Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 erotic mystery psychological drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on the 1926 novella Dream Story by Arthur Schnitzler, transferring the story's setting from early twentieth-century Vienna to 1990s New York City. The plot centers on a doctor (Tom Cruise) who is shocked when his wife (Nicole Kidman) reveals that she had contemplated having an affair the previous summer. He then embarks on a night-long adventure, during which he infiltrates a masked orgy of a secret society.
Plot
Dr. William "Bill" Harford and his wife Alice live in New York City with their daughter, Helena. At a Christmas party hosted by Bill's patient, Victor Ziegler, Bill reconnects with his former medical school classmate, Nick Nightingale, now a professional pianist. Meanwhile, an older Hungarian guest attempts to seduce Alice, while two young models try to seduce Bill. Victor interrupts Bill's flirtation to handle an emergency involving Mandy, a young woman who overdosed during sex with him. Bill helps stabilize Mandy.
Cast
- Alan Cumming
- Angus MacInnes
- Brian W. Cook
- Christiane Kubrick
- Fay Masterson
- Jackie Sawiris
- Julienne Davis
- Leelee Sobieski
- Leon Vitali
- Marie Richardson
- Nicole Kidman
- Rade Šerbedžija
- Sky du Mont
- Stanley Kubrick
- Stewart Thorndike
- Sydney Pollack
- Thomas Gibson
- Todd Field
- Togo Igawa
- Tom Cruise
- Treva Etienne
- Vinessa Shaw
More details
author | Frederic Raphael Stanley Kubrick |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | Stanley Kubrick |
editor | Nigel Galt |
events | adultery human sexuality |
genre | adventure drama mystery thriller |
keywords | cannabis christmas party disturb drug addiction even hiv-positive people id illuminati jazz club laugh marijuana mask master of ceremonies medical school mysterious figure naval officer older men read school class secret society shop teenage daughter warn young woman |
musicBy | Dmitri Shostakovich Franz Liszt György Ligeti Jocelyn Pook |
producer | Stanley Kubrick |
productionCompany | Hobby Films Pole Star Stanley Kubrick Productions |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
recordedAt | New York City Pinewood Studios |
theme | erotic thriller mystery thriller psychological drama |