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2001 A Space Odyssey
Commentary by Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood
Theatrical trailer
English 5.1, French 5.1
Channel Four documentary 2001: The Making of a Myth
Four new featurettes: Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001, Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001, 2001: A Space Odyssey--A Look Behind the Future and What Is Out There?
2001: FX and early conceptual artwork
Look: Stanley Kubrick!
Audio-only bonus: 1966 Kubrick interview conducted by Jeremy Bernstein
A Clockwork Orange
Commentary by Malcolm McDowell and historian Nick Redman
Theatrical trailer
English 5.1, French 5.1
Channel Four documentary: Still Tickin': The Return of A Clockwork Orange New featurette: Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making A Clockwork Orange
Career profile O Lucky Malcolm!
Eyes Wide Shut unrated
English 5.1, French 5.1
Three-part Channel Four documentary: The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut
New featurette: Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Interview gallery featuring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, and Steven Spielberg
Kubrick's 1998 Directors Guild of America D.W. Griffith Award acceptance speech
Theatrical trailer and TV spots
Full Metal Jacket
English 5.1, French 5.1, Spanish 5.1
Commentary by Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, and critic-screenwriter Jay Cocks
New featurette: Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
Theatrical trailer
The Shining
English 5.1, French 5.1, Spanish 5.1
Commentary by Steadicam inventory-operator Garrett Brown and historian John Baxter
Theatrical trailer
Vivian Kubrick's documentary The Making of The Shining with optional commentary
Three new featurettes: View from the Overlook: Crafting The Shing, The Visions of Stanley Kubrick, Wendy Carlos Composer
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
English 5.1
Commentary by Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood
Theatrical trailer
English 5.1, French 5.1
Channel Four documentary 2001: The Making of a Myth
Four new featurettes: Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001, Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001, 2001: A Space Odyssey--A Look Behind the Future and What Is Out There?
2001: FX and early conceptual artwork
Look: Stanley Kubrick!
Audio-only bonus: 1966 Kubrick interview conducted by Jeremy Bernstein
A Clockwork Orange
Commentary by Malcolm McDowell and historian Nick Redman
Theatrical trailer
English 5.1, French 5.1
Channel Four documentary: Still Tickin': The Return of A Clockwork Orange New featurette: Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making A Clockwork Orange
Career profile O Lucky Malcolm!
Eyes Wide Shut unrated
English 5.1, French 5.1
Three-part Channel Four documentary: The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut
New featurette: Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Interview gallery featuring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, and Steven Spielberg
Kubrick's 1998 Directors Guild of America D.W. Griffith Award acceptance speech
Theatrical trailer and TV spots
Full Metal Jacket
English 5.1, French 5.1, Spanish 5.1
Commentary by Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, and critic-screenwriter Jay Cocks
New featurette: Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
Theatrical trailer
The Shining
English 5.1, French 5.1, Spanish 5.1
Commentary by Steadicam inventory-operator Garrett Brown and historian John Baxter
Theatrical trailer
Vivian Kubrick's documentary The Making of The Shining with optional commentary
Three new featurettes: View from the Overlook: Crafting The Shing, The Visions of Stanley Kubrick, Wendy Carlos Composer
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
English 5.1
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis: The new Stanley Kubrick Collection includes five of the great director's masterpieces in stunning all-new digital transfers, restored picture and new digital audio. Titles include 2-disc special editions of 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Eye's Wide Shut; and the 1-disc Deluxe Edition of Full Metal Jacket. Also included is the bonus, Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY A space mission that could reveal man s destiny is jeopardized by a malfunctioning shipboard computer. A dazzling journey that tops them all and showed the way for other effects-packed films that followed.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE A jolting tale of crime and punishment stars Malcolm McDowell as a young neo-punk who becomes the guinea pig for a state-sanctioned cure of his tendency toward the old ultraviolence.
EYES WIDE SHUT Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman star in a brilliantly provocative tour- de-force (The New York Times). A wife s admission of unfulfilled longings plunges a Manhattan doctor into a bizarre erotic odyssey.
FULL METAL JACKET Marine recruits endure basic training under a leather-lunged D.I., then plunge into the hell of Vietnam. Matthew Modine heads a talented ensemble in this searing look at a process that turns people into killers.
