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Stanley Kubrick
[1928-1999]
![auteur Stanley Kubrick [1928-99] & Arriflex camera, in color](images/StanleyKubrick&camera-color.jpg "auteur Stanley Kubrick [1928-99] & Arriflex camera, in color") | short profile |
Stanley Kubrick made only fourteen feature films
but ten of them are masterpieces.
"One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential for one man to make a film."
— Stanley Kubrick
s h o r t p r o f i l e
h e r e
Stanley Kubrick entry at Wikipedia
Stanley Kubrick credits [1951-99] at Internet Movie Database
 | Stanley Kubrick won one Oscar for "2001: A Space Odyssey" [1968] {Best Visual Effects}, — out of 13 Oscar nominations |
He also received
two BAFTA Awards, plus six nominations, 1961-2000
Best Director Prize at the Locarno Film Festival, 1959
five D.G.A. nominations, 1963-76
shared W.G.A. Award for Best Written American Comedy, 1965
four David di Donatello Awards, 1969-88
Razzie Worst Director Award for "The Shining" in 1981
Kinema Junpo Award for Best Foreign Language Film Director, 1989
D.G.A. Lifetime Achievement Award, 1997
Career Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, 1997
BAFTA/LA Britannia Award, 1999
Directors Guild of Great Britain Lifetime Achievement Award, 1999
Filmcritica 'Bastone Bianco' Award at the Venice Film Festival, 1999
Movies of Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick credits [1951-99] at Internet Movie Database
browse Stanley Kubrick on DVD at Amazon
 | "The Cinema of Stanley Kubrick" [1972] by Norman Kagan Continuum 3rd edition 8¼x5½ pb [2/2000] for $27.95 Holt, Rinehart & Winston 9x6 hardcover [1972] out of print/used |
 | "KUBRICK: The Films of Stanley Kubrick" [1973] by Daniel De Vries Eerdmans Publng 8¼x5½ pb [1973] out of print/used |
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"Narrative and Stylistic Patterns In The Films of Stanley Kubrick" [1999] by Luis M. García Mainar Camden House 8¾x6 pb [6/2000] for $29.95 Camden House hardcover [6/99] out of print/used |
 | "Stanley Kubrick Companion" [1999] by James Howard B.T. Batsford, Ltd. 9½x7 pb [9/99] out of print/used |
 | "Stanley Kubrick Collection" White Box Set [1999]
Warner Home Video widescreen DVD set [8/2000] 7 disks - out of prodn/used Warner Home Video VHS set [6/99] 8 tapes - out of prodn/used contains 9 feature films: "Lolita" [1962], "Dr. Strangelove" [1964], "2001: A Space Odyssey" [1968], "A Clockwork Orange" [1971], "Barry Lyndon" [1975] on 2 tapes, "The Shining" [1980], and "Full Metal Jacket" [1987] (absent versus the Blue Collection are "Eyes Wide Shut" & the documentary} |
 | "Stanley Kubrick Collection" Blue Box Set [2001]
Warner Home Video widescreen DVD set [6/2001] 9 disks - out of prodn/used Warner Home Video VHS set [6/2001] 9 tapes - out of prodn/used contains 9 feature films: "Lolita" [1962], "Dr. Strangelove" [1964], "2001: A Space Odyssey" [1968], "A Clockwork Orange" [1971], "Barry Lyndon" [1975], "The Shining" [1980], "Full Metal Jacket" [1987], "Eyes Wide Shut" [1999], and the 142-minute documentary "Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures" [2001] |
 | "Stanley Kubrick Collection" Black Box Set [2008]
Warner Home Video widescreen DVD set [1/2008] 10 disks for $79.98 contains 2-disk Special Editions of 5 feature films: "2001: A Space Odyssey" [1968] starring Keir Dullea & Gary Lockwood; "A Clockwork Orange" [1971] starring Malcolm McDowell; "The Shining" [1980] starring Jack Nicholson & Shelley Duvall; "Full Metal Jacket" [1987] starring R. Lee Ermey, Matthew Modine & Vincent D'Onofrio; "Eyes Wide Shut" [1999] starring Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman; and the 142-minute documentary "Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures" [2001]; extras include commentaries, theatrical trailers, audio-only 1966 Kubrick interview, conceptual artwork, 3 documentary films & 10 new featurettes Warner Bros. Authorized Stanley Kubrick Collection Site |
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"The Killing" [1956]
race track heist, based on RFleischer's "Armored Car Robbery"; Kubrick struck gold with this hyper-stylized, nail-biting caper classic, co-written by Jim Thompson. Sterling Hayden heads a ragtag gang intent on pulling a racetrack heist, shown in complex flashbacks as the plan comes together piece by piece. Incredible supporting cast includes Jay C. Flippen, Elisha Cook, Jr., Marie Windsor, Vince Edwards, Timothy Carey and many others.
