Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Coming Out at 16 July 1999 in theaters.
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Eyes Wide Shut is erotic mystery psychological drama film directed, produced and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the 1926 novella Traumnovelle (Dream Story) by Arthur Schnitzler, the story is transferred from early 20th-century Vienna to 1990s New York City. The film follows the sexually charged adventures of Dr. Bill Harford, who is shocked when his wife, Alice, reveals that she had contemplated having an affair a year earlier. He embarks on a night-long adventure, during which he infiltrates a massive masked orgy of an unnamed secret society.
Kubrick obtained the filming rights for Dream Story in the 1960s, considering it a perfect text for a film adaptation about sexual relations. He revived the project in the 1990s when he hired writer Frederic Raphael to help him with the adaptation. The film, which was mostly shot in the United Kingdom, apart from some exterior establishing shots, includes a detailed recreation of exterior Greenwich Village street scenes made at Pinewood Studios. The film’s production, at 400 days, holds the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous film shoot.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writers: Stanley Kubrick, Frederic Raphael, Arthur Schnitzler (inspired by “Traumnovelle” by)
Stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Todd Field, Jackie Sawiris, Sydney Pollack, Leslie Lowe
Cast
| Tom Cruise | … | Dr. William Harford |
| Nicole Kidman | … | Alice Harford |
| Madison Eginton | … | Helena Harford |
| Jackie Sawiris | … | Roz |
| Sydney Pollack | … | Victor Ziegler |
| Leslie Lowe | … | Illona |
| Peter Benson | … | Bandleader |
| Todd Field | … | Nick Nightingale |
| Michael Doven | … | Ziegler’s Secretary |
| Sky du Mont | … | Sandor Szavost |
| Louise J. Taylor | … | Gayle |
| Stewart Thorndike | … | Nuala |
| Randall Paul | … | Harris |
| Julienne Davis | … | Mandy |
| Lisa Leone | … | Lisa |
| Kevin Connealy | … | Lou Nathanson |
| Marie Richardson | … | Marion |
| Thomas Gibson | … | Carl |
| Mariana Hewett | … | Rosa |
| Dan Rollman | … | Rowdy College Kid |
| Gavin Parry | … | Rowdy College Kid |
| Chris Pare | … | Rowdy College Kid |
| Adam Lias | … | Rowdy College Kid |
| Christian Clarke | … | Rowdy College Kid |
| Kyle Whitcombe | … | Rowdy College Kid |
| Gary Goba | … | Naval Officer |
| Vinessa Shaw | … | Domino |
| Florian Windorfer | … | Maître D’ – Café Sonata |
| Rade Serbedzija | … | Milich |
| Togo Igawa | … | Japanese Man #1 |
| Eiji Kusuhara | … | Japanese Man #2 |
| Leelee Sobieski | … | Milich’s Daughter |
| Sam Douglas | … | Cab Driver |
| Angus MacInnes | … | Gateman #1 |
| Abigail Good | … | Mysterious Woman / Masked Party Principal |
| Brian W. Cook | … | Tall Butler |
| Leon Vitali | … | Red Cloak |
| Carmela Marner | … | Waitress at Gillespie’s |
| Alan Cumming | … | Desk Clerk |
| Fay Masterson | … | Sally |
| Phil Davies | … | Stalker |
| Cindy Dolenc | … | Girl at Sharky’s |
| Clark Hayes | … | Hospital Receptionist |
| Treva Etienne | … | Morgue Orderly |
| Colin Angus | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Karla Ashley | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Kate Charman | … | Masked Party Principal |
| James Demaria | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Tony DeSergio | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Janie Dickens | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Laura Fallace | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Vanessa Fenton | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Georgina Finch | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Peter Godwin | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Joanna Heath | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Lee Henshaw | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Ateeka Poole | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Adam Pudney | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Sharon Quinn | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Ben De Saumserez | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Emma Lou Sharratt | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Paul Spelling | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Matthew Thompson | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Dan Travers | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Russell Trigg | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Kate Whalin | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Jerson David Ambion | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Cate Blanchett | … | Mysterious Woman (voice) |
| Emilio D’Alessandro | … | Man at Newsstand |
| Jeremy Davidson | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Paul Desbois | … | Ballroom Dancer |
| Donna Ewin | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Matt Gourley | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Tres Hanley | … | Coffee Shop Manager |
| Sam Heydon | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Alex Hobbs | … | Boy in Examination Room |
| Christiane Kubrick | … | Woman Sitting Behind Dr. Harford at Café Sonata |
| Katharina Kubrick | … | Mother of Boy in Examination Room |
| Kurt Leitner | … | Masked Party Principal |
| Taylor Murphy | … | Masked Party Principal |
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