On this day in movie history - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

2001: A Space Odyssey

directed by Stanley Kubrick,

written by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke,

based on the short story The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke,

was released in the United States on April 2, 1968.

Music by Aram Khachaturyan, György Ligeti, Johann Strauss and Richard Strauss.

Cast:

Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack, Robert Beatty, Sean Sullivan, Douglas Rain, Frank Miller, Edwina Carroll, Penny Brahms, Heather Downham, Alan Gifford, Ann Gillis, Chela Matthison, Vivian Kubrick, Kenneth Kendall.

On this day in movie history - Paths of Glory (1957)

Paths of Glory

directed by Stanley Kubrick,

written by Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson,

based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb,

was released in the United States on December 25, 1957.

Music by Gerald Fried.

Cast:

Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Joe Turkel, Christiane Kubrick, Jerry Hausner, Peter Capell, Emile Meyer, Bert Freed, Kem Dibbs, Timothy Carey, Fred Bell, John Stein, Harold Benedict, Leon Briggs, Paul Bös, Herbert Ellis, Wally Friedrichs, Halder Hanson, James B. Harris, Rolf Kralovitz, Ira Moore, Marshall Rainer, Roger Vagnoid.

On this day in movie history - A Clockwork Orange (1971)

A Clockwork Orange

directed and written by Stanley Kubrick,

based on the novel by Anthony Burgess,

was released in Canada on December 19, 1971.

Music by Wendy Carlos.

Cast:

Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Adrienne Corri, Carl Duering, Paul Farrell, Clive Francis, Michael Gover, Miriam Karlin, James Marcus, Aubrey Morris, Godfrey Quigley, Sheila Raynor, Madge Ryan, Anthony Sharp, Philip Stone, Michael Tarn, David Prowse, Carol Drinkwater, Steven Berkoff, Margaret Tyzack, Pauline Taylor.

On this day in movie history - Barry Lyndon (1975)

Barry Lyndon

directed and written by Stanley Kubrick,

based on the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray,

was released in the United States on December 18, 1975.

Music by Leonard Rosenman and Ralph Ferraro.

Main theme Sarabande by George Frideric Handel.

Women of Ireland, by Peadar Ó Doirnín and Seán Ó Riada,

performed by The Chieftains.

Cast:

Michael Hordern, Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Gay Hamilton, Godfrey Quigley, Steven Berkoff, Marie Kean, Murray Melvin, Frank Middlemass, Leon Vitali, Dominic Savage, Leonard Rossiter, André Morell, Anthony Sharp, Philip Stone, David Morley, Diana Koerner, Arthur O'Sullivan, Billy Boyle, Jonathan Cecil, Peter Cellier, Geoffrey Chater, Wolf Kahler, Liam Redmond, Roger Booth, Ferdy Mayne, John Sharp, Pat Roach, Hans Meyer.

On this day in movie history - Kubrick Remembered (2014)

Kubrick Remembered

documentary directed by Gary Khammar,

was released in the United States on November 4, 2014.

Music by Jon LaCroix.

Cast:

Christiane Kubrick, Leon Vitali, Anthony Frewin, Keir Dullea, Vincent D'Onofrio, Steven Spielberg, James B. Harris, Katharina Kubrick, Rick Senat, Jan Harlan, Matthew Modine, Larry Smith, Gay Hamilton, Mike Kaplan, Todd Field, Malcolm McDowell, Ryan O'Neal, Stanley Kubrick, R. Lee Ermey, Leelee Sobieski, Manuel Harlan, Dominic Savage, Thomas Gibson, Milena Canonero, Philip Castle, Richard Daniels, Marisa Berenson, Lisa Burns, Louise Burns, Edwina Carroll, Christian Clarke, Sky du Mont, Shelley Duvall, Arliss Howard, Adam Lias, Danny Lloyd, Sue Lyon, James Mason, David Morley, Chris Pare, Gavin Parry, Marie Richardson, Dan Rollman, Leonard Rossiter, Peter Sellers, Rade Serbedzija, Marianne Stone, Stewart Thorndike, Kyle Whitcombe, Shelley Winters.

On this day in movie history - Spartacus (1960)

Spartacus

directed by Stanley Kubrick,

written by Dalton Trumbo, and based on the novel by Howard Fast,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1960.

Music by Alex North.

Cast:

Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, John Dall, Nina Foch, John Ireland, Herbert Lom, Charles McGraw, Joanna Barnes, Harold J. Stone, Woody Strode, Peter Brocco, Paul Lambert, Robert J. Wilke, Nicholas Dennis, John Hoyt, Frederic Worlock, Gil Perkins, Cliff Lyons.