Director: Stanley Kubrick Run Time: 85 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 1956
Starring: Coleen Gray, Jay C. Flippen, Sterling Hayden, Ted de Corsia, Vince Edwards
Country: United States
Language: English
Kubrick in July at Gateway Film Center
Experience the ultimate Stanley Kubrick retrospective this July at the Film Center. With screenings of all 13 of his films, you can catch some Kubrick any day of the month.
About the film:
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
“Plotted with the kind of Swiss-watch precision and attention to detail that would eventually get Kubrick labeled Hollywood’s most notorious perfectionist.”
Christ Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
Kubrick was only 28 years old when he directed The Killing (1956). The film is often celebrated as his first major directorial effort and reveals the early seeds of his distinct filmmaking style.
About the filmmaker:
Stanley Kubrick was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, frequently cited as one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history. With his strict control over details and penchant for working from books, he crafted masterpieces in radically different genres, including Spartacus (1960), Dr. Strangelove (1964), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), The Shining (1980), Full Metal Jacket (1987), and Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
