Director Stanley Kubrick's 1975 feature "Barry Lyndon", based on the 1844 novel "The Luck of Barry Lyndon" by author William Makepeace Thackeray, has been restored in 4K, screening July 18, 2025 internationally in theaters:
Considered Kubrick's masterpiece, the deliberately slow-moving "Barry Lyndon" recounts the exploits of an insincere, 18th century, fortune-hunting Irish rogue.
Director Martin Scorsese has said that "Barry Lyndon" is his favorite Kubrick film.
One-note actor Ryan O'Neal is perfectly cast as a wooden innocent, determined to maintain his standing as a 'gentleman', while evolving into a devious scoundrel, in order to survive the era's useless wars, thievery and debauchery.
Drawing inspiration from "the landscapes of Watteau and Gainsborough," Kubrick and cinematographer John Alcott also relied on the art direction of Ken Adam and Roy Walker, who would win Oscars for their candle-lit work on the film.
Critic Roger Ebert called "Barry Lyndon" one of the most beautiful films ever made.
The film received Academy Awards for ‘Best Art Direction’ (Adam, Walker, Vernon Dixon), ‘Best Cinematography’ (Alcott), ‘Best Costume Design’ (Milena Canonero, Ulla-Britt Söderlund) and ‘Best Musical Score’ (Leonard Rosenman, "for his arrangements of Schubert and Handel"), with Kubrick also nominated for ‘Best Director’, ‘Best Picture’ and ‘Best Adapted Screenplay’.
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Drawing inspiration from "the landscapes of Watteau and Gainsborough," Kubrick and cinematographer John Alcott also relied on the art direction of Ken Adam and Roy Walker, who would win Oscars for their candle-lit work on the film.
Critic Roger Ebert called "Barry Lyndon" one of the most beautiful films ever made.
The film received Academy Awards for ‘Best Art Direction’ (Adam, Walker, Vernon Dixon), ‘Best Cinematography’ (Alcott), ‘Best Costume Design’ (Milena Canonero, Ulla-Britt Söderlund) and ‘Best Musical Score’ (Leonard Rosenman, "for his arrangements of Schubert and Handel"), with Kubrick also nominated for ‘Best Director’, ‘Best Picture’ and ‘Best Adapted Screenplay’.
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