Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Stanley Kubrick co-wrote, produced, and directed the sexual mystery, psychological drama movie Eyes Wide Shut in 1999. It is an adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novelette Traumnovelle (Dream Story), moving the action from early 20th-century Vienna to 1990s New York City. The main character of the story is a doctor played by Tom Cruise who is shocked to learn that his wife, played by Nicole Kidman, had considered having an affair a year earlier. Then he sets out on a nightlong adventure, infiltrating a masked orgy of an unnamed secret society.

In the 1960s, Kubrick bought the filmmaking rights to Dream Story because he thought it would make a great movie about sex. When he engaged author Frederic Raphael to assist him with the adaptation in the 1990s, he brought the idea back to life. With the exception of a few exterior establishing shots, the majority of the movie was filmed in England. However, Pinewood Studios produced a meticulous recreation of the exterior Greenwich Village street scenes. The production of the movie has a 400-day shooting schedule, which is a Guinness World Record.

Detailed information:

Based on: Traumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler

Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson

Release dates: July 16, 1999 (United States)

Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt0120663/