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DramaThrillerMystery

Eyes Wide Shut

- Cruise. Kidman. Kubrick.

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

Release Date : 1999-07-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warner Bros. PicturesStanley Kubrick Productions

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : Traumnovelle

Cast

Tom Cruise

Character Name : Dr. William Harford

Original Name : Tom Cruise

Gender : Male

Nicole Kidman

Character Name : Alice Harford

Original Name : Nicole Kidman

Gender : Female

Sydney Pollack

Character Name : Victor Ziegler

Original Name : Sydney Pollack

Gender : Male

Marie Richardson

Character Name : Marion

Original Name : Marie Richardson

Gender : Female

Rade Šerbedžija

Character Name : Milich

Original Name : Rade Šerbedžija

Gender : Male

Todd Field

Character Name : Nick Nightingale

Original Name : Todd Field

Gender : Male

Vinessa Shaw

Character Name : Domino

Original Name : Vinessa Shaw

Gender : Female

Alan Cumming

Character Name : Desk Clerk

Original Name : Alan Cumming

Gender : Male

Sky du Mont

Character Name : Sandor Szavost

Original Name : Sky du Mont

Gender : Male

Fay Masterson

Character Name : Sally

Original Name : Fay Masterson

Gender : Female

Leelee Sobieski

Character Name : Milich's Daughter

Original Name : Leelee Sobieski

Gender : Female

Thomas Gibson

Character Name : Carl

Original Name : Thomas Gibson

Gender : Male

Madison Eginton

Character Name : Helena Harford

Original Name : Madison Eginton

Gender : Female

Julienne Davis

Character Name : Mandy

Original Name : Julienne Davis

Gender : Female

Jackie Sawiris

Character Name : Roz

Original Name : Jackie Sawiris

Gender : Female

Leslie Lowe

Character Name : Illona

Original Name : Leslie Lowe

Gender : Female

Peter Hans Benson

Character Name : Bandleader

Original Name : Peter Hans Benson

Gender : Male

Michael Doven

Character Name : Ziegler's Secretary

Original Name : Michael Doven

Gender : Male

Louise J. Taylor

Character Name : Gayle

Original Name : Louise J. Taylor

Gender : Female

Stewart Thorndike

Character Name : Nuala

Original Name : Stewart Thorndike

Gender : Female

Randall Paul

Character Name : Harris

Original Name : Randall Paul

Gender : Male

Lisa Leone

Character Name : Lisa

Original Name : Lisa Leone

Gender : Female

Kevin Connealy

Character Name : Lou Nathanson

Original Name : Kevin Connealy

Gender : Male

Mariana Hewett

Character Name : Rosa

Original Name : Mariana Hewett

Gender : Male

Dan Rollman

Character Name : Rowdy College Kid

Original Name : Dan Rollman

Gender : Male

Gavin Parry

Character Name : Rowdy College Kid

Original Name : Gavin Parry

Gender : Male

Chris Pare

Character Name : Rowdy College Kid

Original Name : Chris Pare

Gender : Male

Adam Lias

Character Name : Rowdy College Kid

Original Name : Adam Lias

Gender : Male

Christian Clarke

Character Name : Rowdy College Kid

Original Name : Christian Clarke

Gender : Male

Kyle Whitcombe

Character Name : Rowdy College Kid

Original Name : Kyle Whitcombe

Gender : Male

Gary Goba

Character Name : Naval Officer

Original Name : Gary Goba

Gender : Male

Florian Windorfer

Character Name : Maître D' - Café Sonata

Original Name : Florian Windorfer

Gender : Male

Togo Igawa

Character Name : Japanese Man #1

Original Name : Togo Igawa

Gender : Male

Eiji Kusuhara

Character Name : Japanese Man #2

Original Name : Eiji Kusuhara

Gender : Male

Sam Douglas

Character Name : Cab Driver

Original Name : Sam Douglas

Gender : Male

Angus MacInnes

Character Name : Gateman #1

Original Name : Angus MacInnes

Gender : Male

Abigail Good

Character Name : Mysterious Woman / Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Abigail Good

Gender : Male

Brian W. Cook

Character Name : Tall Butler

Original Name : Brian W. Cook

Gender : Male

Leon Vitali

Character Name : Red Cloak

Original Name : Leon Vitali

Gender : Male

Carmela Marner

Character Name : Waitress at Gillespie's

Original Name : Carmela Marner

Gender : Female

Phil Davies

Character Name : Stalker

Original Name : Phil Davies

Gender : Male

Cindy Dolenc

Character Name : Girl at Sharky's

Original Name : Cindy Dolenc

Gender : Female

Clark Hayes

Character Name : Hospital Receptionist

Original Name : Clark Hayes

Gender : Male

Treva Etienne

Character Name : Morgue Orderly

Original Name : Treva Etienne

Gender : Male

Colin Angus

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Colin Angus

Gender : Male

Karla Ashley

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Karla Ashley

Gender : Male

Kate Charman

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Kate Charman

Gender : Female

James Demaria

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : James Demaria

Gender : Male

Tony De Sergio

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Tony De Sergio

Gender : Male

Janie Dickens

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Janie Dickens

Gender : Male

Laura Fallace

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Laura Fallace

Gender : Male

Vanessa Fenton

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Vanessa Fenton

Gender : Male

Georgina Finch

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Georgina Finch

Gender : Male

Peter Godwin

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Peter Godwin

Gender : Male

Joanna Heath

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Joanna Heath

Gender : Male

Lee Henshaw

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Lee Henshaw

Gender : Male

Ateeka Poole

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Ateeka Poole

Gender : Male

Adam Pudney

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Adam Pudney

Gender : Male

Sharon Quinn

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Sharon Quinn

Gender : Male

Ben De Saumserez

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Ben De Saumserez

Gender : Male

Emma Lou Sharratt

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Emma Lou Sharratt

Gender : Male

Paul Spelling

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Paul Spelling

Gender : Male

Matthew Thompson

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Matthew Thompson

Gender : Male

Dan Travers

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Dan Travers

Gender : Male

Russell Trigg

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Russell Trigg

Gender : Male

Kate Whalin

Character Name : Masked Party Principal

Original Name : Kate Whalin

Gender : Male

Cate Blanchett

Character Name : Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Cate Blanchett

