20 Facts About Stanley Kubrick Movies
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Stanley Kubrick was a maniac. His perfectionism contributed to make of later filmmaking torture, and his attention to detail set the stage for our current Easter egg culture. Plus, his trash has served as a gift for the Monarchy to thank them for, erm, not doing any work? So that’s cool. But the point is: Kubrick was a borderline abusive maniac, as we’ve probably discussed every time we’ve obsessed over The Shining – which is a lot, we mean, have you seen The Shining? Of course you have. We have high standards of acceptance here at Cracked. Also, here, have another link. Kubrick was a maniac, and for better or worse, this resulted in a filmography pretty much made up of timeless masterpieces.
Seriously, we all like to pretend we’re movie buffs and we were born with obscure trivia imprinted in our minds, but we can still remember the time our tween self realized one guy was behind A Clockwork Orange, 2001, and The Shining. That is insane. Thus, in this Pictofact we’ve turned to some Kubrick masterpieces (and again, almost all of his movies are masterpieces) in order to bring you some fascinating behind-the-scenes facts. Plus, we’ve included some lesser-discussed movies of his, like the '50s romp Zombie Bikini Pizza Party 2: Dr. Pizza’s Revenge. No, wait, come to think of it, we omitted Dr. Pizza’s Revenge for lack of space. But you can totally trust us when we tell you he directed a movie with that name. After all, are we ever wrong? We are movie buffs born with obscure trivia imprinted in our minds, you know.
Pink Floyd
![Stanley Kubrick Movies A Clockwork Orange Pink Floyd didn't want to be on the soundtrack. Roger Waters denied Kubrick permission to use Atom Heart Mother, as Kubrick was terribly vague about what he wanted to do with the song. Still, the album appears in the movie. 2001 CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/7/857067.jpg)
Source: Far Out Magazine
David Prowse
![Stanley Kubrick Movies A Clockwork Orange Darth Vader is in the movie. Frank Alexander's beefy manservant? That's David Prowse, who'd go on to play Vader some years later. George Lucas sought Prowse out after seeing him here. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/6/857076.jpg)
Source: Wikipedia
Lost Version
![Stanley Kubrick Movies nesc A Clockwork Orange We will never see the original version. The movie was rated X, but Kubrick pulled it from theaters back in 1973. Не then cut the graphic sexual violence, resubmitted it, and it got an R rating. The cut footage was destroyed. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/0/857070.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
Peter Sellers
![Stanley Kubrick Movies Dr. Strangelove Peter Sellers' pay was more than half the budget. As Sellers plays three different characters, Kubrick joked that he got three for the price of six. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/8/5/857085.jpg)
Source: ScreenRant
George C. Scott
![Stanley Kubrick Movies U.S. Dr. Strangelove George С. Scott was tricked into acting goofy. Kubrick knew that he'd never get the serious actor to dial up the wackiness-so he convinced him to do practice takes with an over-the-top performance as a kind of warm up exercise. Scott was furious when that ended up in the movie. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/7/857077.jpg)
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Hedge Maze
![Stanley Kubrick Movies The Shining The hedge maze was a set. That wasn't a real hedge maze, and the snow wasn't real snow, but formaldehyde and salt. The mist was done by spraying vegetable oil. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/8/857078.jpg)
Source: The Guardian
Eraserhead
![Stanley Kubrick Movies The Shining Eraserhead was a big influence. Kubrick took several cues from David Lynch's movie to create an atmosphere of dread, and showed it to the cast and crew before shooting. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/1/857071.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
Kubrick's Least Favorite
![Stanley Kubrick Movies Spartacus Kubrick didn't like the movie. In fact, this was the movie that made him want to have complete creative control over any future project, as he wasn't calling all the shots here. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/8/0/857080.jpg)
Source: Mental Floss
Cinematography
![Stanley Kubrick Movies Spartacus Kubrick did the cinematography himself. Kubrick held that veteran cinematographer Russell Metty was way too imprecise, and told him to just sit down and stay out of the way. This means that Metty got an Oscar for Kubrick's work. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/5/857075.jpg)
Sources: Mental Floss, Wikipedia
Glory Hound
![Stanley Kubrick Movies 701 701 Paths of Glory An actor faked his own kidnapping. Production had to be held back as Timothy Carey pulled this publicity stunt. Не was fired, and his scenes were shot with a double. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/3/857073.jpg)
Kubrick's Cameo
![Stanley Kubrick Movies Lolita Kubrick has a cameo (but it wasn't intentional). Just as the movie opens, you can see Kubrick himself exiting a shot. That the mistake survived Kubrick's meticulous perfectionism is bonkers. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/8/4/857084.jpg)
Sources: Flavorwire, Scene on YouTube
Narration
![Stanley Kubrick Movies The Killing The narration is intentionally wrong (to stick it to the studio). The movie's non-linear structure confused studio execs, who demanded a voice-over narration to make things clearer. Kubrick's answer was to provide a mistaken-ridden narration. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/8/2/857082.jpg)
Rodney Dangerfield
![Stanley Kubrick Movies The Killing Rodney Dangerfield is an extra. Yet another contribution of Stanley Kubrick to cinema was giving Dangerfield his very first on-screen gig. Не appears for a few seconds as an onlooker. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/8/3/857083.jpg)
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Pvt. Joker
![Stanley Kubrick Movies kill Full Metal Jacket Matthew Modine convinced Kubrick not to kill Joker. Modine argued that the true horror of war was surviving after killing and seeing his friends be killed. Kubrick agreed, and changed the movie's ending. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/4/857074.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
R. Lee Ermey
![Stanley Kubrick Movies Full Metal Jacket R. Lee Ermey got the job by yelling at Kubrick. Ermey was crankier than usual, as he was recovering from a recent car accident. So when Kubrick dared to turn down his request to play the sergeant himself, Ermey yelled at him to STAND! UP! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/8/1/857081.jpg)
Sources: Screen Rant, Yahoo
Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise
![Stanley Kubrick Movies Eyes Wide Shut Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise had to keep apart. They couldn't share anything about the shooting, which created a wedge between them-precisely what Kubrick wanted for their performances. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/9/857079.jpg)
Source: WhatCulture
Final Cut
![Stanley Kubrick Movies Eyes Wide Shut We might never know who did the final cut. Kubrick died a few days after submitting his cut to Warner Bros, and rumors exist that it wasn't his final version. Sydney Pollack has been pointed out as responsible for the theatrical cut. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/2/857072.jpg)
Source: WhatCulture
Spaceships
![Stanley Kubrick Movies The spaceships were designed by actual spaceship experts. Not happy with just hiring concept artists, Kubrick got in touch with NASA specialists Frederick Ordway and Harry Lange, and commissioned them to design the ships like they were real ships-down to the labeling on individual buttons. 2001: A Space Odyssey CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/6/857066.jpg)
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Novel and Movie
![Stanley Kubrick Movies 2001: A Space Odyssey The movie and the novel were made at the same time. Kubrick and Arthur С. Clarke worked together on the script, and Clarke wrote the novel while Kubrick was shooting. Still, differences exist between the two. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/8/857068.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
The Dawn of Man
![Stanley Kubrick Movies 2001: A Space Odyssey Kubrick had his crew bring Africa to him. Kubrick sent his second unit to Africa with detailed instructions on the shots he wanted. Then, the footage was projected onto the background of a set in England. Hence the scene's diorama-like feel. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/9/857069.jpg)
Source: Vulture/YouTube