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 saying that "Stanley is unusually perceptive, and delicately attuned to people. He has an adroit intellect, and is a creative thinker—not a repeater, not a fact-gatherer. He digests what he learns and brings to a new project an original point of view and a reserved passion". The two worked on a script for six months, begun by a then unknown Sam Peckinpah. Many disputes broke out over the project, and in the end, Kubrick distanced himself from what would become "One-Eyed Jacks" (1961). In February 1959, Kubrick received a phone call from Kirk Douglas asking him to direct "Spartacus" (1960),