 To
celebrate what would have been the legendary director’s 80th birthday
Warner Home Video are re-releasing five of Stanley Kubrick’s most
highly acclaimed works, fully remastered and accompanied by hours of new and
rare features in 2-disc Special Editions. In addition to the
individual titles, a ten disc Box Set, complete with A Life in Pictures
documentary charting Kubrick’s early life, will give fans the chance to own
all these iconic films in one beautifully presented Collectors Edition.
2001: A Space Odyssey has been skilfully remastered in time for its 40th Anniversary year; whilst Eyes Wide Shut, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket, debut in their original widescreen cinematic format. All of the special features have been created in collaboration with, and approved by, the Estate of Stanley Kubrick and offer insightful and in-depth special features including commentaries, documentaries, interviews with the man himself and special new featurettes that provide a rare look into the mind of the master filmmaker. The documentary A Life in Pictures, narrated by Tom Cruise, details Kubrick’s early life, at work and at home, with candid commentary from collaborators, colleagues and family. The films in the Stanley Kubrick Special Editions also represented landmarks for many of our current A-list stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Jack Nicholson, Malcolm McDowell, Vincent D’Onofrio, Matthew Modine, amongst others. 2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick’s dazzling, Academy Award®-winning achievement (Special Visual Effects) is an allegorical puzzle on the evolution of man and a compelling drama of man vs. machine. Featuring a stunning meld of music and motion, the film was also Oscar® nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay. Kubrick (who co-wrote the screenplay with Arthur C. Clarke) first visits the prehistoric age-ancestry past, then leaps millennia (via one of the most mind-blowing jump cuts ever) into colonised space, and ultimately whisks astronaut Bowman (Keir Dullea) into uncharted space, perhaps even into immortality. DVD Special Features:
A Clockwork Orange Stomping, whopping, stealing, singing, tap-dancing, violating. Derby-topped hooligan Alex (Malcolm McDowell) has a good time – at the tragic expense of others. His journey from amoral punk to brainwashed proper citizen and back again forms the dynamic arc of Kubrick’s future-shock vision of Anthony Burgess’ novel. Controversial when first released, the film garnered three Academy Award nominations – Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Its power still entices, shocks and mesmerizes today. DVD Special Features:
Eyes Wide Shut Kubrick’s daring and controversial last film is a bracing psychosexual journey through a haunting dreamscape, a riveting suspense tale and a career milestone for stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Cruise plays a doctor who plunges into an erotic foray that threatens his marriage – and may ensnare him in a murder mystery – after his wife’s (Kidman) admission of sexual longings. As the story sweeps from doubt and fear to self-discovery and reconciliation, Kubrick orchestrates it with masterful flourishes. His graceful tracking shots, rich colours and startling images are some of the bravura traits that show Kubrick as a filmmaker for the ages. DVD Special Features:
Full Metal Jacket A superb ensemble falls in for Stanley Kubrick’s brilliant saga about the Vietnam War and the dehumanizing process that turns people into trained killers. The scathing indictment of a film was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Screenplay. Joker (Matthew Modine), Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin), Gomer (Vincent D’Onofrio), Eightball (Dorian Harewood) and Cowboy (Arliss Howard) are some of the Marine recruits experiencing boot-camp hell under the punishing command of the foul-mouthed Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermy). The action is savage, the story unsparing, and the dialogue is spiked with scathing humour. DVD Special Features:
The Shining From a script he co-adapted from the Stephen King novel, Kubrick melds vivid performances, menacing settings, dreamlike tracking shots and shock after shock into a milestone of the macabre. The Shining is the director’s epic tale of a man in a snowbound hotel descending into murderous delusions. In a signature role, Jack Nicholson ("Heeeere’s Johnny!") stars as Jack Torrance, who’s come to the elegant, isolated Overlook Hotel as off-season caretaker with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and son (Danny Lloyd). DVD Special Features:
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