REPEAT/``Eyes Wide Shut'' -- ``Kubrick's Definitive Film & Haunting Final Masterpiece'' and 1999's Most Talked About Film Debuts on VHS and DVD March 7.Entertainment Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com REPEATING... BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2000 Movie on Many of Nation's Top Critics' Ten Best Lists "Eyes Wide Shut" will be an eye opener at video and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. outlets across the country on March 7. The critically acclaimed final film from master filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, will debut from Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. on VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. for rental and on DVD for sale at the suggested retail price of $24.98. "Eyes Wide Shut" will also be available on VHS with Spanish subtitles. Special features on the DVD version include more than 30 minutes of never-before-seen interviews with Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Steven Spielberg; the theatrical trailer; two television spots; production notes; and Dolby(R) 5.1 Surround Sound English audio. The Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert called "Eyes Wide Shut," "One of the year's best films and a worthy final chapter to a great director's career." Kubrick's daring last film is many things: it is a compelling psychosexual psychosexual /psy·cho·sex·u·al/ (-sek´shoo-al) pertaining to the mental or emotional aspects of sex. psy·cho·sex·u·al adj. Of or relating to the mental and emotional aspects of sexuality. journey, a haunting dreamscape dream·scape n. A dreamlike scene or picture having surreal qualities. [dream + (land)scape.] and a riveting tale of suspense. Dr. William Harford (Cruise) is a New Yorker who plunges into an erotic foray one fateful winter night after his wife's (Kidman) admission of sexual longings. Those events threaten his marriage and may even ensnare him in a lurid murder mystery. As the story sweeps from doubt and fear to self-discovery and reconciliation, Kubrick orchestrates it with masterful flourishes. Kubrick's first film in 12 years since his hit "Full Metal Jacket Noun 1. full metal jacket - a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) bullet, slug - a projectile that is fired from a gun ," "Eyes Wide Shut" opened to a hefty first weekend gross of $21.7 million and wide praise from motion picture critics across the country. It went on to earn $155 million at the box office worldwide. To date, the movie has made more than 50 of the nation's top critics' Best of the Year lists and has been honored by the Chicago Film Critics with nominations for Best Director, Best Cinematography cinematography: see motion picture photography. cinematography Art and technology of motion-picture photography. It involves the composition of a scene, lighting of the set and actors, choice of cameras, camera angle, and integration of special and Best Original Score. "Eyes Wide Shut" is rated "R" and has a running time of 159 minutes. Warner Bros. presents Warner Bros. Presents is the umbrella title for three television series which were aired as part of the 1955-56 season on ABC: Cheyenne, a concept that originated on Presents, and two others based on classic Warner Bros. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in a film by Stanley Kubrick: "Eyes Wide Shut" starring Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson, Rade Sherbedgia. Screenplay is by Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael inspired by "Traumnovelle" by Arthur Schnitzler. Executive producer is Jan Harlan; Lighting Cameraman is Larry Smith; Production designers are Les Tomkin, Roy Walker; Editor is Nigel Galt. "Eyes Wide Shut" was produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. Note to Editors: "Kubrick's Definitive Film & Haunting Final Masterpiece" is quoted from Jack Garner, Gannett News Service; Richard Schickel, Time Magazine |
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