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1975

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Starring	Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Hardy Kruger, Patrick Magee
Director	Stanley Kubrick
Genres	Drama

Barry Lyndon

With ornate imagery reminiscent of paintings from the story's 18th century period, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel depicts the rise and fall of a sensitive rogue in the British aristocracy. Young Irishman Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal) leaves home to seek his fortune after apparently killing an English officer in a duel. Through a series of mishaps and accidents, Barry winds up fighting with the Prussian army in the Seven Years' War under the command of Capt. Potzdorf (Hardy Kruger); at war's end, Potzdorf enlists Barry to spy on a shady Chevalier (Patrick Magee). Instead, Barry joins up with the Irish Chevalier to flee Prussia and live as gamblers among Europe's elite. Wishing to climb even higher, Barry soon meets the beautiful Lady Lyndon (Marisa Berenson), marrying her for her fortune after her older titled husband dies. Her son Lord Bullingdon (Leon Vitali), however, despises the upstart Barry, and, regardless of how his mother may feel, sees to it that the re-named Barry Lyndon will never be able to stake his claim to the entrenched aristocracy. Coming after Kubrick's esteemed hits 2001 (1968) and A Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon opened with high expectations and met with decidedly mixed responses to its restrained tone. Even with Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Director (and wins for Cinematography, Art Direction, Costumes, and Adapted Score), Barry Lyndon was a box office failure, as mid-'70s audiences increasingly turned away from such narrative challenges as its epic length and muffled emotions. Since then, Barry Lyndon has gained in stature, taking its place among the formidable artistic achievements of Kubrick's career.~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

Starring	Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Hardy Kruger, Patrick Magee, Steven Berkoff, Gay Hamilton, Andre Morrell, Leonard Rossiter, Philip Stone
Director	Stanley Kubrick
Studio	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 57 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Dubbed	French
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	DVD: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Released	Production year: 1975 To Rent: DVD: 10 Sep 2001

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- A curiously cold-hearted enterprise, like an art gallery in which the backgrounds are sketched in loving detail and the human figures totally neglected; there is much to enjoy, but script and acting are variable to say the least, and the point of it all i
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  Absolute masterpiece
  
  You would think that adapting Thackeray's delightfully ironic book, maybe his best after Vanity Fair, would be a tall order. Indeed, it takes a Kubrick at ... read more »
  
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  Ryan versus Rigsby Duel - painterly pastoral.
  
  Captivating, quite beautiful to look at and it also has Leonard Rossiter. My favourite film of all time ( hated by my wife and daughters - there's a clue) ... read more »
  
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  Splits opinion
  
  It's easy to see why this film is a love / hate affair. The style can be baffling and the casting decisions may be questionable. But what is without doubt ... read more »
  
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  Meandering, pointless and long
  
  Maybe things have changed since 1975, maybe SK was astounding in his time, but I found this disappointing, unengaging and not really a satisfying way to spend ... read more »
  
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  With ornate imagery reminiscent of paintings from the story's 18th century period, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel depicts the rise and fall of a sensitive rogue in the British aristocracy. Young Irishman Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal) leaves home to seek his ...