"voice-over (by actor Michael Hordern), the comments expressed are not Barry's, but those of an omniscient narrator. Kubrick felt that using a first-person narrative would not be useful in a film adaptation: Kubrick made several changes to the plot, including the addition of the final duel. Barry Lyndon Barry Lyndon is a 1975 British-American period drama film by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1844 novel ""The Luck of Barry Lyndon"" by William Makepeace Thackeray. It stars Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Leonard Rossiter and Hardy Krüger. The film recounts the early exploits and later unraveling of a fictional 18th-century"
"mainly in London. The production was troubled; there were logistical, political (Kubrick feared that he might be an IRA hostage target), and weather-related problems, while the relationship between Kubrick and O'Neal was especially fraught and difficult. O'Neal's performance and perceived lack of on-screen depth and ability to portray a character arc have been repeatedly criticised, even by those who consider the film as one of the director's major successes. ""Barry Lyndon"" won four Oscars in production categories at the 1975 Academy Awards. Although some critics took issue with the film's glacial pace and restrained emotion, like many of Kubrick's works,"
"Kubrick is the best American film-maker of the year. In fact, not just this year, but the best, period"". ""Barry Lyndon"" (1975) is an adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's ""The Luck of Barry Lyndon"" (also known as ""Barry Lyndon""), a picaresque novel about the adventures of an 18th-century Irish rogue and social climber. John Calley of Warner Bros. agreed in 1972 to invest $2.5 million into the film, on condition that Kubrick approach major Hollywood stars, to ensure it of success. Like previous films, Kubrick and his art department conducted an enormous amount of research, and he went from knowing"
"two Golden Globe nominations, a BAFTA nomination and an award from the National Board of Review), and the tragic beauty Lady Lyndon in the Stanley Kubrick film ""Barry Lyndon"" (1975). Vincent Canby of ""The New York Times"" stated of her performance: ""Marisa Berenson splendidly suits her costumes and wigs."" She recalled her experience working under Kubrick's direction: Berenson appeared in a number of other movies including ""Casanova & Co."" (1977), ""Killer Fish"" (1979), the Blake Edwards comedy ""S.O.B."" (1981), ""The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud"" (1984) and Clint Eastwood's ""White Hunter Black Heart"" (1990), as well as in made-for-TV movies"
"of trying to get the lad killed in battle. Then his own child—Bryan—dies in a tragic horse-riding accident. Combined with Barry's own profligate spending practices, he is ruined on many levels. As the ""memoir"" ends, (Redmond) Barry Lyndon is separated from his wife, and lodged in Fleet Prison. A small stipend allows him to live in moderate luxury, and his elderly mother lodges close by to tend to him. He spends the last nineteen years of his life in prison, dying of alcoholism-related illness. Stanley Kubrick adapted the novel into the film ""Barry Lyndon"", released in 1975. Unlike the film,"
"Leon Vitali Leon Vitali (born Alfred Leon; born 26 July 1948) is an English actor, best known for his collaborations with film director Stanley Kubrick as his personal assistant and as an actor, most notably, as Lord Bullingdon in ""Barry Lyndon"". Vitali was born Alfred Leon in 1948 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, and went on to attend London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Vitali guest-starred in a number of TV series in the early 1970s, appearing in ""Softly, Softly"", ""Follyfoot"", ""Roads to Freedom"", ""Z Cars"", ""Public Eye"", ""The Fenn Street Gang, series 1"", and ""Notorious Woman"" among others."
"In 1973, he made his feature film debut in two movies: the Italian ""Super Bitch"", directed by Massimo Dallamano, who had previously worked with Sergio Leone as a cinematographer in the first two of his Dollars Trilogy, and the television film ""Catholics"", alongside Martin Sheen and Michael Gambon. It wasn't until 1974 that Vitali met Stanley Kubrick, with whom he would go on to have a professional relationship for the rest of Kubrick's career. Vitali answered a cast call for ""Barry Lyndon"" and got the part of Lord Bullingdon, the title character's stepson. Kubrick and Vitali bonded during the shoot."
