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About 1999 film directed by Stanley Kubrick
Genres drama, erotic, mystery, melodrama, erotic thriller, thriller, Christmas, psychological drama, psychological thriller, erotic drama
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Written by Stanley Kubrick, Frederic Raphael
Starring Stanley Kubrick, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, Sydney Pollack, Alan Cumming, Leelee Sobieski, Rade Šerbedžija, Thomas Gibson
Music Franz Liszt, Dmitri Shostakovich
Runtime 159 min
Country United States, United Kingdom
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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