"Paths of Glory" [United Artists Dec 1957]
Co-produced, co-written & directed by Stanley Kubrick; co-written by Calder Willingham
& Jim Thompson; based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb; full credits from IMDb
"Lolita" [1962]
http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Lolita-Popular-Corrupted-Nabokovs/dp/1556526822/
http://www.amazon.com/Lolita-Film-Classics-Richard-Corliss/dp/0851703682/
"Dr. Strangelove: or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb" [1964]
Co-written & directed by Stanley Kubrick; starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott,
Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn & Slim Pickens; full credits at IMDb
Strangelove said to be inspired by rightie Albert Wohlstetter, another model said to be 60s futurist Herman Kahn
screenplay by Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter George, based on George's book "Red Alert"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gXY3kuDvSU
"2001" [1968]
| Based on Arthur C. Clarke's story "The Sentinel", the movie "2001" took sci-fi movies out of the drive-in theaters and into wide-screen movie palaces. Director Stanley Kubrick & special effects wizard Douglas Trumbull set the standard for space effects, which "Stars Wars" expanded upon nine years later. The movie is subjective – only 40 minutes of dialogue in its 139-minute general release version – and redefined the parameters of cinema. The "Also Sprach Zarathustra" theme has become a melodic icon, evoking images that are deeply part of the culture – the black monolith, the apes, the space station, HAL's red light, and the surreal ending.
Co-written & directed by Stanley Kubrick; starring Keir Dullea, Douglas Rain & Gary Lockwood; won Oscar for Best Effects, nominated for Best Director, Script & Art Direction; also Hugo Award from W.S.F.S.
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2007] for $9.99 Warner Home Video Special Edition widescreen color DVD [10/2007] 2 disks for $13.49 Warner widescreen color DVD [6/2001] for $21.49 Warner letterbox color DVD [6/99] out of prodn/many used Warner color VHS [6/99] for $4.29 Warner widescreen VHS [6/99] for $4.98 11"x17" black/yellow poster from Amazon for $14.99 full credits from IMDb | theme music [1 minute] |
more details (synopsis, books, sequel "2010", posters, music, links) on the
Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" [1968] Movie Page
"A Clockwork Orange" [1971] starring Malcolm McDowell
http://www.amazon.com/Clockwork-Orange-Blu-ray-Malcolm-McDowell/dp/B000Q678OO/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubricks-Clockwork-ScreenPress-Screenplays/dp/1901680479/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubricks-Clockwork-Anthony-Burgess/dp/0345026969/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubricks-Clockwork-Cambridge-Handbooks/dp/0521574889/
Channel Four documentary "Still Tickin': The Return of A Clockwork Orange"
featurette "Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making A Clockwork Orange"
"Barry Lyndon" [Hawk/Peregrine Dec 1975]
