Scenes From Stanley Kubrick's `Eyes Wide Shut' to be Broadcast for First Time on Monday, May 17

Business Wire, May 17, 1999

BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 17, 1999--

Television audiences waiting eagerly for a glimpse of legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's last film, Warner Bros.' upcoming "Eyes Wide Shut," will have the opportunity to view never-before-seen footage from the movie on Monday, May 17, when it will be transmitted to media outlets via satellite.

In addition, there will be comments from Tom Cruise, who stars in "Eyes Wide Shut" with Nicole Kidman, and who has not previously spoken publicly about the film. The footage and interview clip will simultaneously be made available on Warner Bros.' "Eyes Wide Shut" Web site, at www.eyeswideshut.com.

"Eyes Wide Shut," a thriller of jealousy and sexual obsession, opens in the United States and Canada on July 16 and is rated R. The 60-second television advertising spot for the film, which was conceived by Kubrick, will air for the first time on Thursday, May 20, during the season finale of "E.R." on NBC-TV.

Warner Bros. Presents Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in a film by Stanley Kubrick: "Eyes Wide Shut," starring Sydney Pollack and Marie Richardson. The screenplay is by Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael, inspired by "Traumnovelle" by Arthur Schnitzler. The executive producer is Jan Harlan; the lighting cameraman is Larry Smith; the production designers are Les Tomkins and Roy Walker; and the editor is Nigel Galt.

"Eyes Wide Shut" is produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is distributed by Warner Bros., A Time Warner Entertainment Co.