March 7, 2025

Stanley Kubrick's Vision - A Cinematic Legend

Stanley Kubrick's Vision - A Cinematic Legend

Join Mark Ellison for an exploration of Stanley Kubrick's masterful filmmaking career! From his first major studio film to his legendary perfectionism, discover five fascinating facts about one of cinema's greatest directors. Learn about the...

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Join Mark Ellison for an exploration of Stanley Kubrick's masterful filmmaking career! From his first major studio film to his legendary perfectionism, discover five fascinating facts about one of cinema's greatest directors. Learn about the record-breaking number of takes for a single scene, a lost prop from "2001: A Space Odyssey," the scene that had to be cut from "Dr. Strangelove," and the epic Napoleon film that never was. A perfect episode for film buffs and history lovers alike!

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Callarogashark Media. Greetings, film buffs. I'm Mark Ellison, and today

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we're exploring the fascinating world of legendary director Stanley Kubrick.

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Question one, Which classic novel did Kubrick adapt into his

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first big budget film in nineteen sixty starring Kirk Douglas.

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Question two? In the Shining, how many takes did Kubrick

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make Shelley Duval do for the Baseball Bats scene setting

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a movie record? Question three? What famous prop from two

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thousand and one A Space Odyssey was later discovered in

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a landfill after the film wrapped? Question four? Which scene

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in Doctor Strangelove had to be cut and rewritten after

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President Kennedy's assassination? Question five? How many years did Kubrick

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spend researching and preparing for his unrealized film about Napoleon.

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We'll be right back with these cinematic answers after this break.

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Welcome back trivia fans. Let's reveal today's answers. Question one,

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Which classic novel did Kubrick adapt into his first big

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budget film? Answer? Spartacus, based on Howard FAST's novel, was

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Kubrick's first major studio film, though he later distanced himself

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from it due to lack of creative control. Question two

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how many takes did the baseball bat scene require? Answer

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one hundred and twenty seven takes, which holds the Guinness

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World Record for most retakes of a single movie scene

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with spoken dialogue. Question three what famous prop was found

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in a landfill? Answer? The original Haal nine thousand computer

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eye lens was discovered in a London landfill in the

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nineteen seventies after being accidentally discarded when the studio cleaned

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out props. Question four Which scene had to be cut

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after Kennedy's assassination? Answer? A pie fight scene in the

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war room was removed because Kubrick felt that slapstick comedy

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involving the president would be inappropriate after the assassination. Question five.

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How many years did Kubrick research Napoleon? Answer almost three years,

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accumulating over twenty five thousand reference photos and index cards

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detailing Napoleon's life. The film was never made due to

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budget concerns. That concludes today's five Daily Trivia Questions. I'm

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Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help

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of AI technology. If you'd like to enjoy five Daily

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Trivia questions without ads, check the link in our show notes,

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have a great weekend and see you Monday.