 | Producer/director Kubrick translated Thackerey's novel into the fulfillment of Vachel Lindsay's classic "Art of the Moving Picture" [1915]: Each scene begins from the cinematic reproduction of a famous painting of the period; Kubrick and John Alcott also managed to film the interiors by candlelight! • Written & directed by Stanley Kubrick; cinematography by John Alcott; starring Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson & Patrick Magee; won Oscars for Cinematography, Art Direction, Costumes & Music; nominated for Best Picture, Best Director & Best Script; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Criterion Collection widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2017] 2 disks for $27.99 Warner Home Video letterbox DVD [6/2001] out of prodn/used Warner Home Video color VHS [6/99] 2 tapes for $24.98 full credits at IMDb 11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" brown poster from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" black poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
"The Shining" [1980]
starring Jack Nicholson & Shelley Duvall; based on the Stephen King novel
http://www.amazon.com/Shining-Jack-Nicholson/dp/1419835084/
"Room 237" [IFC Midnight March 2013]
 | Film premiered at Sundance Jan 2012; 102-minute subjective docufilm about theories and controversies surrounding Kubrick’s film "The Shining" • film by Rodney Ascher; featuring Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan & Jay Weidner; with archive footage of Scatman Crothers, Tom Cruise, Keir Dullea, Nicole Kidman, Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Barry Nelson & Jack Nicholson
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"Full Metal Jacket" [1987]
starring R. Lee Ermey, Matthew Modine & Vincent D'Onofrio
http://www.amazon.com/Full-Metal-Jacket-Stanley-Kubrick/dp/0436239221/
"Eyes Wide Shut" [1999] starring Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman
http://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Wide-Shut-Stanley-Kubrick/dp/0446676322/
http://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Wide-Open-Stanley-Kubrick/dp/0345437764/
http://www.amazon.com/EYES-WIDE-SHUT-Screenplay-PENGUIN/dp/0141183772/
"A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)"
[Warner Bros. / DreamWorks SKG / Amblin Ent. June 2001]
Kubrick commissioned drawings from conceptual artist Chris Baker, but died in 1999; Kubrick's estate handed the reins to Steven Spielberg, who got
the movie made & released; won 5 Saturn Awards, National Board of Review Award, Venice Film Festival Award •
full credits at IMDb
http://www.amazon.com/I-Artificial-Intelligence-Stanley-Spielberg/dp/0500514895/
long-unproduced "Napoleon"
Script written in 1961; announced 3/2013: Steven Spielberg told Canal+ that he is developing Kubrick's script as a mini-series,
teamed with Kubrick's estate (no other details) • not listed at IMDb (2/2021)
 | "Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made" [2011] Edited by Alison Castle Taschen 13½x8¼ {9¾ pounds} single-volume hardcover [4/2011] out of print/50+ used "The Greatest Movie Never Made" [2009] Edited by Alison Castle
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"Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon" 10-minute color short [2016] /tt6138626/
written & directed by Jean Manuel Beauchamp. starring Travis Irvine, Andres Monsalve
"God Fearing Man" [2015] /tt2367282/
A Canadian church minister becomes one of the most successful bank robbers in U.S. history.