"Breakout (1975 film) Breakout is a 1975 action film from Columbia Pictures starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Robert Duvall, John Huston, Sheree North and Randy Quaid. Bronson and Ireland, the lead actor and actress, were married in real life. The film is notable for giving the usually serious Bronson a more comedic, lighthearted role. Harris Wagner (Huston) frames Jay Wagner (Duvall). In order to keep him silent, Jay is incarcerated in a Mexican prison. Jay's wife Ann (Ireland) is unhappy at this turn of events and hires a Texas bush pilot in Brownsville, Texas, Nick Colton (Bronson) and his partner"
"Barry Jackson (actor) Barry Jackson (29 March 1938 – 5 December 2013) was an English film and television actor. His film career included roles in ""Ryan's Daughter"", ""Barry Lyndon"", ""Aces High"", ""The Raging Moon"", ""Mr. Love"", and ""Wimbledon"". His television credits included: ""A for Andromeda"", ""The Mask of Janus"", ""Adam Adamant Lives!"", ""Doctor Who"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""The Troubleshooters"", ""Doomwatch"", ""Poldark"", ""Oil Strike North"", ""The New Avengers"", ""Secret Army"", ""Blake's 7"", ""The Professionals"", ""Coronation Street"", ""Enemy at the Door"", ""All Creatures Great and Small"", ""Minder"", ""Bergerac"", ""Lovejoy"", ""Casualty"", ""Peak Practice"", ""Silent Witness"", ""Kavanagh QC"", ""The Bill"", ""A Touch"
"in Hollywood only to subsidise his theatre work, and that he regards many of the films in which he has appeared as lacking artistic merit. In the Stanley Kubrick films ""A Clockwork Orange"" (1971) and ""Barry Lyndon"" (1975), Berkoff played a police officer, and a gambler aristocrat. His other films include the Hammer film ""Prehistoric Women"" (1967), ""Nicholas and Alexandra"" (1971), ""The Passenger"" (1975), ""Joseph Andrews"" (1977), ""McVicar"" (1980), ""Outland"" (1981), ""Coming Out of the Ice"" (1982), ""Underworld"" (1985), ""Revolution"" (1985), ""Absolute Beginners"" (1986), Prince's film ""Under the Cherry Moon"" (1986), ""Prisoner of Rio"" (1988), ""Fair Game"" (1995), the Australian"
"used the same technique to promote ""Jaws"". After ""Jaws"" became the highest-grossing movie of all time, saturation booking became the standard method of releasing major films. Breakout (1975 film) Breakout is a 1975 action film from Columbia Pictures starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Robert Duvall, John Huston, Sheree North and Randy Quaid. Bronson and Ireland, the lead actor and actress, were married in real life. The film is notable for giving the usually serious Bronson a more comedic, lighthearted role. Harris Wagner (Huston) frames Jay Wagner (Duvall). In order to keep him silent, Jay is incarcerated in a Mexican prison."
