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List Price: $79.98 | | Label: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Salesrank: 8988
Released: January 22, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Synopsis: The new Stanley Kubrick Collection includes five of the great director's masterpieces in stunning all-new digital transfers, restored picture and new digital audio. Titles include 2-disc special editions of 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Eye's Wide Shut; and the 1-disc Deluxe Edition of Full Metal Jacket. Also included is the bonus, Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY A space mission that could reveal man s destiny is jeopardized by a malfunctioning shipboard computer. A dazzling journey that tops them all and showed the way for other effects-packed films that followed.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE A jolting tale of crime and punishment stars Malcolm McDowell as a young neo-punk who becomes the guinea pig for a state-sanctioned cure of his tendency toward the old ultraviolence.
EYES WIDE SHUT Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman star in a brilliantly provocative tour- de-force (The New York Times). A wife s admission of unfulfilled longings plunges a Manhattan doctor into a bizarre erotic odyssey.
FULL METAL JACKET Marine recruits endure basic training under a leather-lunged D.I., then plunge into the hell of Vietnam. Matthew Modine heads a talented ensemble in this searing look at a process that turns people into killers.
THE SHINING Heeeeere s Johnny! In a macabre masterpiece adapted from Stephen King s novel, Jack Nicholson falls prey to forces haunting a snowbound mountain resort with a macabre history.
Bonus Disc STANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES The moviemaker s career comes into sharp focus in this compelling documentary narrated by Tom Cruise. Fascinating footage glimpses Kubrick in his early years, at work on film sets and at home, augmented by candid commentary from collaborators, colleagues and family.
Stanley Kubrick: Warner Home Video Directors Series (2001 A Space Odyssey / A Clockwork Orange / Eyes Wide Shut unrated / Full Metal Jacket / The Shining / A Life in Pictures) Reviews:
Amazing box set! 
2009-10-13 - If you are a Kubrick fan, then buy this set! All his best and most memorable films are here and the bonus discs for each movie are incredible. Especially the Shining bonus disc. Not to mention the very well done documentary on Kubrick's life. I never get tired of watching this collection. Malcolm Mcdowell's audio commentary on A Clockwork Orange is very interesting. He tells little stories and rare facts about the filming and what went on. It's also nice to see these films presented in the original theatrical aspect ratio. They look fantastic. The Clockwork Orange widescreen laser disc released 12 years ago fell short. This DVD presentation is how it should look. Warner could of done a better job boxing up the set instead of the half assed flimsy cardboard casing. They also should of included the slip cases with the poster art that are on each movie if you buy them individual. But...whatever. Other than that it's great.
Stanley Kubrick - Warner Home Video Directors Series leaves one wanting more.
2009-09-01 - These are great movies made even better by the extras included with them. They just made us wish for a more comprehensive collection. Kubrick made so few movies, why are they not all in this set?
Kubrick is the Best
2009-08-07 - When I purchased this product it was on sale. The asking price is quite steep at full price.
The main problem with the set is that the covers of the DVDs are not well designed as previous reviewers have pointed out. However in the set only The Shining is a single DVD. This means that 2001, Clockwork, Eyes and Jacket are all 2 discs. The bonus features are great. A must buy!
Great Director, Bad Packaging 
2009-06-08 - The group of movies is great, but the packaging is cheap and flimsy. I would have thought that they would have at least used thicker cardboard.
Well worth it
2009-06-07 - Five of Kubrick's top ten or so in one box, with oodles of extras and long interviews with Stanley and others -- this is a top-notch collection. Well worth the price, the extras alone are worth the price. I owned three of the five before I bought the set, but owing to the extras I'm very happy I bought the set. (Plus now I have "loaners")
