Eyes Wide Shut

First major screening for Kubrick film...


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The first public glimpse of a scene from the final film of the late Stanley Kubrick has been previewed to a 3000-strong audience, who were treated to 90 seconds of a naked Tom Cruise passionately kissing and caressing a naked Nicole Kidman The clip opened with Kidman standing naked in front of a mirror. Cruise, shown nude from the waist up, caresses and kisses her while the soundtrack blares a bluesy song with the lyrics, "Very bad, bad things" The segment was shown at the ShoWest convention and was personally selected by the famed and idiosyncratic director, who sadly passed away last week of natural causes aged 70. Immediately following the screening, there was a moment of silence before the entire crowd of gave a warm applause. "It's short. It's provocative," Warner Bros. chairman and co-CEO Terry Semel said. Set for a July 16 release, Eyes Wide Shut had a staggering 12-month shooting schedule - the longest ever for a major studio film - and there were questions of whether Kubrick - who hadn't made a film since his 1987 war film, Full Metal Jacket - in his meticulous nature would ever finish it. Fortunately, though some suggest it is still unfinished by Kubrick standards, Eyes Wide Shut was previewed to Warner executives last week. In keeping with tradition, Kubrick was rumoured to be so concerned over secrecy that he ordered the projectionist to turn his back during the screening.

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