"Stoney-Bowes and the Countess of Strathmore was fictionalised by William Makepeace Thackeray in ""The Luck of Barry Lyndon"". Stanley Kubrick later adapted the novel into the 1975 award-winning film ""Barry Lyndon"". Mary Eleanor Bowes, the widowed Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was engaged to her lover, George Gray, in the summer of 1777 when she met the charming and wily Anglo-Irish adventurer, Andrew Robinson Stoney, who manipulated his way into her household and her bed. Calling himself 'Captain' Stoney – although he was in reality a lieutenant in the British Army – he insisted on fighting a duel in Mary's"
"Barré Lyndon Barré Lyndon (pseudonym of Alfred Edgar) (12 August 1896 – 23 October 1972) was a British playwright and screenwriter. The pseudonym was presumably taken from the title character of Thackeray's novel. Born in London, he may be best remembered for three screenplays from the 1940s: ""The Lodger"" (1944), ""Hangover Square"" (1945) and ""The Man in Half Moon Street"" (1945). The last was remade by Hammer Film Productions in 1959 as ""The Man Who Could Cheat Death"". Lyndon began his writing career as a journalist, particularly about motor-racing, and short-story writer before becoming a playwright. His first play, ""The"
"Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician. Thornton had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller ""One False Move"", and received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film ""Sling Blade"" (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He appeared in several major film roles in the 1990s following ""Sling Blade"", including Oliver Stone's neo-noir ""U Turn"" (1997), political drama ""Primary Colors"" (1998), science"
"Valley Village, California. Carl Reindel Carl Warren Reindel (January 20, 1935 - September 4, 2009) was an American actor, known for portraying Lieutenant Kenneth M. Taylor in the epic war film ""Tora! Tora! Tora!"". Reindel also played ""Stanton"" in Steve McQueen's hit film ""Bullitt"" (1968) and ""Lt. Comroe"" in classic science fiction film ""The Andromeda Strain"" (1971). Reindel also made several appearances on popular TV series. In 1964 he appeared on ""Perry Mason"" as defendant and title character Barry Davis in ""The Case of the Drifting Dropout,"" and in 1966 he played golf caddy and murderer Danny Bright in ""The"
"Boeing Boeing (1965 film) Boeing (707) Boeing (707) (alternately titled Boeing Boeing) is a 1965 American bedroom farce comedy film based on the 1960 French play ""Boeing-Boeing"", and starring Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis. It was released on December 22, 1965, and was the last film Paramount Pictures made with Lewis, who had made films exclusively with the studio since ""My Friend Irma"" (1949). Bernard Lawrence (Tony Curtis) is an American journalist stationed in Paris, France. A playboy, he has devised an ingenious system for juggling three different girlfriends: by dating stewardesses who are assigned to international routes on non-intersecting"
"episode of BBC Radio 4's ""Kaleidoscope"" programme and explained how hard it was to play her signature piece ""The Lark Ascending"" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, she said that the lark song during long walks on nearby 'Marleycombe Down' was a central tenet of her performance. Andy Barter photographer was born and lived at Woodminton farm, Bowerchalke 1967. The village was the location for the fire in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film ""Barry Lyndon"" based on William Makepeace Thackeray's novel ""The Luck of Barry Lyndon"" at . The village school closed in 1976 and children from Bowerchalke now attend the school in"
"1972) and ""The Avengers"" (""Dressed to Kill"", 1963). Among his early film credits were four films directed by Bryan Forbes, namely ""King Rat"" (1965), ""The Wrong Box"" (1966), ""The Whisperers"" (1967) and ""Deadfall"" (1968). In 1968 he played Mr Sowerberry in the film version of Lionel Bart's musical ""Oliver!"" and took one of the few speaking supporting roles in """" as the Russian scientist Smyslov. He worked with Stanley Kubrick again in ""Barry Lyndon"" (1975), in which he appeared as Captain John Quin. In the same year as ""2001"" he appeared in Nigel Kneale's television play ""The Year of the"
"actor was forced to rent a small flat in Sloane Square from the actor Michael Wilding after being banished from the family home. Hordern and Eve soon reconciled, but it was a time which he was keen to forget, including the play. Critics were complimentary of his performance, with one writing: """"Stripwell""'s ambiguities are therefore viewed half affectionately and half contemptuously and this comes over well in Michael Hordern's portrayal of bumbling, sometimes endearing ineffectiveness, as skilful and accomplished a performance as one would expect from this actor."" Later, in 1975, Hordern narrated ""Barry Lyndon"", Stanley Kubrick's filmed adaptation of"