THE SHINING Heeeeere s Johnny! In a macabre masterpiece adapted from Stephen King s novel, Jack Nicholson falls prey to forces haunting a snowbound mountain resort with a macabre history.
Bonus Disc STANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES The moviemaker s career comes into sharp focus in this compelling documentary narrated by Tom Cruise. Fascinating footage glimpses Kubrick in his early years, at work on film sets and at home, augmented by candid commentary from collaborators, colleagues and family.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY A space mission that could reveal man s destiny is jeopardized by a malfunctioning shipboard computer. A dazzling journey that tops them all and showed the way for other effects-packed films that followed.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE A jolting tale of crime and punishment stars Malcolm McDowell as a young neo-punk who becomes the guinea pig for a state-sanctioned cure of his tendency toward the old ultraviolence.
EYES WIDE SHUT Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman star in a brilliantly provocative tour- de-force (The New York Times). A wife s admission of unfulfilled longings plunges a Manhattan doctor into a bizarre erotic odyssey.
FULL METAL JACKET Marine recruits endure basic training under a leather-lunged D.I., then plunge into the hell of Vietnam. Matthew Modine heads a talented ensemble in this searing look at a process that turns people into killers.
THE SHINING Heeeeere s Johnny! In a macabre masterpiece adapted from Stephen King s novel, Jack Nicholson falls prey to forces haunting a snowbound mountain resort with a macabre history.
Bonus Disc STANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES The moviemaker s career comes into sharp focus in this compelling documentary narrated by Tom Cruise. Fascinating footage glimpses Kubrick in his early years, at work on film sets and at home, augmented by candid commentary from collaborators, colleagues and family.
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152 of 154 people found the following review helpful
By M. Hickey
Format:DVD
There's a fair amount of misinformation about aspect-ratio (screen-shape) in these customer reviews. I oversaw numerous film restorations for a major American film studio for more than a decade, so I know this subject matter rather well.
Here are some facts concerning the aspect-ratios of Kubrick's films from "2001" on. Of these films, only "2001" was filmed in "widescereen," if we are using that term to refer to the processes known as Cinemascope, Panavision and Super 70mm, which have a screen aspect-ratio (height-to-width ratio) of 1 unit of height to 2.35 units of width (i.e., the image is more than twice as wide as it is high). This "widescreen" aspect-ratio can only be displayed in its entirety on any TV screen by placing matte bars above and below the image.
Every Kubrick film after "2001," from "Clockwork Orange" to "Eyes Wide Shut," was shot on 35mm film and was filmed "flat" (a term meaning the image was not anamorphically squeezed in the original 35mm photography and is not "widescreen" as defined above). These films were photographed filling the 1-to-1.33 35mm film frame from side-to-side and top-to-bottom, with no mattes. This 1-to-1.33 frame matches the old TV screen perfectly; but it has not been used for theatrical presentation since the 1950s.
For their theatrical presentations, Kubrick had these films matted at the top and bottom, deleting the tops and bottoms of the original image and changing the aspect-ratio from 1-to-1.33 to either 1-to-1.66 or 1-to-1.85 (making the image a bit more than 1&1/2 times wide as it is high). For Kubrick to retain absolute control of the matting of these films, the matte was most likely printed into the theatrical printing negative at the lab, and thus printed into every release print (as opposed to letting the projectionist slip a matted aperture into the projector gate, which can result in "human error").
For home video, however, Kubrick's films (post-"2001") have until now been released using the entire original 1-to-1.33 film frame (preserved on the original negative), dispensing with the theatrical matte and including the tops and bottoms of the 1.33 image, which were not visible in theaters and were not intended to be. The unmatted image thus fills the old 1.33 TV screen without having to cut off the sides to make it fit.
Some opinions: I think it's fair to assume that the matted theatrical aspect-ratio is the one for which Kubrick framed his shots; I find it impossible to believe that he thought of the later VHS/DVD release as his main priority in terms of composition. It makes a difference: for example, close-ups are closer, tighter in the matted theatrical versions than in the unmatted home video/TV versions because of the additional space at the top and bottom of the unmatted home video/TV frame.
