12, 2018 From The Stop Button

Flying Padre has three types of impressive shots. The first two types involve an airplane. The short is about a New Mexico priest who flies around his 4,000-square mile parish. There are interior and exterior shots of the plane and director Kubrick gets some fantastic shots from inside out. He?s als... Read full article

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Book Review--Space Odyssey: , Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece

By KC on Apr 20, 2018 From Classic Movies

Space Odyssey: , Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece Michael Benson Simon & Schuster, 2018 Upon its release, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) became a sensation as a sort of Disneyland ride for grown ups. With its innovative, and trippy special effects, it was the perfe... Read full article

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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, )

By Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 13, 2018 From The Stop Button

2001: A Space Odyssey has five distinct parts?the ?Dawn of Man? sequence, then the space station and moon visit, then the main action before the intermission, then the main action after the intermission, then the ?Jupiter? sequence. The prehistoric sequence, where an advanced alien device puts the v... Read full article

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