"Carl Reindel Carl Warren Reindel (January 20, 1935 - September 4, 2009) was an American actor, known for portraying Lieutenant Kenneth M. Taylor in the epic war film ""Tora! Tora! Tora!"". Reindel also played ""Stanton"" in Steve McQueen's hit film ""Bullitt"" (1968) and ""Lt. Comroe"" in classic science fiction film ""The Andromeda Strain"" (1971). Reindel also made several appearances on popular TV series. In 1964 he appeared on ""Perry Mason"" as defendant and title character Barry Davis in ""The Case of the Drifting Dropout,"" and in 1966 he played golf caddy and murderer Danny Bright in ""The Case of the"
"Mandingo (film) Mandingo is a 1975 American film directed by Richard Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. Based on the novel ""Mandingo"" by Kyle Onstott, and on the play ""Mandingo"" by Jack Kirkland (which is derived from the novel), the film stars James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, and boxer-turned-actor Ken Norton. It received mixed reviews upon release, but was a box office hit. It was followed by a sequel in 1976, titled ""Drum"", which also starred Norton. Sylvester Stallone was an uncredited extra. The movie is set in the Deep South of the United States prior to the American"
"British–American period drama film ""Barry Lyndon"", which won the Award for Best Musical Score at the 48th Academy Awards for Leonard Rosenman's arrangements of Schubert. This impromptu is also the basis for Patrick Gower's score to the 1982 Alec Guinness miniseries ""Smiley's People"". The song ""Questions"" on the 1976 album ""The Roaring Silence"" by progressive rock group Manfred Mann's Earth Band is based on the main theme of Schubert's Impromptu in G-flat major. In the film ""Gattaca"", an arrangement of the Impromptu in G-flat major, Op. 90, No. 3 by Michael Nyman is played in a concert by a genetically"
"to Getchell for Best Screenplay. Martin Scorsese was nominated for Best Direction but lost to Stanley Kubrick for ""Barry Lyndon"". Getchell was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, Burstyn and Ladd were nominated for Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama and Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, respectively, and Scorsese was nominated for the Palme D'Or at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. The film inspired the sitcom ""Alice"", which was broadcast by CBS from August 1976 through July 1985. The only member of the film cast to reprise"
"and pieces used on the film soundtrack are alternate versions or mixes from the versions on the soundtrack album. Tommy (1975 film) Tommy is a 1975 British independent rock musical fantasy drama film based upon The Who's 1969 rock opera album ""Tommy"" about a ""seemingly disabled"" boy who becomes a pinball champion and religious leader. Directed by Ken Russell, the film featured a star-studded ensemble cast, including the band members themselves (most notably, lead singer Roger Daltrey, who plays the title role), Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Elton John, and Jack Nicholson. ""Tommy"" was released by Columbia Pictures"
"Tommy (1975 film) Tommy is a 1975 British independent rock musical fantasy drama film based upon The Who's 1969 rock opera album ""Tommy"" about a ""seemingly disabled"" boy who becomes a pinball champion and religious leader. Directed by Ken Russell, the film featured a star-studded ensemble cast, including the band members themselves (most notably, lead singer Roger Daltrey, who plays the title role), Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Elton John, and Jack Nicholson. ""Tommy"" was released by Columbia Pictures in the US on 19 March 1975 while in the UK it was released on 26 March 1975. Ann-Margret"
"camera to produce a ""sense of documentary realism and immediacy"". Although ""Barry Lyndon"" found a great audience in France, it was a box office failure, grossing just $9.5 million in the American market, not even close to the $30 million Warner Bros. needed to generate a profit. The pace and length of ""Barry Lyndon"" at three hours put off many American critics and audiences, but the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four, including Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, and Best Musical Score, more than any other Kubrick film. As with most of Kubrick's"
"films, ""Barry Lyndon""'s reputation has grown through the years and it is now considered to be one of his best, particularly among filmmakers and critics. Numerous polls, such as ""The Village Voice"" (1999), ""Sight & Sound"" (2002), and ""Time"" (2005), have rated it as one of the greatest films ever made. As of March 2018, it has as 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 62 reviews. Roger Ebert referred to it as ""one of the most beautiful films ever made ... certainly in every frame a Kubrick film: technically awesome, emotionally distant, remorseless in its doubt of human goodness""."
