In 1999 when he did Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick hadn’t directed a movie since Full Metal Jacket 12 years earlier. Now Jacket drill sergeant R. Lee Ermey says Kubrick told him what he really felt about Eyes Wide Shut:

“Stanley called me about two weeks before he died,” Ermey told Radar Online. “We had a long conversation about Eyes Wide Shut [which opened five months later]. He told me it was a piece of sh-t and that he was disgusted with it and that the critics were going to have him for lunch [especially that fat f-ck Pete Hammond -Ed]. He said Cruise and Kidman had their way with him – exactly the words he used.”

Asked why Kubrick had allowed himself to be strong-armed by his stars, Ermey said, “He was kind of a shy little timid guy. He wasn’t real forceful. That’s why he didn’t appreciate working with big, high-powered actors. They would have their way with him, he would lose control and his movie would turn to sh-t.”
During the film’s production, Cruise and Kidman were full of praise for the director’s methods and claimed that the finished film was exactly as he would have wanted. [Guardian]

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2010/03/kubrick-says-cruise-kidman-ruined-eyes-wide-shut

Gee, who doesn't blame Tom Cruise for...everything? :eek: :crazy: :lol:

Gee, who doesn't blame Tom Cruise for...everything? :eek: :crazy: :lol:

And the kicker to all of this is, Stanley Kubrick died right after this movie, so his final memories were Cruise ruining his movie.

And the kicker to all of this is, Stanley Kubrick died right after this movie, so his final memories were Cruise ruining his movie.
Scary, isn't it? :crazy:

I've seen the movie, and Tom Cruise wasn't the only one to blame for why the movie sucked.

I've seen the movie, and Tom Cruise wasn't the only one to blame for why the movie sucked.
I didn't see it, but I worked at a movie theater at the time this flick was released. A LOT of people walked out on it - they told me they couldn't take it anymore! :eek: :lol: