Barry Lyndon / Warner Bros., a Warner Communications Company presents a film by Stanley Kubrick ; written for the screen, produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick ; executive producer, Jan Harlan.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 120017 | Warner Home Video21148 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish Distributor: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]Copyright date: Ã2007Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (184 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 1419863711
- 9781419863714
- Title on container & disc label: Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon
- Barry Lyndon (Motion picture).
- Music adapted and conducted by Leonard Rosenman ; Irish traditional music by The Chieftains ; production designer, Ken Adam ; photographed by John Alcott ; costumes designed by Ulla-Britt Søderlund, Milena Canonero ; editor, Tony Lawson ; art director, Roy Walker ; set dresser, Vernon Dixon.
- Academy Awards, 1975: Best art direction/set decoration ; cinematography ; costume design ; scoring (adaptation).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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, Rovi
Based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1975.
Special features: Awards; Theatrical trailer.
Music adapted and conducted by Leonard Rosenman ; Irish traditional music by The Chieftains ; production designer, Ken Adam ; photographed by John Alcott ; costumes designed by Ulla-Britt Søderlund, Milena Canonero ; editor, Tony Lawson ; art director, Roy Walker ; set dresser, Vernon Dixon.
Narrator, Michael Hordern.
Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger, Steven Berkoff, Gay Hamilton, Marie Kean, Diana Koerner, Murray Melvin, Frank Middlemass, Andre Morell, Arthur O'Sullivan, Godfrey Quigley, Leonard Rossiter, Philip Stone, Leon Vitali, *John Bindon, Roger Booth, Billy Boyle, Jonathan Cecil, Peter Cellier, Geoffrey Chater, Anthony Dawes, Patrick Dawson, Bernard Hepton, Anthony Herrick, Barry Jackson, Wolf Kahler, Patrick Laffan, Hans Meyer, Ferdy Mayne, David Morely, Liam Redmond, Pat Roach, Dominic Savage, Frederick Schiller, George Sewell, Anthony Sharp, John Sharp, Roy Spencer, John Sullivan, Harry Towb.
Rise and fall of a young 18th century Irishman bent on achieving fame and fortune, mainly by marriage.
Rating: PG.
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; "matted" widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, dual-layer.
English dialogue with optional English, French, Spanish or Portuguese subtitles; closed captioned in English.
Academy Awards, 1975: Best art direction/set decoration ; cinematography ; costume design ; scoring (adaptation).