Being Tom Cruise wait a minute. Scientology. It all makes perfect sense now." Ewan McGregor tries to convince Cruise to convert to the Jedi methodology. When Cruise first meets Nicole Kidman (Dolly Wells), he asks her to sit down so that he will appear taller. Cruise performs his "dangling-from-the ceiling routine" from "" – while in bed with Kidman. Cruise asks Kidman how he can prove he is not gay, and she recommends that they make the film "Eyes Wide Shut". Stanley Kubrick is portrayed as a sleazy film director, and the program shows a newspaper headline giving a critical review of "Eyes
Influence of Stanley Kubrick "may reveal hidden clues and hint at a bigger thematic oeuvre." In 2017, "Filmworker" was released, which was a documentary about Leon Vitali, an actor first cast in Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon", of which Vitali would later go onto become a friend and frequent collaborator to the director on his subsequent films as his assistant. The film explores Vitali's friendship and working relationship with Kubrick. Influence of Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick is regarded by film critics and historians as one of the most influential directors of all time. Leading directors, including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, James Cameron, Woody Allen,