written by Stanley Kubrick & Stephen Clarke
unproduced "Lunatic At Large" 
ANNOUNCED Feb 2021: A lost Stanley Kubrick noir is coming to the screen: producers Bruce Hendricks and Galen Walker have optioned the rights to the film;
Kubrick worked with screenwriter Jim Thompson on a 70-page treatment, with plans for Kubrick to direct • not yet listed at IMDb
Books by Stanley Kubrick
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Shadows-Rainer-Crone/dp/0714844381/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick/e/B000APLO3C/?tag=nordellbookst-20
Works About Stanley Kubrick
search for books by/about Stanley Kubrick at Amazon
the 142-minute documentary "Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures" [2001]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCQT6GOO4zU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo3q3fpI3VY
book "SK: A Life In Pix" (Bulfinch/Little, Brown 2002)
listed L.A. Times Best Books on Movies 2002
docu "SK: A Life In Pix" = IMDb 0278736
 | "Le Film Noir: L'Áge d'Or du Film Criminel Américain" [2004] by Patrick Brion Subjects include Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, Stanley Kubrick, Nicholas Ray & Orson Welles Editions de la Martinière French-language hardcover [9/2004] for €42,75 at Amazon France Patrick Brion's weblog (in French) |
"Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story" [2005] /tt0376543/
For months, con artist Alan Conway (John Malkovich, in a tour de force performance)
pretends to be one of the greatest directors of all times – Stanley Kubrick
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Films/films_frameset.asp?id=56917
"Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick" (2007) (V) /tt1149982/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Archives-Alison-Castle/dp/3836508893/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Interviews-Conversations-Filmmakers/dp/1578062977/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Visual-1928-1999-Basic/dp/3822831158/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Director-Visual-Analysis/dp/0393321193/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Biography-Vincent-Lobrutto/dp/0306809060/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Narrative-Stylistic-Analysis/dp/0275972917/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Biography-John-Baxter/dp/0786704853/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Art-Adaptation-Novels/dp/0786430974/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Essays-Films-Legacy/dp/0786432977/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Pocket-Essential-Duncan/dp/1903047013/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Pocket-Essential-ebook/dp/B0024NP3KS/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Seven-Films-Analyzed/dp/0786421525/
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Masters-Cinema-Krohn/dp/2866425723/
http://www.amazon.com/Kubrick-Definitive-Michel-Ciment/dp/0571211089/
http://www.amazon.com/Kubrick-Michael-Herr/dp/0802138187/
http://www.amazon.com/Kubrick-New-Expanded-Inside-Artists/dp/0253213908/
http://www.amazon.com/Kubrick-James-Naremore/dp/1844571424/
http://www.amazon.com/Kubrick-Facade-Faces-Voices-Stanley/dp/081085855X/
http://www.amazon.com/Kubrick-Michael-Herr/dp/0330481134/
http://www.amazon.com/Kubricks-Hope-Discovering-Optimism-2001/dp/0810862069/
http://www.amazon.com/Kubricks-Cinema-Odyssey-Michel-Chion/dp/0851708390/
http://www.amazon.com/Are-Alone-Extraterrestrial-Intelligence-Interviews/dp/1904027458/
http://www.amazon.com/Cinema-Loneliness-Kubrick-Scorsese-Spielberg/dp/0195123506/
http://www.amazon.com/Clarke-Kubrick-T-3-maitre-l%5Cunivers/dp/B003MRW34Y/
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Kubrick-David-Hughes/dp/0753504529/
http://www.amazon.com/Depth-Field-Stanley-Kubrick-Wisconsin/dp/0299216144/
http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Stanley-Kubrick-Library-Filmmakers/dp/0816043892/
http://www.amazon.com/Film-Director-Superstar-Kubrick-Leste/dp/B0028Z0M6W/
http://www.amazon.com/Films-Dreams-Tarkovsky-Bergman-Sokurov/dp/073912188X/
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Death-Kubrick-Critical-Through/dp/0786459166/
http://www.amazon.com/Perspectives-Stanley-Kubrick-Film/dp/0816119910/
http://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Stanley-Kubrick-Popular-Culture/dp/081319220X/
http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Door-Stanley-Kubrick-Holocaust/dp/0820471151/
"Masters of Cinema: Stanley Kubrick by Bill Krohn
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2866425723/
"Stanley Kubrick: Visual Poet 1928-1999 (Basic Film) by Paul Duncan
http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Kubrick-Visual-1928-1999-Basic/dp/3822831158/
"On Kubrick by James Naremore
http://www.amazon.com/Kubrick-James-Naremore/dp/1844571424/ref=pd_sim_b_2
"Kubrick, New and Expanded Edition: Inside a Film Artist's Maze by Thomas Allen Nelson (Jun 22, 2000)
http://www.amazon.com/Kubrick-New-Expanded-Inside-Artists/dp/0253213908/
"The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick" [] edited by Jerold J. Abrams
http://www.kentuckypress.com/live/title_detail.php?titleid=1115
"A Guide to the Films of Stanley Kubrick" []
http://www.imdb.com/video/vi1011595289
Family & Friends & Colleagues
Stanley Kubrick was born in New York City in 1928; in 1961, he moved to the United Kingdom where most of his films were made; he died in March 1999 at age 70.