Based on this, the new 16x9 DVD releases, by recreating a close approximation of the shape of the matted theatrical image, provide a much more accurate representation of Kubrick's compositional intentions for these films than any previous home video release. It is true that 16x9 is not precisely identical to either the 1-to-1.66 or 1-to-1.85 theatrical aspect-ratios Kubrick used after "2001," but 16x9 is much closer to his theatrical aspect-ratios than was the old 1-to-1.33 TV ratio, and it serves his compositions far better.
As for why Kubrick instructed Warner Bros. to release his post-"2001" films for TV and home video using the entire unmatted 1.33 image, I'm sure he did not foresee 16x9 televisions and was simply trying to solve the problem of the 1:1.33 TV screen. In order to be able to fill the 1.33 TV screen from top to bottom without losing any image on the sides, he made sure the entire unmatted 1.33 film frame could be used by "protecting" the tops and bottoms of the frame -- no booms, lights or set-tops visible. Thus, in the old 1.33 TV transfers, there was more image at the tops and bottoms of shots than was visible in theaters, even though the added space misrepresented Kubrick's compositional intent.
Now, in these new 16x9 transfers, Kubrick's original, wider, theatrical compositions have finally been recreated for TV. In 16x9, close-ups are the right size, empty headroom is eliminated, and we see the images the way Kubrick designed them.
I hope some of this was useful, and "Thank you!" to those in Kubrick's circle who authorized the release of these films in 16x9.
NOTE TO WARNER BROTHERS HOME VIDEO: I sure hope a 16x9 High Def DVD release of "Barry Lyndon," an indispensable expression of Kubrick's humanistic and cinematic ideas, is imminent!
Here are some facts concerning the aspect-ratios of Kubrick's films from "2001" on. Of these films, only "2001" was filmed in "widescereen," if we are using that term to refer to the processes known as Cinemascope, Panavision and Super 70mm, which have a screen aspect-ratio (height-to-width ratio) of 1 unit of height to 2.35 units of width (i.e., the image is more than twice as wide as it is high). This "widescreen" aspect-ratio can only be displayed in its entirety on any TV screen by placing matte bars above and below the image.
Every Kubrick film after "2001," from "Clockwork Orange" to "Eyes Wide Shut," was shot on 35mm film and was filmed "flat" (a term meaning the image was not anamorphically squeezed in the original 35mm photography and is not "widescreen" as defined above). These films were photographed filling the 1-to-1.33 35mm film frame from side-to-side and top-to-bottom, with no mattes. This 1-to-1.33 frame matches the old TV screen perfectly; but it has not been used for theatrical presentation since the 1950s.
For their theatrical presentations, Kubrick had these films matted at the top and bottom, deleting the tops and bottoms of the original image and changing the aspect-ratio from 1-to-1.33 to either 1-to-1.66 or 1-to-1.85 (making the image a bit more than 1&1/2 times wide as it is high). For Kubrick to retain absolute control of the matting of these films, the matte was most likely printed into the theatrical printing negative at the lab, and thus printed into every release print (as opposed to letting the projectionist slip a matted aperture into the projector gate, which can result in "human error").
For home video, however, Kubrick's films (post-"2001") have until now been released using the entire original 1-to-1.33 film frame (preserved on the original negative), dispensing with the theatrical matte and including the tops and bottoms of the 1.33 image, which were not visible in theaters and were not intended to be. The unmatted image thus fills the old 1.33 TV screen without having to cut off the sides to make it fit.
Some opinions: I think it's fair to assume that the matted theatrical aspect-ratio is the one for which Kubrick framed his shots; I find it impossible to believe that he thought of the later VHS/DVD release as his main priority in terms of composition. It makes a difference: for example, close-ups are closer, tighter in the matted theatrical versions than in the unmatted home video/TV versions because of the additional space at the top and bottom of the unmatted home video/TV frame.
Based on this, the new 16x9 DVD releases, by recreating a close approximation of the shape of the matted theatrical image, provide a much more accurate representation of Kubrick's compositional intentions for these films than any previous home video release. It is true that 16x9 is not precisely identical to either the 1-to-1.66 or 1-to-1.85 theatrical aspect-ratios Kubrick used after "2001," but 16x9 is much closer to his theatrical aspect-ratios than was the old 1-to-1.33 TV ratio, and it serves his compositions far better.
