Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2838 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-03-03
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL, Colour, Dolby
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 10
• Running time: 647 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
To date Stanley Kubrick remains one of cinema's most controversial film-maker. This box set highlights some of his greatest work, from the visionary 2001:A Space Odyssey, the violent and highly-debated A Clockwork Orange, the chilling adaptation of The Shining, the acclaimed war drama Full Metal Jacket, to his final piece, the controversial Eyes Wide Shut. And to top it off, the treat of this box set, the fascinating Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures.

Stanley Kubrick was one of the most acclaimed and controversial filmmakers of his generation, but he was also an intensely private man who rarely gave interviews and produced most of his films under a shroud of secrecy, which tended to foster a great deal of rumour and speculation about his working methods. Jan Harlan, who worked as Kubrick's assistant and executive producer on several projects directed this feature-length documentary. Narrated by Tom Cruise, this offers a rare in-depth look into Kubrick's career as a filmmaker, structured around interviews with a number of actors, writers, technicians, composers, friends, and family who speak on the record about his relentless perfectionism, his creative vision, his life both on and off the set, his relationships with actors, his unrealised projects, and his importance and influence as an artist.

Among those who share their thoughts in Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures are actors Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Malcolm McDowell, Peter Ustinov, and Keir Dullea; writers Arthur C. Clarke and Michael Herr; special effects artist Douglas Trumbull; composers Wendy Carlos and Gyorgy Ligeti; filmmakers Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Paul Mazursky, and Sydney Pollack; and Kubrick's spouse Christiane Kubrick.

The choice of titles is undeniably spot on, and the extras really give a sense of who the man was, what his legacy is, and the privilege it was for the people who collaborated with him on his cinematic journey. -- Jennifer Kilchenmann

DVD Description
This Special Edition box set encompasses some of Kubrick's best known and controversial titles, showcasing the late film-maker's talent. The Box Set includes: 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut and the documentary A Life in Pictures.

Special Features
2001: A Space Odyssey:

- Commentary by Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood
- 2001: The Making of a Myth (Ch4 documentary)
- The Legacy of 2001
- Kubrick’s view of the future
- Special Effects
- FX and early conceptual artwork
- Space and beyond
- Theatrical trailer

A Clockwork Orange:

- Commentary by Malcolm McDowell and Nick Redman
- Still Tickin’: The Return of Clockwork Orange(Ch4 documentary)
- Great Bolshy Yarblockos! Making a Clockwork Orange
- Lucky Malcolm! – documentary about Malcolm McDowell (85 mins)
- Theatrical trailer

The Shining:

- Commentary by Garrett Brown and John Baxter
- View from the Overlook: Crafting The Shining – feature
- The Visions of Stanley Kubrick – feature
- The Making of The Shining (with optional commentary from Vivian Kubrick) – 1980 TV feature
- Wendy Carlos featurette: composer discusses the music of The Shining
- Theatrical Trailer

Full Metal Jacket:

- Commentary by Vincent D’Onoforio, Adam Baldwin, Lee Ermey, Jay Cocks
- Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil – feature
- Theatrical trailer

Eyes Wide Shut:

- Scene commentary by Sydney Pollack and Peter Loewenberg
- The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut documentary
- Interview with Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Steven Spielberg
- Kubrick award acceptance speech
- Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spots

Customer Reviews

Stanley Kubrick Special Edition Box Set DVD Review
2001: A Space Odyssey (2 Disc)

Disc 1:

*Commentary by Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood
*Theatrical trailer

Disc 2:

*Channel 4 documentary: 2001: The Making of a Myth (43:04)
*Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (21:23)
*Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (21:30)
*2001: A Space Odyssey - A Look Behind the Future (4:3 - 23:10- vintage clip)

*What is Out There (20:40)
*2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork (9:26 with Christine Kubrick)
*Look: Stanley Kubrick! (3:14)
*Audio-only interview with Stanley Kubrick (1:16:24)


A Clockwork Orange (2 Disc)

Disc 1:

*Commentary with Malcolm McDowell and historian Nick Redman
*Theatrical Trailer

Disc 2:

*Channel Four documentary: Still Tickin': The Return of Clockwork Orange (43:35)
*Featurette: Great Bolshi Yarblockos!: Making A Clockwork Orange (28:15)
*Career Profile O Lucky Malcolm! (1:26:05)


Eyes Wide Shut (2 Disc)

Disc 1:

*Full uncensored version
*Theatrical trailer

Disc 2:

*Featurette - The Last Movie - Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut
*Featurette - Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
*DGA - D.W. Griffith Acceptance Speech, 1998
*Interviews with Nicole Kidman (17:45 min), Tom Cruise (08:23 min) and Steven Spielberg (07:49 min)


Full Metal Jacket (1 Disc)

Disc 1:

*Commentary by Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R Lee Ermey and Jay Cocks
*New Featurette Full Metal Jacket between good and evil
*Theatrical Trailer


The Shining (2 Disc)

Disc 1:

*Commentary by Garrett Brown and John Baxter
*Theatrical trailers

Disc 2:

*View from the Overlook: Crafting The Shining (30:12)
*The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (17:15)
*The Making of The Shining with optional commentary by Vivian Kubrick (34:58)
*Wendy Carlos, composer (7:30)


Stanley Kubrick A Life in Pictures (1 Disc)

*142 minutes long version

Stanley Kubrick : Special Edition 10 Disc Box Set
Audio, Subtitles, Aspect ratio Informations Only For Movies (Disc 1's)

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Eyes Wide Shut


Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital English, German, Spanish
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 WS
Subtitles: English, Crotian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

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A Clockwork Orange

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital English, German, Spanish
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1 WS
Subtitles: English, Crotian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish


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2001: A Space Odyssey

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital English, German, Spanish
Aspect ratio: 2.20:1 WS
Subtitles: English, Crotian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

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Full Metal Jacket

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital English, German, Spanish
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 WS
Subtitles: English, Crotian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

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The Shining

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital English, German, Spanish
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 WS
Subtitles: English, Crotian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish


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Stanley Kubrick A Life in Pictures

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital English,
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 WS - colour, b&w
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian, Bulgarian.

Not 6 discs, but 10 discs...
I was initially a little confused that all the online stores I could find were listing the Region 1 version of this box set as 10 discs and the Region 2 version as only 6 discs. Never fear though, this is indeed the full 10 Disc set that includes the same brand new special editions that are also available individually.

I am a little disappointed that the DVDs do not feature the new minimalist covers (as featured in the Region 1 version) which I think look great together as a set. Instead, we get the standard artwork for each with the new little icons featured only on the outer box itself.

Still, when you have a host of excellent new extras, proper anamorphic widescreen transfers and some of the greatest films ever made - all for under £40, you can't really complain!!