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Hollywood Royalty Celebrates Stanley Kubrick's Legacy at World Premiere of Warner Bros.' `Eyes Wide Shut'.


LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 14, 1999--

Scores of the movie world's most respected and glamorous figures turned out Tuesday night to honor the memory of filmmaking legend Stanley Kubrick Noun 1. Stanley Kubrick - United States filmmaker (born in 1928)
Kubrick
 and to attend the world premiere Noun 1. world premiere - (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world
performance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100
 of his highly anticipated final work, Warner Bros BROS Brothers
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.' "Eyes Wide Shut," in Westwood.

In addition to the film's stars, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Sydney Pollack Noun 1. Sydney Pollack - United States filmmaker (born in 1934)
Pollack
, and its supporting cast, including Thomas Gibson, Todd Field, Vinessa Shaw, Sky Dumont, Abigail Good, Alan Cumming, Madison Edginton, Julianne Davis and Louise Taylor, the film's executive producer, Jan Harlan, and composer, Jocelyn Pook, were in attendance.

Among the distinguished roster of celebrity guests who attended the premiere and reception that followed were Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Arnold, Stephen Baldwin, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, David Boreanaz, Adrien Brody, Josh Brolin, James L. Brooks, Neve Campbell, Francis Ford Coppola Noun 1. Francis Ford Coppola - United States filmmaker (born in 1939)
Coppola
, Billy Crystal, Ellen DeGeneres, Anne Heche, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Bodhi Elfman, Melissa Etheridge, Michael Flatley, Ben Foster, Jodie Foster, Cuba Gooding Jr., Steve Guttenberg, Scott Hamilton, Renny Harlin, Neil Patrick Harris Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an Emmy-nominated American actor. He is known for his television roles as the teenage doctor Doogie Howser, M.D. and the womanizing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother. , Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Salma Hayek, Dustin Hoffman, Katie Holmes, Chris Isaak, Kristin Johnston, Milla Jovovich, Janusz Kaminski, Val Kilmer, Tobey Maguire, Debi Mazar, Matthew McConaughey, Andie McDowell, Sam Neill, Jack Nicholson, Brad Pitt, Ving Rhames, Denise Richards, Diana Ross, Winona Ryder, Elizabeth Shue, Davis Guggenheim, Tom Sizemore, Kate Capshaw, Sylvester Stallone, Madeleine Stowe, Brian Benben, Alan Thicke, Giovanni Ribisi, Paul Verhoeven, David Fincher, Ice Cube, Kate Hudson, Alicia Witt and Hans Zimmer.

Warner Bros. Chairmen and Co-Chief Executive Officers Robert A. Daly Over the course of his career, Robert A. Daly has led such renowned organizations as Warner Bros., Warner Music Group, The Los Angeles Dodgers and CBS Entertainment. Today he remains involved in the entertainment industry, while also devoting considerable time to charitable work.  and Terry Semel presented a donation in Kubrick's name to The Film Foundation, an organization founded to protect, restore and preserve motion picture history by a group of seven prestigious directors including Stanley Kubrick. Accepting the check on behalf of The Film Foundation were Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Sydney Pollack.

"Eyes Wide Shut" opens throughout North America on July 16.
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