Collection of seven films directed by Stanley Kubrick and a documentary
focused on his career. In 'Lolita' (1962), Kubrick's adaptation of
Vladimir Nabokov's controversial masterpiece, Humbert Humbert (James
Mason) is a fastidious, middle-aged British novelist who is both
appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he
comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze (Shelley
Winters) he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita (Sue Lyon), the woman's
teenaged daughter. In fact, his passion for the girl becomes so
overwhelming that he is willing to accept Charlotte's intimations of
marriage in order to be close to her daughter. Humbert then plots to
spend more time alone with Lolita, but his obsessive pursuit soon leaves
all their lives damaged. In '2001 - A Space Odyssey' (1968), at the
dawn of mankind, a tribe of ape-like beings are visited on Earth by a
large black monolith. Thousands of years later, in the year 2001,
scientist Dr Heywood Floyd (William Sylvester) discovers a similar black
monolith on the moon, which then emits a signal aimed at the planet
Jupiter. A year later, astronauts Dr David Bowman (Keir Dullea) and Dr
Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood) are en route to Jupiter to investigate the
signal's destination and purpose. However, their mission comes under
threat when their ship's sentient computer, HAL (voice of Douglas Rain),
seemingly develops a malfunction. In 'A Clockwork Orange' (1971)
Malcolm McDowell stars as sadistic teen Alex DeLarge. Set in dystopian
England, Alex is the leader of a small gang he calls his 'droogs'.
Following a night of extreme violence the droogs voice their
dissatisfaction with Alex's leadership and the subsequent fall-out
eventually leads to his arrest. After two years of incarceration Alex
behaves without fault and is selected to take part in a series of
experiments designed to rid him of his violent tendencies. However, the
attempted rehabilitation creates a new set of problems. In 'Barry
Lyndon' (1975) Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal) is an Irish country boy who
falls in love with well-to-do local girl Nora Brady (Gay Hamilton) and
is subsequently tricked by her family into leaving town. Disillusioned
with love, the broken-hearted youngster then embarks on an adventure
which sees him serve in the Seven Years War, earn a living as a
professional gambler, and eventually move into the higher ranks of
society when he meets and marries the beautiful Lady Lyndon (Marisa
Berenson). However, despite the luck which has brought him such riches,
it is this final move, the cynical choice to marry for social
advancement rather than love, which brings about Barry's downfall. In
'The Shining' (1980) Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) seeks solitude in
order to write a novel and takes a job as an off-season caretaker at the
remote Overlook Hotel in Colorado. Eager to get started, Jack
disregards warnings that the isolation drove a former caretaker mad, and
moves into the massive resort with his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and
son Danny (Danny Lloyd). But Danny has a supernatural gift which makes
him aware of an evil lurking in the hotel, and as winter storms cut the
hotel off from civilisation, Jack gradually becomes murderously insane.
'Full Metal Jacket' (1987) details the dehumanizing effect of military
combat and follows a platoon of Vietnam conscripts as they join the US
Marines and undergo rigorous boot camp training overseen by sadistic
drill instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey). Upon
graduating, one of the recruits, Joker (Matthew Modine), is thrown into
the war at the height of the Tet Offensive. In 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999)
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman star as married couple William and Alice.
One night, returning home from a party, Alice confesses that she still
has fantasies about a sailor she once knew. William is shocked and
jealous, and when he is later called away on business, he finds it
impossible to return home, embarking instead on a journey into an i