" Timesteps " was originally intended as merely an introduction to vocoders for the " timid listener ", but Kubrick chose to include the piece on the soundtrack, much to the surprise of Wendy Carlos.

In 2002, both the critics and the directors selected Stanley Kubrick films in their top ten ; however, the critics chose 2001: A Space Odyssey, while the directors preferred Dr. Strangelove.

For the cafeteria scene in the film, Kubrick chose a long, sideways-shooting dolly shot to establish the life of the seafarer's community ; this shot is an early demonstration of a signature technique that Kubrick would use in his feature films.

Universe was shown at the 1964 New York World's Fair where it was seen by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, who were starting work on the film that eventually became 2001: A Space Odyssey.

If one film could be said to have established a new high-bench mark for special effects, it would be 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick, who assembled his own effects team ( Douglas Trumbull, Tom Howard, Con Pedersen and Wally Veevers ) rather than use an in-house effects unit.

Stanley Kubrick won his only Oscar ever, in this category, in 1969, for 2001: A Space Odyssey ( The film's credits list four effects contributors, including Douglas Trumbull.

Luminaries such as Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Douglas Hofstadter, Ken Burns, Harold Bloom, Camille Paglia, Hunter Thompson, Anne Rice, and Jacques Derrida were apparently interviewed as to their opinions about the film.

In the aftermath of the events in the house, she becomes an unlikely editor, approaching many real characters ( including Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Hunter S. Thompson, Douglas Hofstadter, Harold Bloom, and Jacques Derrida ) for comment on The Navidson Record, albeit comment within the fictional universe of the novel.

He also starred as an innocent man on the run in the 1955 original Fast And The Furious and had a key role as the gladiator Crixus in the Stanley Kubrick 1960 spectacle Spartacus, co-starring with Kirk Douglas.

The story is a close adaptation of the events of the film, but differs in the fact that Kirby incorporated additional dialog from two other sources: the Clarke / Kubrick novel, and a copy of an earlier draft script of the film that included the more colloquial-sounding version of HAL 9000, as originally voiced by actor Martin Balsam before Douglas Rain took over.

She enjoyed a good relationship with Stanley Kubrick, who joked with her that in the surprise visit sequence in A Clockwork Orange, where the two droogs, Alex and Dim, engage in a stylized display of libidinal excess, swinging her across the shoulders of Dim who marches gaily around the room, while Alex engages in a joyful rendition of " Singing in the Rain ", skipping and dancing and swinging his cane until he approaches her, trousers around his ankles to commence the rape, she was cast in " the Debbie Reynolds part ".

This is, for example, the case of Stanley Kubrick, from whom there is only a shadowy figure in Lolita and unconfirmed rumors exist about his voice ( in 2001 or The Shining ).

Although it is often conjectured that the name HAL was based on a one-letter shift from the name IBM, this has been denied by both Clarke and 2001 director Stanley Kubrick.

Author Arthur C. Clarke was coincidentally visiting friend and colleague John Pierce at the Bell Labs Murray Hill facility at the time of this remarkable speech synthesis demonstration and was so impressed that he later told Stanley Kubrick to use it in 2001: A Space Odyssey, in the climactic scene where the HAL 9000 computer sings while his cognitive functions are disabled.

" Their predictions were the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke's character HAL 9000, who accurately embodied what AI researchers believed they could create by the year 2001.

The plot of “ House of Whacks ” is based on the science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick, with Ultrahouse acting as a reference to HAL 9000, the antagonist of the film.

Daniel Waters wanted his screenplay to go to director Stanley Kubrick, not only out of profound admiration for Kubrick but also from a perception that " Kubrick was the only person that could get away with a three-hour film ".

American director Stanley Kubrick not only used to shoot in those studios but also lived in the area until his death.

John Milius, David Yates, Sergio Leone, Sam Peckinpah, Stanley Kubrick, and Sydney Pollack also claimed influence from Lean's films.

Burnett has also been compared to Yasujiro Ozu for his strong sense of composition, Stanley Kubrick for his sharp ear for juxtaposing popular music with images, John Cassavetes for his knack for coaxing natural performances from amateur actors, and Robert Altman for his interest in the minutiae of human interaction.