As for why Kubrick instructed Warner Bros. to release his post-"2001" films for TV and home video using the entire unmatted 1.33 image, I'm sure he did not foresee 16x9 televisions and was simply trying to solve the problem of the 1:1.33 TV screen. In order to be able to fill the 1.33 TV screen from top to bottom without losing any image on the sides, he made sure the entire unmatted 1.33 film frame could be used by "protecting" the tops and bottoms of the frame -- no booms, lights or set-tops visible. Thus, in the old 1.33 TV transfers, there was more image at the tops and bottoms of shots than was visible in theaters, even though the added space misrepresented Kubrick's compositional intent.
Now, in these new 16x9 transfers, Kubrick's original, wider, theatrical compositions have finally been recreated for TV. In 16x9, close-ups are the right size, empty headroom is eliminated, and we see the images the way Kubrick designed them.
I hope some of this was useful, and "Thank you!" to those in Kubrick's circle who authorized the release of these films in 16x9.
NOTE TO WARNER BROTHERS HOME VIDEO: I sure hope a 16x9 High Def DVD release of "Barry Lyndon," an indispensable expression of Kubrick's humanistic and cinematic ideas, is imminent!
142 of 153 people found the following review helpful
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This is the first of Warner Home Video's new Director Series DVD sets. Included are brand new versions of:
2001: A Space Odyssey - Special Edition (2-disc)
A Clockwork Orange: Special Edition (2-disc)
Eyes Wide Shut: Special Edition (2-disc)
Full Metal Jacket: Deluxe Edition
The Shining: Special Edition (2-disc)
All titles have been restored and remastered and will offer both archive and new bonus features. The documentary "Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures" will also be included in this set. Apparently missing from this set, but also being released in new versions individually on October 23, are Lolita and Barry Lyndon. Eyes Wide Shut will include both the rated and unrated versions. No new release of Dr. Strangelove is planned, nor will it be included in this set either. All titles contained in the boxed set with the exception of "Full Metal Jacket" will be available separately, including the documentary.
All of the included films will have commentary, although "Eyes Wide Shut" will have only scene-specific commentary. The following are the extras included for each film:
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - A film full of technical details about space travel before we'd even been to the moon coupled with much to think about in the realm of what it means to be human. Disc 2 will have the following extra features:
Channel 4 documentary: 2001: The Making of a Myth
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2001: A Space Odyssey - A Look Behind the Future
2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork
Look: Stanley Kubrick!
Audio-only interview with Stanley Kubrick
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Difficult to sit through, Malcolm McDowell gets the role of a lifetime as a sociopathic youth in futuristic society who agrees to go through "aversion therapy" in order to be cured. His character is simultaneously repulsive, interesting, and sympathetic. It's hard to believe what you're watching, it's harder to believe what you're thinking about what you're watching. Disc two will have the following features:
Channel 4 documentary: Still Tickin': The Return of Clockwork Orange
New featurette: Making A Clockwork Orange
Career profile: O Lucky Malcolm!
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
The Shining (1980) - A psychological thriller has a family acting as caretakers for an old hotel that is totally isolated in the winter. Jack Nicholson's character is fighting his own demons before cabin fever ever sets in and the hotel begins to "speak" to him. Is he really possessed or is the hotel just bringing out what was really in him all along? Disc two includes the following features:
Documentary: "The Making of the Shining"
Three new featurettes: "View from The Overlook: Crafting the Shining",
"The Visions of Stanley Kubrick", and "Wendy Carlos, Composer"
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Full Metal Jacket (1987) - The film seems to be in two distinct parts, but actually one half is just a reflection of the other under different circumstances. The film is all about how humans handle duress - during wartime where life and death is at stake, and during training where extreme beratement and social isolation can cause people to snap too, even though they are physically "safe". This DVD will not be available separately. The extra features included are a new featurette and a theatrical trailer.
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Disc two will have the following features:
Documentary: The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Kubrick's 1998 D.W Griffith Award acceptance speech
Interview gallery with Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, and Steven Spielberg
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
All of the information I show on the extra features came from a press release from Warner Home Video, and they do look fabulous. The one thing I dislike is the fact that Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick's finest film IMHO, gets the boot in this set.
