What age rating is Eyes Wide Shut?

In Spain, Eyes Wide Shut is not recommended for children under 18 years old.

When does Eyes Wide Shut come out in Spain?

Eyes Wide Shut hits Spanish theaters on September 17, 1999.

How much did Eyes Wide Shut gross?

Eyes Wide Shut grossed $162.5M worldwide on a budget of $65.0M.

What is Eyes Wide Shut based on?

Eyes Wide Shut is based on Dream Story by Arthur Schnitzler.

Where was Eyes Wide Shut filmed?

Eyes Wide Shut was filmed in New York City, Pinewood Studios.

Eyes Wide Shut

Name: Eyes Wide Shut
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1999-07-16
Duration: 2 h 39 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson, Rade Šerbedžija

1999

Become a fan of its genres:

7.5/10

Release Date

16/07/1999

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes

77%

🎬 Internet Movie Database

75%

Ⓜ️ Metacritic

69%

A Film by Stanley Kubrick

Dr. Bill Harford is a physician in New York who lives with his wife, Alice, and their daughter, Helena. On Christmas Eve, the family attends a private party hosted by Victor Ziegler, a New York multimillionaire and one of Bill's patients. During the evening, Bill runs into an old college classmate who is now a professional pianist. Soon after, Bill and Alice briefly separate, and he finds himself alone among strangers. Two women he doesn't know approach him and offer to take him beyond the rainbow. The film is directed by Stanley Kubrick and stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as the leading couple.

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Facts about Eyes Wide Shut

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone

Age ratingNot recommended for viewers under 18 years old

Spain releaseSeptember 17, 1999

Worldwide premiereJuly 13, 1999

Runtime2 h 39 min

Original languageEnglish

CountriesUnited Kingdom, United States

Production companiesWarner Bros. Pictures, Stanley Kubrick Productions, Pole Star

