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.
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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Fast Facts
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Release Date
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Director
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Screenwriter
Stanley Kubrick
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Novel Writer
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Producer
Stanley Kubrick
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Distributor
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Cinematography
John Alcott
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Editing by
Tony Lawson
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Genre
Drama
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MPAA Rating
PG
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Run time
184 minutes
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Based On
The novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844) by William Makepeace Thackeray
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Budget
$11,000,000
