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• Barry Lyndon is a period drama based on the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray. The 1975 film is situated in eighteenth-century Ireland. A young Irish farm boy named Redmond Barry falls in love with his cousin and soon after kills British Captain John Quin in a duel. To avoid imprisonment, he escapes his home and sets off on a series of erotic and violent adventures.

• Fast Facts

  1. Release Date: December 18, 1975
  2. Director: Stanley Kubrick
  3. Screenwriter: Stanley Kubrick
  4. Novel Writer: William Makepeace Thackeray
  5. Producer: Stanley Kubrick
  6. Distributor: Warner Bros.
  7. Cinematography: John Alcott
  8. Editing by: Tony Lawson
  9. Genre: Drama
  10. MPAA Rating: PG
  11. Run time: 184 minutes
  12. Based On: The novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844) by William Makepeace Thackeray
  13. Budget: $11,000,000

• Awards

  • 1976 Oscar
    • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration : Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon
    • Best Cinematography: John Alcott
    • Best Costume Design: Ulla-Britt Söderlund, Milena Canonero
    • Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation: Leonard Rosenman
  • 1976 BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Cinematography: John Alcott
    • Best Direction: Stanley Kubrick
  • 1975 British Society of Cinematographers
    • Best Cinematography Award: John Alcott

• Cast

  • Ryan O'Neal: Barry Lyndon
  • Marisa Berenson: Lady Lyndon
  • Patrick Magee: The Chevalier
  • Hardy Krüger: Captain Potzdorf
  • Steven Berkoff: Lord Ludd
  • Gay Hamilton: Nora

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