2001: A Space Odyssey - Special Edition (2-disc)
A Clockwork Orange: Special Edition (2-disc)
Eyes Wide Shut: Special Edition (2-disc)
Full Metal Jacket: Deluxe Edition
The Shining: Special Edition (2-disc)
All titles have been restored and remastered and will offer both archive and new bonus features. The documentary "Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures" will also be included in this set. Apparently missing from this set, but also being released in new versions individually on October 23, are Lolita and Barry Lyndon. Eyes Wide Shut will include both the rated and unrated versions. No new release of Dr. Strangelove is planned, nor will it be included in this set either. All titles contained in the boxed set with the exception of "Full Metal Jacket" will be available separately, including the documentary.
All of the included films will have commentary, although "Eyes Wide Shut" will have only scene-specific commentary. The following are the extras included for each film:
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - A film full of technical details about space travel before we'd even been to the moon coupled with much to think about in the realm of what it means to be human. Disc 2 will have the following extra features:
Channel 4 documentary: 2001: The Making of a Myth
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2001: A Space Odyssey - A Look Behind the Future
2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork
Look: Stanley Kubrick!
Audio-only interview with Stanley Kubrick
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Difficult to sit through, Malcolm McDowell gets the role of a lifetime as a sociopathic youth in futuristic society who agrees to go through "aversion therapy" in order to be cured. His character is simultaneously repulsive, interesting, and sympathetic. It's hard to believe what you're watching, it's harder to believe what you're thinking about what you're watching. Disc two will have the following features:
Channel 4 documentary: Still Tickin': The Return of Clockwork Orange
New featurette: Making A Clockwork Orange
Career profile: O Lucky Malcolm!
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
The Shining (1980) - A psychological thriller has a family acting as caretakers for an old hotel that is totally isolated in the winter. Jack Nicholson's character is fighting his own demons before cabin fever ever sets in and the hotel begins to "speak" to him. Is he really possessed or is the hotel just bringing out what was really in him all along? Disc two includes the following features:
Documentary: "The Making of the Shining"
Three new featurettes: "View from The Overlook: Crafting the Shining",
"The Visions of Stanley Kubrick", and "Wendy Carlos, Composer"
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Full Metal Jacket (1987) - The film seems to be in two distinct parts, but actually one half is just a reflection of the other under different circumstances. The film is all about how humans handle duress - during wartime where life and death is at stake, and during training where extreme beratement and social isolation can cause people to snap too, even though they are physically "safe". This DVD will not be available separately. The extra features included are a new featurette and a theatrical trailer.
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Disc two will have the following features:
Documentary: The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Kubrick's 1998 D.W Griffith Award acceptance speech
Interview gallery with Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, and Steven Spielberg
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
All of the information I show on the extra features came from a press release from Warner Home Video, and they do look fabulous. The one thing I dislike is the fact that Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick's finest film IMHO, gets the boot in this set.
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent presentation with great extras for Kubrick classics but a few hiccups accompany this set...
October 24, 2007
Format:DVD
There evidently is an issue with availability of this set. Warner Home Video switched to a new fulfillment software which caused some distribution problems for this set.
FYI, while the box states that both versions of"Eyes Wide Shut" are included, they aren't. So we have the international version as the only one on the disc. If you're looking for the rated edition, you'll have to pick up the previous edition of the film on DVD. Evidently Warner elected not to include both back in Sept. but the boxes weren't reprinted to indicate this. I'm sure many fans will not miss it since it is "censored" but there will be some folks that will want it no matter what.
"Eyes" is also missing Sydney Pollack's commentary track that was originally to be on the set. As to why "Barrie Lyndon" and "Lolita" are missing at (10/23/07)this time rumor has it that they require some additional digital tweaking/restoration and Warner wanted to get the set out before Christmas.
All the films look spectacular with a little more information on the sides for many (but not all) of the films. All are presented in anamorphic widescreen so those with widescreen sets will not have to adjust their sets as they did with the full screen presentation of "The Shining" and "Full Metal Jacket" (the films were shot in a full screen format because Kubrick recognized that when they would be shown on TV and home video they would be in a pan and scan format. He didn't want that. These aspect ratios represent how they were supposed to be shown in theaters).
