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Barry Lyndon
1975
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 .. Read more
| Starring | Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Hardy Kruger, Patrick Magee |
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| Director | Stanley Kubrick |
| Genres | Drama |
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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 |
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| 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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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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Kubrick does Merchant-Ivory
Like A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971), BARRY LYNDON (1975) was the other Stanley Kubrick film that disappeared into a black hole. Kubrick probably made the film as a ... read more »
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A 1970's classic
A beautiful film about the rise and fall of a man, every scene made with a painter's eye. Ryan O'Neal at the peak of his prettiness and a joy to look at... read more »
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Ryan O'Neal's other best film (along with Paper Moon)
After 2001, this is my favourite Kubrick film. It set the bar very high for costume dramas thereafter.
Although Ryan O'Neal's accent can ... read more » - 1105857
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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 ...
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