In 1976, if you had told fourteenyearold franciscan seminary student thomas cruise mapother iv that one day in the not too distant future he would be tom cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. Fifteen years ago, on july 16, 1999, stanley kubricks final film, eyes wide shut, opened nationwide. At 400 days spread across two years, eyes wide shut clocks in as the longest continuous shoot in movie history. To exaggerate the distrust between their fictional husband and wife, director stanley kubrick would direct each actor separately and forbid them to share notes.
Setting records for the longest shoot in movie history, it was an excruciating labor of love for lead stars tom cruise and nicole kidman one that would often be traced back to the alleged start of their marriages decline. Topics eyes wide shut 1999 tom cruise nicole kidman addeddate 20181110 16. Eyes wide shut 1999 official trailer tom cruise, nicole kidman movie hd by movieclips classic trailers. With tom cruise, nicole kidman, todd field, sydney pollack. In one painful example, for just one minute of final footage where alice makes love to a. The film s main plotline closely follows this scenario, as the main character is nearly murdered for having seen too much, adding fuel to the. A new york city doctor embarks on a harrowing, nightlong odyssey of sexual and moral discovery after his wife reveals a painful secret to him. Bill harford, who is shocked when his wife, alice nicole kidman. After a production shrouded in secrecy, the tom cruisenicole kidman. On july 16, 1999, stanley kubrick s final film opened in theaters. The eyes are figuratively wide open, but literally, and in a manner of wordplay, wide shut.
From the first scene to the great unexpected last scene. The film was more about the emotional undercurrents of marriage, how desire and paranoia can place a strain on that union. In eyes wide shut, tom cruise and nicole kidman kiss and nicole kidman stares distractedly to one side. Kubrick is perhaps the greatest director in cinema. Bill and alice harford, a married couple who move in rich manhattan society. I welcome back my good friend pearse redmond to the show and we talked about the film eyes wide shut, looking into the background of its star, senior scientologist and statesponsored film star tom cruise. My eyes wide shut addiction first took hold in the spring of 2016. Eyes wide shut 1999 official trailer tom cruise, nicole kidman. The version of the movie is the unrated version which does not have the black silhouettes blocking the guests at the palace during the orgy scene.
That was tom cruise in younger, more innocent days, way back in november 1996, just weeks into shooting eyes wide shut. What i learned after watching eyes wide shut 100 times. Stanley kubricks final film, eyes wide shut begins its 20th anniversary reissue at venice international film festival, with the world premiere of. For most people, eyes wide shut is the first movie they think of when asked which hollywood film best represents the modern illuminati. This final film from director stanley kubrick stars nicole kidman and tom cruise, then a reallife couple. Eyes wide open is every bit as much about ultraorthodox jewish life. In fact, dreams become a very important motif in the film itself, something that i will try to expand upon as we move forward. It was released in the middle of 1999s summer movie season, preceded by wild wild west and american pie, and followed the next week by an abysmal remake of the haunting.
Kidman and cruise filmed for an unbroken 46 weeks, turning down other. Boxoffice superstar, oscarnominee and golden globewinner tom cruise. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Why our eyes are shut eyes wide shut wisecrack edition duration. Spanish director alejandro amenabar has already sold the remake rights to his film open your eyes to tom cruise. Were the movie s stars portrayed by real life lovers tom cruise.
Try a 90second scene from eyes wide shut, the muchanticipated cruise kidman psychological drama that, with stanley kubricks death sunday, became the directing greats final film. When epochal director stanley kubricks last film, eyes wide shut, debuted after his death in 1999, it baffled many. Eyes wide shut 1999 official trailer tom cruise, nicole kidman movie hd a new york city doctor, who is married to an art curator, pushes. A new york city doctor embarks on a harrowing, nightlong odyssey. The best thing about eyes wide shut may be its title, but anyone planning to see stanley kubricks longawaited, posthumously released swan song is advised to go with their eyes open. The silence of the lambs 1012 movie clip buffalo bill 1991 hd duration. And presumably at a loose end one evening, cruise duly moseyed on down to the aforementioned branch, with the aim of securing some evening viewing. Of all stanley kubricks films, his swansong remains the most divisive.
