After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Direction
Kubrick's meticulous one-point perspective makes every hallway threatening
Cinematography
Blue and red Christmas lights become instruments of psychological torture
Production
The Rothschild-style orgy shot in a real English manor, not a set
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Tom Cruise
Dr. William Harford
Nicole Kidman
Alice Harford
Sydney Pollack
Victor Ziegler
Marie Richardson
Marion
Rade Šerbedžija
Milich
Todd Field
Nick Nightingale
Vinessa Shaw
Domino
Alan Cumming
Desk Clerk
Sky du Mont
Sandor Szavost
Fay Masterson
Sally
Leelee Sobieski
Milich's Daughter
Thomas Gibson
Carl
Madison Eginton
Helena Harford
Julienne Davis
Mandy
Jackie Sawiris
Roz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kubrick filmed 95 takes of the mirror scene where Kidman confesses her fantasy; Cruise's genuine discomfort is partially real.
The film's release was overshadowed by Cruise-Kidman divorce rumors; audiences missed that Kubrick had made a film about exactly that suspicion.
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