- Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Matthew Modine
- Directors: Jan Harlan, Stanley Kubrick
- Writers: Anthony Burgess, Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur Schnitzler, Diane Johnson, Frederic Raphael
- Format: Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 9
- Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: 12 Jun 2001
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005ASUK
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 177,712 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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The Stanley Kubrick: Visionary Filmmaker Collection is a blistering treat for anyone with a deep, longing love of the movies. It’s a pack that brings together seven films from the late, great Stanley Kubrick, spread across eight discs.
The quality of the films in question speak for themselves. There’s the 40th anniversary edition of the groundbreaking A Clockwork Orange to kick things off, and other high profile classics include 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut and Full Metal Jacket.
Yet boxsets such as these also, by their nature, champion the films that haven’t had such levels of appreciation. Thus, to get a glistening release of the likes of Lolita and Barry Lyndon is a massive bonus in itself, and goes a long way to justify the price of the set.
Some films here get more generous extra features than others, which is a shame, and there’s still quite possibly the definitive Stanley Kubrick boxset yet to be made. However, the Visionary Filmmaker Collection is still a terrific package, bringing together a clutch of important films from a genuine cinematic one-off. Quite, quite brilliant. --Jon Foster
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
The films are all unique and brilliant. These are the films which all sit inside the top 100 films ever made. The quality of these blu ray releases is wonderful. 2001 is the film to show to mates when they are umming and ahhing about upgrading to blu ray. the picture is sharp enough to cut the eyeballs and is truly breathtaking. Also, Lolita and Barry Lyndon were previously unavailable on blu and make their debut here. Barry Lyndon is one of my very favorite films (it also has my favorite cinematography of any Kubrick film) so I was very pleased about this, it often gets overlooked but I would personally put it a nose ahead of full metal jacket and EWS. The extras are more than enough on the discs but also included is a whole documentary which is in depth about Kubrick on disc 8. At triple the asking price it would still be a reasonable buy but at this price it is literally a steal - about £3 a film. I have many of these on DVD but at this price I just had to upgrade. If you are even slightly into Kubrick you will without a doubt come back to these films again and again. I'm not wishing to be dramatic but its a price so low its almost criminal. I saw The Shining for sale in a well known entertainment outlet last week and it was £14.99 on normal DVD with all the extras included here, that is two thirds the price of this collection which has 6 times as many films (all in High definition), a documentary and a small book!!!! Buying this at the current price is a steal and even if somehow you haven't seen all the films included just go ahead and buy it I swear you won't be disappointed. So amazed by the price was I that I researched the Blu ray releases to make sure they were not really poor restorations and transfers but this is far from the case = all are known to be good while a few (2001 & The Shining) are noted as being outstanding eye popping transfers. In summary get your hands on this before they sell out and then put the price back up to a reasonable amount, which should surely be about £10 a film. Get it .... Quick !!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Good: the movies are in very good shape, and I trust mr Kubrick would enjoy how superb his work looks and sounds in a normal living room. Some of the extras are also of interest.
Bad: some of the extras display all sorts of Hollywood vermin paying sycophantic homage, an absolute disgrace. The disk menus are also clumsy and unimaginative, shamefully unfitting to such works of excellence and vision. The old man would not approve, and I certainly don't. The awkward box also stinks of publisher greed and disregard for the article's longevity.
Verdict: an affordable must for any cinema lover with a stomach for strong ideas and images, unfortunately smeared with the same garbage the author struggled all his life against. A few universal masterpieces in mint condition, pity about the unpleasant aftertaste.
Bad: some of the extras display all sorts of Hollywood vermin paying sycophantic homage, an absolute disgrace. The disk menus are also clumsy and unimaginative, shamefully unfitting to such works of excellence and vision. The old man would not approve, and I certainly don't. The awkward box also stinks of publisher greed and disregard for the article's longevity.
Verdict: an affordable must for any cinema lover with a stomach for strong ideas and images, unfortunately smeared with the same garbage the author struggled all his life against. A few universal masterpieces in mint condition, pity about the unpleasant aftertaste.
28 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Hey, love these films to bits and have seen them many times over.If you go to the amazon.com site there are two films missing in this set as the yanks are getting Spartacus and Dr Stangelove - USA 10 Disc set - UK 8 disc??.Yes these are available seperatley but it would have been nice to have them in the UK release..If you also go to amazon.com and check out Mark Twains's review and go to permalink there is a great comment section by maelje which explains why the films in this collection are the correct aspect ratio's - worth checking out!..
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Must have!
A must have !! The US version has more content though :( Grrr . EWS transfer is extremely noisy (visual grain)
Published 3 months ago by Dance of light
surprisingly in both directions
Knowing that Warner mostly releases Blue ray discs in the UK that have dutch subtitles this box drew my attention immediatly. Read more
Published 3 months ago by mettes
Great quality
I really enjoyed the movies. Great quality. That Kubrick`s compiation is very remarkable.
The package is ok, the only flaw there is no tracking number to your oder.
The package is ok, the only flaw there is no tracking number to your oder.
Published 4 months ago by Victor Mauro
Very Poor Quality
Another reviewer remarked that this was an incredible price. Now I know why it is so cheap. After buying the set, I noticed that on all the movies the picture jittered slightly all... Read more
Published 4 months ago by NiteSprite
Vette blu ray box
Zo'n vette blu ray box van meester regisseur Kubrick voor zooo weinig geld!! Een must-have! En nog met Nederlandse ondertiteling ook! Wat wil je nog meer?!
Published 4 months ago by Wil
Legendas PT-BR
Edição muito boa e com legendas PT-BR em todos os filmes. Embalagem Amaray protegidas por um box. Há material impresso, com fotos e textos sobre a carreria de Kubrick.
Published 4 months ago by Otavio
Amazing Value
I bought this set just for 2001. For the price, that alone on Blu Ray would be a bargain. Those that complain that we don't get as much as the USA are missing the point. Read more
Published 5 months ago by A. Chalmers
Also with the French audio
This nice box proposes the usual Warner edition, wich means alls the usual languages, subtitles and menus, including French. Read more
Published 5 months ago by le musicophile parisien
kubrick collection
great service as ive come to expect from amazon ! and got a great deal. Couldnt ask for more nice 1 ...
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Stanley Kubrick - Visionary Filmmaker Collection (Blu-ray)
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