Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Movie poster and book cover compared.

Eyes Wide Shut

Stanley Kubrick, 1999

VS3

Dream Story
Arthur Schnitzler, 1926

Eyes Wide Shut is a movie directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1999 and based on the book Dream Story by Arthur Schnitzler, first published in 1926. The movie features Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Madison Eginton, Jackie Sawiris, Sydney Pollack, Leslie Lowe, and others.

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RATING

7.4

/ 10

Movie Poster: Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)

7.5

/ 10

Book Cover: Dream Story (Arthur Schnitzler, 1926)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of Dream Story, the 1926 book by Arthur Schnitzler.

Dream Story

Read by: Stephen Dexter

Storyline

Bill and Alice Harford live in New York City with their daughter Helena. She then discloses that during their vacation on Cape Cod, she encountered a naval officer and fantasized about him enough to consider leaving Bill and their daughter.

Movie vs Book

Poster of Eyes Wide Shut, the 1999 movie by Stanley Kubrick

Year

1999

Minutes

159

Movie Rate

7.40

Source: IMDb

Movie

Eyes Wide Shut

Country: UK

Year: 1999

Length: 2h39m

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Cover of Dream Story, the 1926 book by Arthur Schnitzler

Year

1926

Pages

99

Book Rate

7.56

S: Goodreads

Book

Dream Story

Original title: Traumnovelle

Country: Austria

First published in: 1926

Length: 99 pages

Genre: Fiction

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3 votes

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Cover of Dream Story, the 1926 book by Arthur Schnitzler

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