Christiane Kubrick abode of two of the characters, reclusive writer Frank Alexander (Patrick Magee) and his wife (Adrienne Corri), being visible during the infamous ""Singin' in the Rain"" scene. Nearly thirty years later, in "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999), Christiane's vivid paintings adorn nearly every wall of characters Dr. and Mrs. Harford's (Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman) Manhattan apartment and a few paintings by her daughter, Katharina, also are shown. More of Christiane's paintings are featured in the billiard room and the upstairs bathroom of the Manhattan mansion of the character, Ziegler (Sydney Pollack). In March 2001, Kubrick traveled to the Vatican in
Stanley Kubrick contains a posthumous production credit for Stanley Kubrick at the beginning and the brief dedication "For Stanley Kubrick" at the end. John Williams's score contains many allusions to pieces heard in other Kubrick films. Following "2001: A Space Odyssey", Kubrick originally planned to make a film about the life of the French emperor Napoleon. Fascinated by his life and own "self-destruction", Kubrick spent a great deal of time planning the film's development, and had conducted about two years of extensive research into Napoleon's life, reading several hundred books and gaining access to Napoleon's personal memoirs and commentaries. He also tried