Emilio D'Alessandro [b. 1942]
Hired as Kubrick's personal driver in 1970, Emilio served in many capacities over the thirty years of their friendship.
official website •
IMDb listing
 | "Stanley Kubrick and Me: Thirty Years At His Side" [Italian 2012, English 2016] by Emilio D'Alessandro, with Filippo Ulivieri, Translated by Simon Marsh Kindle Edition from Arcade Publng [5/2016] for $15.39 Arcade Publng 9x6¼ hardcover [5/2016] for $18.68 "Stanley Kubrick e Me: Trent'anni al Suo Fianco" [Italy 2012] by Emilio D'Alessandro, with Filippo Ulivieri Italian-language Kindle Edition from Filippo Ulivieri [6/2016] for $4.99 Il Saggiatore Italian-language 8½x6 pb [2012] out of print/used |
 | "S Is For Stanley: Thirty Years Behind The Wheel With Stanley Kubrick" documentary film [Italy May 2016, USA Jan 2017] Co-produced, co-written & directed by Alex Infascelli; co-written by Vincenzo Scuccimarra & Filippo Ulivieri; featuring Emilio D'Alessandro, Alex Infascelli, Janette Woolmore, and Roberto Pedicini & Anthony Clive Riche as the voice of Stanley Kubrick VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • official movie website • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 2/2017 official trailer [1:51] online at YouTube |
Leon Vitali [b. 1948]
After his acclaimed performance as 'Lord Bullingdon' in Stanley Kubrick’s "Barry Lyndon" [], he become Kubrick's loyal right-hand man over more than two decades, playing
a crucial behind-the-scenes role helping Kubrick make and maintain his legendary body of work; Vitali is credited as such in "The Shining" [1980], "Full Metal Jacket" [1987],
and "Eyes Wide Shut" [1999]; since Kubrick's death, Vitali has overseen the restoration of most of Kubrick's films.
"Filmworker" documentary [Kino Lorber Oct 2017]
 | 'The world of Leon Vitali and Stanley Kubrick from a unique perspective that highlights the nitty-gritty of the creative process' 94-minute documentary film co-produced, directed & filmed by Tony Zierra; featuring Leon Vitali, Ryan O'Neal, Danny Lloyd, Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Stellan Skarsgård, Marie Richardson, Tim Colceri, Brian Capron, Julian Senior, Pernilla August, Lisa Leone, Brian Jamieson, Treva Etienne, Chris Jenkins, Nick Redman, Ned Price, Steve Southgate, Philip Rosenthal, Jacob Rosenberg, Mike Alfreds, Warren Lieberfarb, Colin Mossman, Max Vitali, Vera Vitali, Masha Vitali, Janet Wilson, Beverly Wood, Chris Vitali, Tim Vitali, Maria Hayward, Ned Price, and archive footage of Stanley Kubrick full credits at IMDb • official movie website • movie entry at Wikipedia KL Studio Classics widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2021] for $16.59 Kino Lorber widescreen color DVD [9/2018] for $16.99 |
L i n k s
Stanley Kubrick entry at Wikipedia
Stanley Kubrick credits [1951-99] at Internet Movie Database
browse Stanley Kubrick on DVD at Amazon
'Stanley Kubrick: The Master Filmmaker' fansite
Rod's "The Kubrick Site"
PJL's "Kubrick Multimedia Film Guide" [est. 1994]
Scott Sheckman's 'Kubrickian' media project
Filippo Ulivieri's Archivio Kubric website [est. 2005, last update 9/2016]: Italian •
some pages in English
here on Magic Lantern's Stanley Kubrick [1928-99] Page
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