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Barry Lyndon

Play trailer Poster for Barry Lyndon PG Released Dec 18, 1975 3h 4m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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How does an Irish lad without prospects become part of 18th-century English nobility? For Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal) the answer is: any way he can! His climb to wealth and privilege is the enthralling focus of this sumptuous Stanley Kubrick version of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel.
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Visually astonishing and placid as a pond in the English countryside, Stanley Kubrick's maddening and masterful Barry Lyndon renders a hollow life with painterly poise.

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Joseph Gelmis Newsday A magnificent Ferrari compared to the assembly line of Volkswagens and Cadillacs of moviedom. To criticize Kubrick for making a gorgeous movie about a loveless world of decadent grandeur is like bawling out Dostoevsky for writing about [degenerates]. Feb 25, 2025 Full Review Alexander Walker London Evening Standard What he did for the future in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick in Barry Lyndon has done for the past. He has projected us into an age of amazing strangeness. Feb 25, 2025 Full Review Rex Reed New York Daily News Kubrick is one of the few directors working in films today who can legitimately be called a genius without blushing. He has made a motion picture extravaganza that combines art, literature and love, raising the movies to a cultural zenith. Feb 25, 2025 Full Review John Huddy Miami Herald A pretentious, tiresome, fatuous bore, a piece of inflated and contrived elegance that is as desolate as the backside of the moon. Protected by his praetorian guard of critics, Stanley Kubrick gives the auteur theory a bad name. Feb 25, 2025 Full Review Dorothy Smiljanich Tampa Bay Times Barry Lyndon is another success for Stanley Kubrick. How unfortunate that so few people will ever know it. Feb 25, 2025 Full Review Robert Hatch The Nation Barry Lyndon is as stultifying as it is prodigious. For a start, the picture appears to have been designed by someone who learned the art at Madame Tussaud's. Feb 25, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Advik The equivalent of touring an art gallery. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/15/25 Full Review Stephen C 3 hours and 4 minutes of drama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/23/25 Full Review Jon G A beautifully cinematic, brilliant movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/21/25 Full Review Ralph B Compellingly emotional, Barry Lyndon is stylistically, vintage Kubrick. The cinematography is stunning, the plot line's are woven masterfully, and the music keeps with the times nicely. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/15/25 Full Review Andrew L Each shot is like a masterpiece in a museum. It's a movie that's not for the weak of mind. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/05/25 Full Review nick s I went into this expecting it to be a slow paced, immersive kind of movie, with a plodding and meandering storyline. Which it was. That out of the way, Barry Lyndon is a fabulous body of work. The slow scenes seemed to feel right, the ideas and character arcs were thought provoking. A very visceral, intellectually stimulating film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/02/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Stanley Kubrick

Director

Ryan O'Neal

Barry Lyndon

Marisa Berenson

Lady Lyndon

Patrick Magee

Chevalier de Baliban

Hardy Krüger

Capt. Potzdorf

Steven Berkoff

Lord Ludd

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Synopsis How does an Irish lad without prospects become part of 18th-century English nobility? For Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal) the answer is: any way he can! His climb to wealth and privilege is the enthralling focus of this sumptuous Stanley Kubrick version of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Producer
Stanley Kubrick
Screenwriter
Stanley Kubrick, William Makepeace Thackeray
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Bros., Hawk Films, Peregrine
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 18, 1975, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 31, 2007
Runtime
3h 4m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.66:1)
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