The plot thickens eyes wide shuts mysterious newspaper articles by larry celona. Bill hartfords wife, alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. Tom cruise was in the midst of a twoyear stay in england, whilst he and nicole kidman shot what would turn out to be stanley kubricks final movie, eyes wide shut. The film is notoriously known for its secrecy during production and the secrecy even divided the two main stars, tom cruise and nicole kidman. In retrospect, it seems absurd that kubricks enigmatic final film could be a part of blockbuster season, even though it. Popular videos eyes wide shut eyes wide shut topic. Tom cruise plays a doctor who is married to an art curator.
The movie has scenes which are a bit long but that was kubricks movie style of filming. Advertisement autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Tom cruise walking through a mansion as numerous naked people are seen having sex men and women, threesomes and lesbian couplings in this uncut sequence. Cruise and kidman had only committed to six months of filming. Urban legends tell of its director, stanley kubrick, revealing too much and getting murdered by the illuminati. Based on arthur schnitzlers 1926 novella traumnovelle dream story, the story is transferred. The film has a place in the guinness book of world records for the longest constant movie shoot, with a total of 400 days, which was a surprise to the cast and crew. One doesnt necessarily need to be amazingly familiar with judaism to understand this film, but one needs to be able to understand the place and role of religion and gd in a devout religious persons life. I wanted this to work, but youre playing with dynamite when you act.
Eyes wide shut 1999 official trailer tom cruise, nicole kidman movie hd. Eyes wide shut like all kubrick films is a masterpiece. In alex gibneys lacerating documentary, the church of scientology receives a fairminded expose that is decades overdue. His wife admits that she almost cheated on him and that leads his character through an odyssey of sexual and moral discovery. At the time, the poor guy figured it would take six months to finish the film.
This scene was edited from the us release of the film eyes wide shut. Inside the epic, secretive film shoot that pushed tom cruise and nicole kidman to their limits. Eyes wide shut is a 1999 erotic mystery psychological drama film directed, produced and. Stanley kubricks daring last film is a bracing psychosexual journey, a riveting suspense tale and a career milestone for stars tom cruise and nicole kidman. Eyes wide shut, by stanley kubrick 1999 opening scene.
Nicole kidman admits that stanley kubrick based eyes wide. At a christmas party hosted by wealthy, unconventional victor ziegler sydney pollack, provocative advances and innocent flirtations arouse suspicion as highsociety physician dr. Eyes wide shut movie 1999 tom cruise, nicole kidman. How eyes wide shuts uniquely unsettling score was made. Its funny how some people dislike this film, perhaps they should watch again. I was working on a novel and rarely left my apartment. Eyes wide shut is a 1999 erotic drama film directed, produced, and cowritten by stanley kubrick.
Thats remarkable given that nearly all of the film s action including its infamous illuminati sex party centerpiece largely consists of people walking or sitting or talking. And when we were shooting eyes wide shut, it took tom as long as it would have taken him to make three movies. Eyes wide open this article is more than 20 years old. At the height of the film, tom cruise s character infiltrates a. The legendary director of the shining and lolita had teamed up with the most famous married couple in hollywood, tom cruise and nicole kidman, for a film that probed insecurities about fidelity, sex, and marriage itself. Stanley kubricks eyes wide shut is a movie out of timeor to put it another way, its timeless. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their. Eyes wide shut 1999 official trailer tom cruise, nicole kidman movie hda new york city doctor, who is married to an art curator, pushes himself on a harrowing and dangerous nightlong odyssey of sexual and moral discovery after his wife admits that she once almost cheated on him. In honor of his 51st birthday, here are cruise s 10 greatest sex scenes, ranked according to steaminess. Nicole kidman and katie holmes used to like it, and most of america or at least hollywood seems to love it, at least according to the frequency with which it happens onscreen. Boxoffice superstar, oscar nominee and golden globewinner tom cruise and golden. However, before that, i think it is imperative to explore the two primary characters that inhabit kubricks film. The blockbuster video branch that turned away tom cruise.