Barry Lyndon
1975 · Movie · PG · 188 min · ★ 8.0 · 84% critics
In 18th-century England and Europe, an ambitious young man from humble beginnings uses charm, cunning, and sheer nerve to climb the social ladder. As he pushes for status and security among the aristocracy, his choices bring luxury, rivalry, and mounting personal consequences.
Based on The Luck of Barry Lyndon
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Details
- Years
- 1975
- Release date
- 1975-12-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 188 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (3,187 votes)
- Box office
- $20,000,000
- Budget
- $11,000,000
About
If you enjoy sprawling period dramas with a deliberate pace, biting social satire, and a morally slippery lead, this may click, especially if you like Paths of Glory or Days of Heaven; Not for you if you want fast action or easy emotional warmth.
Pros: lavish period atmosphere; darkly ironic rise; memorable duels | Cons: very slow pacing; long runtime; episodic storytelling
Themes
- based on novel or book
- gambling
- desertion
- fencing
- palace
- british army
- opportunist
- wealth
- debt
- duel
- ireland
- british soldier
- +8 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Original Song Score · 1976
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1976
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1976
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1976
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
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- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song Score · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · nominated
Cast & crew
Ryan O'Neal
as Barry Lyndon
Marisa Berenson
as Lady Lyndon
Patrick Magee
as The Chevalier
Hardy Krüger
as Captain Potzdorf
Steven Berkoff
as Lord Ludd
Gay Hamilton
as Nora
Marie Kean
as Barry's Mother
Diana Körner
as German Girl
Murray Melvin
as Reverend Runt
Frank Middlemass
as Sir Charles Lyndon
Directed by Stanley Kubrick