Barry Lyndon
Drama, War
Warner Bros.  (1975) 184 mins PG

8.0 (30,691 votes)
How does an Irish lad without prospects become part of the 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. For this ravishing, slyly satiric winner of 4 Academy Awards, Kubrick found inspiration in the works of the era's painters. Costumes and sets were crafted in the era's designs and pioneering lenses were developed to shoot interiors and exteriors in natural light. The result is as a cutting-edge movie that brings a historical period to vivid screen life like no other film before or since....

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Cast and Crew
Ryan O'Neal  ......  Barry Lyndon
Marisa Berenson  ......  Lady Lyndon
Patrick Magee  ......  The Chevalier
Hardy Krüger  ......  Captain Potzdorf (as Hardy Kruger)
Steven Berkoff  ......  Lord Ludd
Gay Hamilton  ......  Nora
Director  .....  Stanley Kubrick
Producer  .....  Stanley Kubrick
Writer  .....  Stanley Kubrick; William Makepeace Thackeray
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: The drinking cup in the hand of Seamus Feeny, when Barry first meets Captain Feeny and Seamus at the inn. (more)

Trivia:
The young girl sitting behind Lady Lyndon's left shoulder during the magic show is Stanley Kubrick's daughter, Vivian Kubrick. (more)

Filming Locations:
Baden-Württemberg, Germany (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
[two figures visible on the horizon prepare to duel. Three witnesses stand between them]
Second: Gentlemen, cock your pistols! Gentlemen...
Narrator: Barry's father...
Second: ...aim your pistols!
Narrator: ...had been bred, like many other young sons of a genteel family, to the profession of the law.
Second: One!
Narrator: And there is no doubt he would've...
Second: Two!
Narrator: ...made an eminent figure in his profession...
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Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 11 nominations (more)