" Time also liked Holden's performance, describing it as his best since Stalag 17 ( a 1953 film that earned Holden an Oscar ), said Robert Ryan gave " the screen performance of his career " and concluded that " The Wild Bunch contains faults and mistakes " ( such as flashbacks " introduced with surprising clumsiness "), but " its accomplishments are more than sufficient to confirm that Peckinpah, along with Stanley Kubrick and Arthur Penn, belongs with the best of the newer generation of American film makers.

The Tavy Bridge area of Thamesmead South, including Southmere Lake, was used as a setting for the Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange and also the Channel 4 film Beautiful Thing.

Day of the Fight is a 1951 American short subject documentary film shot in black-and-white and also the first picture directed by Stanley Kubrick.

In 2005, Medicom released " Kubrick " figures of Maximillian, Vincent and Old Bob that are very close to 3 3 / 4-inch scale ; they are also not in the stylized Lego-ish appearance of many Kubricks.

* Underground cult filmmaker Carlos Atanes stated that Stanley Kubrick, David Lean and Rocco Siffredi were his main film references and he also said about Siffredi's work that " Agnes ’ scene in “ Rocco invades Poland ” or Gabriella Kerez ’ pool scene from “ True Anal Stories 9 ” are deeper than any Theo Angelopoulos ’ movie and show us the human inside more accurately than any Ingmar Bergman ’ s film.

Medicom continued to support the franchise with the release of Kubrick figures for Snake Eater and Guns of the Patriots, which also included seven-and 12-inch versions of the game's characters.

* There are at least two hommages paid to Stanley Kubrick ; the scene with the wedding cake is a direct reference to the famous bone scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey, with Denis mentioning it as such ; also, the scene when Alex and his friend set up his mother's bedroom is a reference to the sex scene in A Clockwork Orange, with Rossini's William Tell Overture being played on both occasions.

It is Kubrick ’ s first feature film and is also one of his least-seen productions.

Kubrick also ran into difficulty in editing a key scene where one of the soldiers throws a plate of beans to the floor and enters the frame from the wrong side.

Michael Cooper also introduced Southern to the Anthony Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange, and Southern later encouraged Stanley Kubrick to make his film version of the book after MGM refused to back Kubrick's planned film on Napoleon.

By linguistic coincidence, the name Kubrick may also be seen as a hybrid word of the Japanese word kyu, meaning the number nine, and the English word brick.

Leyton has also returned to acting, with a cameo appearance in the 2005 film, Colour Me Kubrick, starring John Malkovich.

She graduated from William Howard Taft High School in 1946 ( film director Stanley Kubrick, also born in 1928, attended the school at the same time ), and worked for the United Nations as an interpreter, using her fluency in the Ladino and Spanish languages.

Gavin also appeared in the classic thriller Psycho ( 1960 ) for director Alfred Hitchcock, the epic Spartacus ( 1960 ) directed by Stanley Kubrick, and the 1920s-era Julie Andrews musical Thoroughly Modern Millie ( 1967 ) for George Roy Hill, again for producer Ross Hunter.

In a letter to producer Euan Lloyd dated 25 February, 1983, now in the collection of film director Malcolm Taylor, Stanley Kubrick wrote: " I must also take this opportunity to tell you how much I enjoyed Who Dares Wins.

Stanley Kubrick also used this technique for his last five films.

Nymph, Autumn Leaves and Woodland Goddess are some of his best known works, some of which are shown in the movie A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick and also on the cover of one of Edwyn Collins ' singles.

Later, Brando fired Peckinpah and hired Calder Willingham, but he and Brando stalled, so both Willingham and Kubrick were fired.

The Magic Christian was one of Peter Sellers ' favourite books — his gift of a copy to Stanley Kubrick led to Southern being hired for Dr Strangelove – and a film version of the book had long been a project for the actor, who intended to play the lead role of Guy Grand.

Kubrick hired director Con Pederson from Graphic Films, and Trumbull then cold-called Kubrick after obtaining the director's home phone number from Pederson.

Kubrick hired Trumbull for the production of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Kubrick hired him again as production designer on A Clockwork Orange in 1971.

It certainly had an effect on Stanley Kubrick, who hired Hayden, Carey and de Corsia for The Killing and used locations to capture the same realism.