Gender : Female

Jerson David Ambion

Character Name : Masked Party Principal (uncredited)

Original Name : Jerson David Ambion

Gender : Male

Shelsie Blake

Character Name : Hula Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Shelsie Blake

Gender : Male

John N. Campbell

Character Name : Masked Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : John N. Campbell

Gender : Male

Emilio D'Alessandro

Character Name : Man at Newsstand (uncredited)

Original Name : Emilio D'Alessandro

Gender : Male

Paul Desbois

Character Name : Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Desbois

Gender : Male

Donna Ewin

Character Name : Masked Party Principal (uncredited)

Original Name : Donna Ewin

Gender : Male

Sam Heydon

Character Name : Masked Party Principal (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Heydon

Gender : Male

Alex Hobbs

Character Name : Boy in Examination Room (uncredited)

Original Name : Alex Hobbs

Gender : Male

Christiane Kubrick

Character Name : Woman Behind Dr. Harford at Café Sonata (uncredited)

Original Name : Christiane Kubrick

Gender : Female

Katharina Kubrick

Character Name : Mother of Boy in Examination Room (uncredited)

Original Name : Katharina Kubrick

Gender : Female

Taylor Murphy

Character Name : Masked Party Principal (uncredited)

Original Name : Taylor Murphy

Gender : Male

Graham Skidmore

Character Name : Background Artist (uncredited)

Original Name : Graham Skidmore

Gender : Male

Stanley Kubrick

Character Name : Man at Café Sonata (uncredited)

Original Name : Stanley Kubrick

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2022-08-31

**It doesn't matter if it's Stanley Kubrick's best or worst. It's a movie that makes you think.** Stanley Kubrick is one of those filmmakers who didn't make a lot of films. Over the course of his forty-year career, he only made thirteen feature films. Very little... However, if we look closely, almost all of them are familiar and immediately entered the pantheon of cinema. They are not perfect films, nor was Kubrick perfect no matter how methodical he was, and there are films of his that are unpalatable (I've already written that in some of them). But each of them, for its reasons, is its own, a very different work. In this film, he makes a case study around desire, sexuality and how we, individually or as a couple, deal with it. The script follows a doctor and his wife. An apparently happy couple who, after a party where they both flirted with other people (without consequences), have a fight where she, perhaps to take away his self-confidence, confesses that she wanted to have another man, some time ago. The revelation leaves the doctor speechless. That night, he doesn't seem to know what he wants: he desires other women, but refuses their advances. But when a pianist friend tells him about a strange party, full of beauties, where he has to play blindfolded, he wants to see it up close. Yes, the party was a gigantic chic orgy, with touches of unholy religious ritual to accentuate the sense of sin and lust. Of course, the unwary guy ends up being discovered and unmasked… and from there, the film becomes denser, with the character increasingly afraid of what might happen to him. The film makes us think a lot about sexuality, monogamy, the importance we give to marital fidelity. I don't know what it was like in 1999, but today it's common to see couples in open relationships, or relatively discreet saunas and swing clubs that throw liberal parties with some regularity. There is still a universe apart – private parties, organized by social networks and for guests only – and it is true that the rich and famous are much more demanding with the reservation of their intimacy, especially when they do naughty things. But what the film proposes to us is, not so much the refusal of monogamy, but that we think about the way we give up all other sexual partners when we really fall in love. The notion of personal sacrifice runs through the entire film (a woman who gives up an erotic fantasy for love, another who proposes to die in order to save an innocent, a man who refuses sex because he is married) and indicates that the best bonds we create in life involve choices and sacrifices in exchange for something greater. In fact, to be happy in a marriage, you need to keep your eyes wide shut to temptations. With a very good and well written story, the film develops the characters very well and allows us to get to know them. For that, the film doesn't mind taking a slower pace that can leave some audiences exasperated. Decisive was the choice of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman for the main roles. At the time, they were Hollywood's pretty couple, and there's no doubt that Kubrick knew how to exploit their enormous personal and intimate chemistry, transporting it to the characters and the film. In fact, this may not be Kubrick's best film (that's relative!) but, for me, it's Cruise's best film so far. Technically, the film has many positives. Kubrick gave an almost maniacal attention to detail and took his time filming. And we can see how each scene was shot in a detailed way, with the camera moving precisely, cuts surgically made, very long and very well edited scenes, taking advantage of the excellent cinematography and sets (where, of course, the mansion of the party stands out). Even more important is the way the director was able to work with the environment and the tension, growing and almost palpable. There is a lot of nudity in this film, including frontal nudity (Kidman herself did scenes where she is practically naked) and some sex scenes that, if not explicit, are very visual. Even so, the film is not, surprisingly, very erotic. I think the director didn't want sex to distract us or cut that tension he was looking for. As for the sound and soundtrack, I think it does its job well, but I didn't find it particularly remarkable.