"of Dwalin in the 1977 animated version of ""The Hobbit"". His interment was at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Simi Valley, California. Jack DeLeon Jack DeLeon (December 19, 1924 – October 16, 2006) was an American actor. He is best known for playing Marty Morrison on the television series ""Barney Miller"" from 1975 to 1982. In 1972, he appeared in an episode of ""Emergency!"" (""Show Biz"") as Billy Zimmer from an advertising agency. His film credits included ""Linda Lovelace for President"" (1975), ""I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?"" (1975), ""The Choirboys"" (1977) and ""Little Miss Marker"" (1980), and he voiced"
"1968 with """". For ""A Clockwork Orange"", Kubrick wanted actual hair cuts rather than wigs and ""forerunners to the punk Mohawk hairstyle, with the sides of the head shaved and the middle part spiked up and brightly coloured."" Leonard worked on ""Barry Lyndon"" and then followed with ""The Shining"". ""Barry Lyndon"" was highly stylised and required hundreds of intricate wigs. Starring Marisa Berenson and Ryan O'Neal, rumours circulated that each wig had its own first-class seat on the plane from London to Dublin. He also worked on Kubrick's film Full Metal Jacket. He was hair and wig adviser on Doctor"
"Lloyd's of London (film) Lloyd's of London is a 1936 American drama film directed by Henry King. It stars Tyrone Power, Madeleine Carroll, and Guy Standing. The supporting cast includes Freddie Bartholomew, George Sanders, Virginia Field, and C. Aubrey Smith. Loosely based on historical events, the film follows the dealings of a man who works for Lloyd's of London during the Napoleonic Wars. ""Lloyd's of London"" was a hit; it demonstrated that 22-year-old Tyrone Power, in his first starring role, could carry a film, and that the newly formed 20th Century Fox was a major Hollywood studio. In 1770, youngster"
"the resemblance. Before making ""The Shining"", Stanley Kubrick had directed the 1975 film ""Barry Lyndon"", a highly visual period film about an Irish man who attempts to make his way into the British aristocracy. Despite its technical achievements, the film was not a box office success in the United States and was derided by critics for being too long and too slow. Kubrick, disappointed with ""Barry Lyndon""s lack of success, realized he needed to make a film that would be commercially viable as well as artistically fulfilling. Stephen King was told that Kubrick had his staff bring him stacks of"
"plot is inane, but it's the basis of a series of really funny scenes."" Billy Madison Billy Madison is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Tamra Davis. It stars Adam Sandler, Bradley Whitford, Bridgette Wilson, Norm Macdonald, in his feature film debut and Darren McGavin. The film was written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy, and produced by Robert Simonds. It made over $26.4 million worldwide and debuted at number one at the box office. The film received negative reviews from critics. Billy Madison is the 27-year-old heir to a Fortune 500 hotel company that his father, Brian, founded. He"
"Woody Harrelson Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. His breakout role came in 1985 as bartender Woody Boyd in the television sitcom ""Cheers"". He later became known for his portrayals of Billy Hoyle in ""White Men Can't Jump"" (1992), Mickey Knox in ""Natural Born Killers"" (1994), Larry Flynt in ""The People vs. Larry Flynt"" (1996), Tallahassee in ""Zombieland"" (2009), Capt. Tony Stone in ""The Messenger"" (2009), Dave Brown in ""Rampart"" (2011), Haymitch Abernathy in ""The Hunger Games"" film series (2012–2015), Merritt McKinney in the ""Now You See Me"" film series (2013–2016), the Colonel"