With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews heavyweights like Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen and Sydney Pollack, who explain the influence of Kubrick classics like "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and how he absorbed visual clues from disposable culture such as television commercials.
Directed by Jan Harlan
career
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3.9 / 5
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Cast
Tom Cruise
Self - Actor & Film Producer / Narrator
Steven Marcus
Self - Professor, Stanley Kubrick's Schoolfriend
Paul Mazursky
Self
Jack Nicholson
Self
Shelley Duvall
Self
Matthew Modine
Self
Sydney Pollack
Self
Christiane Kubrick
Self
Richard Schickel
Self
Leon Vitali
Self
Douglas Trumbull
Self
Martin Scorsese
Self
Crew
Jan Harlan
Director
Jan Harlan
Producer
Popular Reviews
32 reviews
Zack Dorsch
9.0★ · 02/05/26
Smarter than Einstein btw
Smarter than Einstein btw
Emil Wulff
8.0★ · 12/15/25
My king
My king
Spencer
7.7★ · 06/05/23
As an aspiring director, I adore this
As an aspiring director, I adore this
Manny
“Still fooling them”
“Still fooling them”
Oliver
10.0★ · 03/01/23
He’s the goat.
He’s the goat.
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