Stanley Kubrick : Special Edition 10 Disc Box Set [1968]

See Larger Image	List Price: £50.99 Our Price: £17.98 Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Starring: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Malcolm McDowell, Vincent DOnoforio, Nicole Kidman Directed By: Stanley Kubrick Average Customer Rating:
Audience Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Binding: DVD EAN: 7321902207469 Format: Box set Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 10 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 2 Release Date: 2008-03-03 Running Time: 647 Studio: Warner Home Video
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Editorial Reviews: To date Stanley Kubrick remains one of cinema's most controversial film-maker. This box set highlights some of his greatest work, from the visionary 2001:A Space Odyssey, the violent and highly-debated A Clockwork Orange, the chilling adaptation of The Shining, the acclaimed war drama Full Metal Jacket, to his final piece, the controversial Eyes Wide Shut. And to top it off, the treat of this box set, the fascinating Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures. Stanley Kubrick was one of the most acclaimed and controversial filmmakers of his generation, but he was also an intensely private man who rarely gave interviews and produced most of his films under a shroud of secrecy, which tended to foster a great deal of rumour and speculation about his working methods. Jan Harlan, who worked as Kubrick's assistant and executive producer on several projects directed this feature-length documentary. Narrated by Tom Cruise, this offers a rare in-depth look into Kubrick's career as a filmmaker, structured around interviews with a number of actors, writers, technicians, composers, friends, and family who speak on the record about his relentless perfectionism, his creative vision, his life both on and off the set, his relationships with actors, his unrealised projects, and his importance and influence as an artist. Among those who share their thoughts in Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures are actors Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Malcolm McDowell, Peter Ustinov, and Keir Dullea; writers Arthur C. Clarke and Michael Herr; special effects artist Douglas Trumbull; composers Wendy Carlos and Gyorgy Ligeti; filmmakers Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Paul Mazursky, and Sydney Pollack; and Kubrick's spouse Christiane Kubrick. The choice of titles is undeniably spot on, and the extras really give a sense of who the man was, what his legacy is, and the privilege it was for the people who collaborated with him on his cinematic journey. -- Jennifer Kilchenmann
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Stanley Kubrick Special Edition Box Set DVD Review Comment: 2001: A Space Odyssey (2 Disc) Disc 1: *Commentary by Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood *Theatrical trailer Disc 2: *Channel 4 documentary: 2001: The Making of a Myth (43:04) *Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (21:23) *Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (21:30) *2001: A Space Odyssey - A Look Behind the Future (4:3 - 23:10- vintage clip) *What is Out There (20:40) *2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork (9:26 with Christine Kubrick) *Look: Stanley Kubrick! (3:14) *Audio-only interview with Stanley Kubrick (1:16:24) A Clockwork Orange (2 Disc) Disc 1: *Commentary with Malcolm McDowell and historian Nick Redman *Theatrical Trailer Disc 2: *Channel Four documentary: Still Tickin': The Return of Clockwork Orange (43:35) *Featurette: Great Bolshi Yarblockos!: Making A Clockwork Orange (28:15) *Career Profile O Lucky Malcolm! (1:26:05) Eyes Wide Shut (2 Disc) Disc 1: *Full uncensored version *Theatrical trailer Disc 2: *Featurette - The Last Movie - Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut *Featurette - Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick *DGA - D.W. Griffith Acceptance Speech, 1998 *Interviews with Nicole Kidman (17:45 min), Tom Cruise (08:23 min) and Steven Spielberg (07:49 min) Full Metal Jacket (1 Disc) Disc 1: *Commentary by Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R Lee Ermey and Jay Cocks *New Featurette Full Metal Jacket between good and evil *Theatrical Trailer The Shining (2 Disc) Disc 1: *Commentary by Garrett Brown and John Baxter *Theatrical trailers Disc 2: *View from the Overlook: Crafting The Shining (30:12) *The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (17:15) *The Making of The Shining with optional commentary by Vivian Kubrick (34:58) *Wendy Carlos, composer (7:30) Stanley Kubrick A Life in Pictures (1 Disc) *142 minutes long version Customer Rating: Summary: Not 6 discs, but 10 discs... Comment: I was initially a little confused that all the online stores I could find were listing the Region 1 version of this box set as 10 discs and the Region 2 version as only 6 discs. Never fear though, this is indeed the full 10 Disc set that includes the same brand new special editions that are also available individually. I am a little disappointed that the DVDs do not feature the new minimalist covers (as featured in the Region 1 version) which I think look great together as a set. Instead, we get the standard artwork for each with the new little icons featured only on the outer box itself. Still, when you have a host of excellent new extras, proper anamorphic widescreen transfers and some of the greatest films ever made - all for under £40, you can't really complain!! Customer Rating: Summary: a great film maker Comment: Quite simply this box set contains some of most thought provoking and fascinating stories ever put on film. Sadly there is no one like Kubrick working in movies today. He was a visionary who took great risks and I doubt we will ever see the likes of him again as long as cinema is controlled by accountants instead of artists. Customer Rating: Summary: Classic Kubrick! Comment: at last the late great Stanley Kubrick films are together in a box set format, great films with extras. the most influential film maker of all time! More Reviews