Stanley Kubrick Overview:

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.

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

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1964Best DirectorDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)N/ANominated
1968Best Director2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)N/ANominated
1971Best DirectorA Clockwork Orange (1971)N/ANominated
1971Best WritingA Clockwork Orange (1971)N/ANominated
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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


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


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


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


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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According to Kirk Douglas, Kubrick allegedly wanted to take credit for the Spartacus (1960) screenplay that was primarily written by Dalton Trumbo. Trumbo, who was blacklisted at the time, originally was going to use the alias Sam Jackson. During the production of the film, Otto Preminger announced he had hired Trumbo to write the screenplay for Exodus (1960). Douglas, in turn, announced that he had been the first to hire Trumbo, who would be credited on his film. Preminger's film was released six months earlier than "Spartacus," which was released in October 1960. Douglas later said he decided to give Trumbo credit because he was appalled at Kubrick's attempt to hog the credit. This "recollection" likely was colored by the fact that Kubrick went on to become a great director, and the film was seen as a Kubrick film rather than as the product of Kirk Douglas, who produced it. Douglas viewed the film as a fulfillment of his personal vision. It is highly unlikely that Kubrick would try to take the credit, as Trumbo served as one of the members of the film's executive committee - screenwriter

Often read about psychology, and knew how to manipulate his cast quite well. A fine example of this is with Shelley Duvall in The Shining (1980).

According to his wife Christiane Kubrick, he would screen every movie he could get ahold of. One of his favorites was The Jerk (1979). He considered making Eyes Wide Shut (1999) a dark sex comedy with Steve Martin in the lead. He even met with Martin to discuss the project.

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