An Irish rogue (Ryan O’Neal) wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England in Stanley Kubrick’s sumptuous version of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel. Cynical, ironic, and suffused with seductive natural lighting, Barry Lyndon is a complex character piece of a hapless man doomed by Georgian society.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Cast
1975 | 181 min | Adventure, Drama, History | United Kingdom, United States | English, German and French with English subtitlesRyan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee
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Academy Awards 1976, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction-Set Direction, Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation
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BAFTA Awards 1976, Best Cinematography, Best Direction
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British Society of Cinematographers 1975, Best Cinematography Award
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David di Donatello Awards 1977, European David
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National Board of Review Awards 1975, Best Film, Best Director, Top Ten Films
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National Society of Film Critics Awards 1975, Best Cinematography