Based on the Victorian novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, Barry
Lyndon tells the complex and subtle story of a sensitive, intelligent
and ambitious man trapped in a society which has no use for him. Despite
the obstacle of his Irish birth in relative poverty, Raymond Barry
(Ryan O'Neal) manages by various stratagems and devices to become the
wealthy but ill-respected Barry Lyndon. Fooled into leaving his home by
the family of the girl he had hoped to marry, Barry becomes a soldier in
the a
war fought on the
European Continent. His adventures teach him how to manipulate people,
paving the way for his success. His crowning achievement as a social
climber is his marriage to Lady Lyndon (Marisa Berenson), the beautiful
and wealthy widow of an English ambassador to the courts of Europe. His
stepson, whom he despises, becomes his nemesis. The slow pace given this
film by director Stanley Kubrick is a deliberate evocation of the
sensibility of the times and gives added force to the retelling of the
novel. The film's lavish cinematography was highly acclaimed and it won
Oscars for "Art Direction," "Costume Design" and "Musical Score,"
adapted by Leonard Rosenman from classical sources.
Directed By:
Stanley Kubrick
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