Table of Contents 1. Stanley Kubrick 2. Barry Lyndon 3.Scenes shot in Bath

Stanley Kubrick Director, screenplay writer and producer of Barry Lyndon

1. Stanley Kubrick BBorn 26 July 1928 in New York DDied 7 March 1999 in Hertfordshire, England SStarted photography at age of 13 WWorked as photographer at age of 17 MMade his first film with friend, Alexander Singer, Day of the Fight in 1951 DDirected 16 films and contributed to many more

Most famous films:  1960: Spartacus  1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey  1971: A Clockwork Orange  1975: Barry Lyndon  1980: The Shining  1987: Full Metal Jacket  1999: Eyes Wide Shut

All in all Kubrick won: 11 Oscar for visual effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey WWon 31 other prizes and was nominated for further 46

Barry Lyndon 1. Actors 2. Awards 3. Critics 4. Plot

1. Actors  Ryan O’Neal plays protagonist Barry Lyndon  Marisa Berenson plays Lady Lyndon

 Hardy Krüger played role of Capt. Potzdorf (a supporting role)  Leon Vitali played role of hated son-in-law Lord Bullingdon

2. Awards  Won Oscar for: Best Art Direction-Set Best Decoration Best Cinematography Costume Design Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation

 Oscar nomination: Best Director Best Picture Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material  Further 11 wins and 11 nominations

3. Critics  Film released in December in 1975 Time Magazine wrote: “ Kubrick demonstrates singularity of vision, mature mastery of his medium, near-reckless courage in asserting through this work a claim to greatness that time alone can—and probably will—confirm.”

Christopher Null, national filmcritic wrote: “Stanley Kubrick's minor masterpiece is often overlooked -- even scorned -- by those who claim it to be pretentious and slow. Well, it is pretentious and slow, but it's still an exceptional film.”

4. Plot  Film set around time of 1760  Father of irish boy, Redmund Barry, was killed in duel over some horses  Film starts with Redmund at the age of 17 and in love with his cousin  Challenges adversary to a duel and must flee after winning  He joins the army and is reunited with his friend Captain Potzdorf

 Fights in Germany and deserts his company after Captain Potzdorf is killed  Travels through Germany disguised as a messenger  Is unmasked and must serve in the Prussian army  Receives assignment from police to expose the Chevalier de Balibari → Irish double agent

 Develops liking for Chevalier and starts working for him  Spend several years travelling from one aristocrat to another doing fraudulent gambling  Meets Lady Lyndon, falls for her, and marries her after her husband’s death

 Leads an exlusive life-style  Has a son with Lady Lyndon  Mistreats stepson, Lord Bullingdon (beatings, spends family fortune..)  Stepson mocks stepfather, Barry Lyndon, → is beaten up in front of aristocracy; stepson leaves for his home  Son, at age of 8, dies after falling off his horse

 Lord Bullingdon returns and challenges Barry Lyndon to a duel  Lyndon is shot in the leg and it must be amputated  Dies alone and poor in Ireland

4. Scenes shot in Bath  Barry meets Lady Lyndon for the first time in the Pump Room:

 Lord Bullingdon confronts his mother and Barry. Shot at Longleat House, near Bath: