Barry Lyndon (film)
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Theatrical release poster by Jouineau Bourduge
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| Directed by | Stanley Kubrick |
| Produced by | Stanley Kubrick |
| Screenplay by | Stanley Kubrick |
| Based on |
The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Starring |
Ryan O'Neal Marisa Berenson Patrick Magee Hardy Krüger Diana Koerner Gay Hamilton |
| Narrated by | Michael Hordern |
| Cinematography | John Alcott |
| Edited by | Tony Lawson |
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Hawk Films
Peregrine Productions |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time
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187 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million |
| Box office | $20,169,934 |
Barry Lyndon is a 1975 British-American period drama film written, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray. It stars Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, and Hardy Krüger. The film recounts the exploits of a fictional 18th-century Irish adventurer. Exteriors were shot on location in Ireland, England and Germany.
At the 1975 Academy Awards, the film won four Oscars in production categories. Although having had a modest commercial success and a mixed reception from critics on release, Barry Lyndon is today regarded as one of Kubrick's finest films. In numerous polls, including those of Village Voice (1999), Sight & Sound (2002, 2012), Time (2005) and BBC, it has been named one of the greatest films ever made.
An omniscient (though possibly unreliable) narrator relates that in 1750s Ireland, the father of Redmond Barry is killed in a duel over a sale of some horses. The widow, disdaining offers of marriage, devotes herself to her only son.
As a despondent young man, Barry becomes infatuated with his older cousin, Nora Brady. Though she charms him during a card game, she later shows interest in a well-off British Army captain, John Quin, much to Barry's dismay. Nora and her family plan to leverage their finances through marriage, while Barry holds Quin in contempt and escalates the situation until a fateful duel beside a river when Barry shoots Quin. In the aftermath, Barry is urged to flee from incoming police and head through the countryside towards Dublin, but along the way he is robbed of purse, pistol, and horse by Captain Feeney, an infamous highwayman.
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