Budget$65.0M

Worldwide box office$162.5M

Box office in the U.S.$55.7M

Return on investmentx2.5 Box office hit

Based onDream Story by Arthur Schnitzler

Trailer views22K

More ratings

4.0/5Letterboxd74/100Trakt8.0/10Metacritic (público)3.5/4Roger Ebert

Awards for Eyes Wide Shut

12total awards

30total nominations

Eyes Wide Shut Cast

Tom CruiseDr. William Harford

Nicole KidmanAlice Harford

Sydney PollackVictor Ziegler

Marie RichardsonMarion

Rade ŠerbedžijaMilich

Todd FieldNick Nightingale

Vinessa ShawDomino

Alan CummingDesk Clerk

Sky du MontSandor Szavost

Fay MastersonSally

Leelee SobieskiMilich's Daughter

Thomas GibsonCarl

Madison EgintonHelena Harford

Julienne DavisMandy

Jackie SawirisRoz

Leslie LoweIllona

Peter Hans BensonBandleader

Michael DovenZiegler's Secretary

Louise J. TaylorGayle

Stewart ThorndikeNuala

Randall PaulHarris

Lisa LeoneLisa

Kevin ConnealyLou Nathanson

Mariana HewettRosa

Dan RollmanRowdy College Kid

Gavin ParryRowdy College Kid

Chris PareRowdy College Kid

Adam LiasRowdy College Kid

Christian ClarkeRowdy College Kid

Kyle WhitcombeRowdy College Kid

Gary GobaNaval Officer

Florian WindorferMaître D' - Café Sonata

Togo IgawaJapanese Man #1

Eiji KusuharaJapanese Man #2

Sam DouglasCab Driver

Angus MacInnesGateman #1

Abigail GoodMysterious Woman / Masked Party Principal

Brian W. CookTall Butler

Leon VitaliRed Cloak

Carmela MarnerWaitress at Gillespie's

Phil DaviesStalker

Cindy DolencGirl at Sharky's

Clark HayesHospital Receptionist

Treva EtienneMorgue Orderly

Colin AngusMasked Party Principal

Karla AshleyMasked Party Principal

Kate CharmanMasked Party Principal

James DemariaMasked Party Principal

Tony De SergioMasked Party Principal

Janie DickensMasked Party Principal

Laura FallaceMasked Party Principal

Vanessa FentonMasked Party Principal

Georgina FinchMasked Party Principal

Peter GodwinMasked Party Principal

Joanna HeathMasked Party Principal

Lee HenshawMasked Party Principal

Ateeka PooleMasked Party Principal

Adam PudneyMasked Party Principal

Sharon QuinnMasked Party Principal

Ben De SaumserezMasked Party Principal

Emma Lou SharrattMasked Party Principal

Paul SpellingMasked Party Principal

Matthew ThompsonMasked Party Principal

Dan TraversMasked Party Principal

Russell TriggMasked Party Principal

Kate WhalinMasked Party Principal

Cate BlanchettMysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)

John N. CampbellMasked Party Guest (uncredited)

Emilio D'AlessandroMan at Newsstand (uncredited)

Paul DesboisBallroom Dancer (uncredited)

Donna EwinMasked Party Principal (uncredited)

Sam HeydonMasked Party Principal (uncredited)

Alex HobbsBoy in Examination Room (uncredited)

Christiane KubrickWoman Behind Dr. Harford at Café Sonata (uncredited)

Katharina KubrickMother of Boy in Examination Room (uncredited)

Graham SkidmoreBackground Artist (uncredited)

Stanley KubrickMan at Café Sonata (uncredited)

José ZapicoPanchero (uncredited)

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Cast of Eyes Wide Shut by the numbers

40average cast age in years

5years of age gap between the leads

46%women in the cast

29%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Vinessa Shaw, age 23 at release. The oldest: Sydney Pollack, at 65.

Cast ages at release

Tom Cruise37 years old
Nicole Kidman32 years old
Sydney Pollack65 years old
Marie Richardson40 years old
Rade Šerbedžija53 years old
Todd Field35 years old
Vinessa Shaw23 years old
Alan Cumming34 years old
Sky du Mont52 years old
Fay Masterson25 years old

Cast heights

1.87 mThomas Gibson
1.80 mNicole Kidman
1.78 mRade Šerbedžija
1.78 mLeelee Sobieski
1.76 mAlan Cumming
1.70 mTom Cruise
1.68 mFay Masterson

Cast nationalities

United States 5Croatia 1Australia 1United Kingdom 1

Crew

AddressStanley Kubrick
WritingFrederic Raphael, Stanley Kubrick
Original novelArthur Schnitzler
MusicJocelyn Pook
PhotographyLarry Smith
EditingNigel Galt
Production designRoy Walker, Leslie Tomkins
Costume designTimothy Everest, Marit Allen
CastingLeon Vitali, Denise Chamian
ProductionBrian W. Cook, Stanley Kubrick

Trivia about Eyes Wide Shut

Kubrick had a scene of Tom Cruise walking through a doorway shot 95 times, and the shoot dragged on far longer than planned.

The shoot, which lasted 400 days, is listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest continuous film shoot in history, according to the source.

According to Kidman, Kubrick wanted her explicit scenes with the navy officer, played by Gary Goba, to be "almost pornographic," and they were shot in three days.

In 2019, it was revealed that the voice of the mysterious masked woman at the orgy belonged to Cate Blanchett, because Abigail Good could not manage a convincing American accent.

Nervous about the nude scenes, Kidman brought her own music to the set, and Kubrick approved a Chris Isaak CD that ended up in the film and its trailer.

To earn an R rating in the United States, Warner Bros. digitally altered 65 seconds of the orgy scene, placing figures over explicit sexual images to avoid an NC-17 rating.

The film grossed approximately $162.5 million worldwide, including $55.7 million in the United States and Canada.

The 20th anniversary re-release earned 246,096 dollars in international markets in 2019, and new international re-releases followed in 2024 and 2025.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)

What it's about Eyes Wide Shut

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Main theme: adultery, human sexuality