"Kubrick’s Definitive Film & Haunting Final Masterpiece" and 1999’s Most Talked About Film Debuts on VHS and DVD

Movie on Many of Nation’s Top Critics’ Ten Best Lists

BURBANK, CA (February 24, 2000) … Eyes Wide Shut will be an eye opener at video and DVD outlets across the country on March 7.

The critically acclaimed final film from master filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, will debut from Warner Home Video on VHS for rental and on DVD for sale at the suggested retail price of $24.98. Eyes Wide Shut will also be available on VHS with Spanish subtitles.

Special features on the DVD version include more than 30 minutes of never-before-seen interviews with Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Steven Spielberg, the theatrical trailer, two television spots, production notes and Dolby® 5.1 Surround Sound English audio.

The Chicago Sun-Times’ Roger Ebert called Eyes Wide Shut "one of the year’s best films and a worthy final chapter to a great director’s career." Kubrick’s daring last film is many things: It is a compelling psychosexual journey; a haunting dreamscape; a riveting tale of suspense.

Dr. William Harford (Cruise) is a New Yorker who plunges into an erotic foray one fateful winter night after his wife’s (Kidman) admission of sexual longings. Those events threaten his marriage and may even ensnare him in a lurid murder mystery. As the story sweeps from doubt and fear to self-discovery and reconciliation, Kubrick orchestrates it with masterful flourishes.

Mr. Kubrick’s first film in twelve years since his hit "Full Metal Jacket," Eyes Wide Shut opened to a hefty first weekend gross of $21.7 million and wide praise from motion picture critics across the country. It went on to earn $155 million at the box office worldwide. To date, the movie has made more than 50 of the nation’s top critics’ Best of the Year lists and has been honored by the Chicago Film Critics with nominations for Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Original Score. Eyes Wide Shut is rated "R" and has a running time of 159 minutes.

Warner Bros. presents Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in a film by Stanley Kubrick: Eyes Wide Shut starring Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson, Rade Sherbedgia. Screenplay is by Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael inspired by "Traumnovelle" by Arthur Schnitzler. Executive producer is Jan Harlan; Lighting Cameraman is Larry Smith; Production designers are Les Tomkin, Roy Walker; Editor is Nigel Galt. Eyes Wide Shut was produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.

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1 Jack Garner, Gannett News Service; Richard Schickel, Time Magazine

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