What you do get is pretty spectacular though and fans that didn't buy the previous sets will be happy with this version of the box set.
We get two disc special editions for every film here except "Full Metal Jacket" with numerous extras. Warner has licensed a number of documentaries produced about these films from the UK's Channel Four. Also, each film has a commentary track (except "Eyes Wide Shut" which for some reason is missing Sydney Pollack's commentary track that was advertised as being part of the set when it was announced).
The second disc for each film has a number of new featurettes produced for these editions. "2001: A Space Odyssey" has featurettes comparing the original production art to some of the final sequences, as well as featurettes looking at how Kubrick and company envisioned the future. We also get a discussion on the visual effects. There's also a vintage documentary on Kubrick called "Look: Stanley Kubrick" as well as an audio only interview from 1966 as Kubrick was gearing up to make the film. I only listened to the audio commentary track intermittantly but could have sworn I heard Douglas Trumbull on there in addition to Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood.
"A Clockwork Orange" has an excellent and informative commentary track with star Malcolm McDowell and film historian Nick Redman. We also get the Channel Four documentary that Warner has licensed. Additionally there is a new featurette on the film "Great Olshy Yarblockos!Making A Clockwork Orange" and a profile of actor McDowell by long time Kubrick collaborator Jan Harlan.
"The Shining" ports over Vivian Kubrick's documentary (on the second disc)from the previous edition. We also get a commentary track by Steadicam Inventor Garrett Brown and film historian John Baxter. Three new featurettes focus on the making of the film, design and the score by composer Wendy Carlos.
"Full Metal Jacket" has a commentary by stars Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Emery and film critic Jay Cocks. The new featurette "Full Metal Jack" Between Good and Evil" includes vintage behind-the-scenes production footage and new interviews.
As mentioned "Eyes Wide Shut" does NOT have Sydney Pollack's commentary track. No mention if Warner is going to send out replacement discs for this one or not. We also get a 3-part Channel 4 documentary on the making of the film. A new featurette "Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick" which focuses on projects he never got to complete. An interview gallery with Tom Cruise, Nichole Kidman and Steven Spielberg discussing the making of the film. Kubrick's 1998 Director's Guild of America Award acceptance speech as well as theatrical and TV spots for the film.
Finally we get "Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures" the documentary by Jan Harlan about Kubrick that was included in the previous set from Warner of Kubrick's films. As near as I can tell this hasn't been altered from the previous version.
While this is an excellent set, it's a pity that Warner goofed up in not including both versions of "Eyes Wide Shut" and Pollack's commentary track.
FYI, while the box states that both versions of"Eyes Wide Shut" are included, they aren't. So we have the international version as the only one on the disc. If you're looking for the rated edition, you'll have to pick up the previous edition of the film on DVD. Evidently Warner elected not to include both back in Sept. but the boxes weren't reprinted to indicate this. I'm sure many fans will not miss it since it is "censored" but there will be some folks that will want it no matter what.
"Eyes" is also missing Sydney Pollack's commentary track that was originally to be on the set. As to why "Barrie Lyndon" and "Lolita" are missing at (10/23/07)this time rumor has it that they require some additional digital tweaking/restoration and Warner wanted to get the set out before Christmas.
All the films look spectacular with a little more information on the sides for many (but not all) of the films. All are presented in anamorphic widescreen so those with widescreen sets will not have to adjust their sets as they did with the full screen presentation of "The Shining" and "Full Metal Jacket" (the films were shot in a full screen format because Kubrick recognized that when they would be shown on TV and home video they would be in a pan and scan format. He didn't want that. These aspect ratios represent how they were supposed to be shown in theaters).
What you do get is pretty spectacular though and fans that didn't buy the previous sets will be happy with this version of the box set.
We get two disc special editions for every film here except "Full Metal Jacket" with numerous extras. Warner has licensed a number of documentaries produced about these films from the UK's Channel Four. Also, each film has a commentary track (except "Eyes Wide Shut" which for some reason is missing Sydney Pollack's commentary track that was advertised as being part of the set when it was announced).
The second disc for each film has a number of new featurettes produced for these editions. "2001: A Space Odyssey" has featurettes comparing the original production art to some of the final sequences, as well as featurettes looking at how Kubrick and company envisioned the future. We also get a discussion on the visual effects. There's also a vintage documentary on Kubrick called "Look: Stanley Kubrick" as well as an audio only interview from 1966 as Kubrick was gearing up to make the film. I only listened to the audio commentary track intermittantly but could have sworn I heard Douglas Trumbull on there in addition to Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood.
"A Clockwork Orange" has an excellent and informative commentary track with star Malcolm McDowell and film historian Nick Redman. We also get the Channel Four documentary that Warner has licensed. Additionally there is a new featurette on the film "Great Olshy Yarblockos!Making A Clockwork Orange" and a profile of actor McDowell by long time Kubrick collaborator Jan Harlan.
"The Shining" ports over Vivian Kubrick's documentary (on the second disc)from the previous edition. We also get a commentary track by Steadicam Inventor Garrett Brown and film historian John Baxter. Three new featurettes focus on the making of the film, design and the score by composer Wendy Carlos.
"Full Metal Jacket" has a commentary by stars Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Emery and film critic Jay Cocks. The new featurette "Full Metal Jack" Between Good and Evil" includes vintage behind-the-scenes production footage and new interviews.
As mentioned "Eyes Wide Shut" does NOT have Sydney Pollack's commentary track. No mention if Warner is going to send out replacement discs for this one or not. We also get a 3-part Channel 4 documentary on the making of the film. A new featurette "Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick" which focuses on projects he never got to complete. An interview gallery with Tom Cruise, Nichole Kidman and Steven Spielberg discussing the making of the film. Kubrick's 1998 Director's Guild of America Award acceptance speech as well as theatrical and TV spots for the film.
Finally we get "Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures" the documentary by Jan Harlan about Kubrick that was included in the previous set from Warner of Kubrick's films. As near as I can tell this hasn't been altered from the previous version.
While this is an excellent set, it's a pity that Warner goofed up in not including both versions of "Eyes Wide Shut" and Pollack's commentary track.
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a compilation overview of a magnificent director...many others of his films were not]t in this set these in this set were the ones needed for me.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Ascept ratio
I feel like this should of been half off, like the movies. I feel there all pan and scan. I HATE pan and scan!!!!!! Still, amazing films but the picture. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Pen Name
5.0 out of 5 stars
I bought this series because of the movie with Tom Cruise with his...
I bought this series because of the movie with Tom Cruise with his wife in this movie Nicole Kidman season.
Published 4 months ago by fifito
1.0 out of 5 stars
Full Metal Jacket corrupted disk
Review only for disc Full Metal Jacket , I was enjoying watching one of the greatest Kubrick's movie, then suddenly the picture start to freeze after an hour play, the disc is not... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Genc Sopa
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must own for any fan of Kubrick
I recently got this set new for only 12 dollars at a local business near my town, and needless to say when I opened it on Christmas I was overjoyed. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Cinema Fan
1.0 out of 5 stars
Great Set, Full Metal Jacket is corrupt though
I love this set, so otherwise I would have rated this an easy 5 out 5 (despite it missing barry lyndon). Read more
Published 18 months ago by Matt
5.0 out of 5 stars
You must own this
Five films by the master.
All of Kubrick's work was excellent and, if anything, this box set shows how Kubrick could cover such a wide variety of topics with such... Read more
All of Kubrick's work was excellent and, if anything, this box set shows how Kubrick could cover such a wide variety of topics with such... Read more
Published 23 months ago by David Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars
Kubrick's genius
I'm reviewing the films, not the package -- though I did buy this collection because it addresses some aspect-ratio issues that had gone unresolved before. Read more
Published on November 20, 2010 by maelje
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of My Favorite Directors
This collection of Stanley Kubrick films is wonderful for film fans. Every film in the collection is a gem and a classic. Read more
Published on September 24, 2010 by Lynn Ellingwood
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing box set!
If you are a Kubrick fan, then buy this set! All his best and most memorable films are here and the bonus discs for each movie are incredible. Especially the Shining bonus disc. Read more
Published on October 13, 2009 by Mask Maker
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