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The Killing by Stanley Kubrick

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Director Biography

Name: Stanley Kubrick
Birth Date: July 26, 1928
Death Date: March 7, 1999
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States
Place of Death: Hertfordshire, England
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: filmmaker, director, producer, writer

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Biography of Stanley Kubrick
6586 words, approx. 22 pages
In a career spanning nearly half a century, a director might be expected to create one or perhaps two memorable films. However, by the time of his death in 1999, screenwriter-director Stanley Kubrick was credited with at least half a dozen groundbreaking...
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Biography of Stanley Kubrick
3440 words, approx. 11.5 pages
Stanley Kubrick is an exceptional filmmaker whose control over his films is so complete that it extends from the supervision of every production detail to the planning of elaborate advertising and distribution campaigns; from the film editing to the insp...
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Biography of Stanley Kubrick
2165 words, approx. 7.2 pages
Although he first won acclaim for films he made during the 1950s such as Spartacus and Lolita, director Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) is best known for his later work, including Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Killing Information
495 words, approx. 2 pages
<i>The Killing</i> (1956) is the first feature length film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White. The film noir depicts the efforts of Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) and an assembled team to rob a racetrack. The use of...


News and Journals
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Newark teachers' plea: Stop the killings
2/2/2007: 543 words, approx. 2 pages
Advertisements by teachers unions typically feature smiling instructors leaning over fresh-faced youngsters. But a half-dozen new billboards in New Jersey's largest city offer a far darker message."HELP WANTED," they read. "STOP THE KILLINGS IN NEWARK NOW!"Depending on who is counting, there were either 106 or...
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AP Features
Doctor said he met with U.S. wrestler day of the killings
6/27/2007: 502 words, approx. 2 pages
Professional wrestler Chris Benoit met with his personal physician hours before he allegedly killed his wife and son before hanging himself in his basement, the doctor said Wednesday."He was in my office on Friday to stop by just to see my staff," said Dr. Phil...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Arlene Croce
333 words, approx. 1 pages
Stanley Kubrick's [The Killing] is an estimable entry into that small field of well-made crime films that expose the modus operandi of the colossal caper. Like Rififi and The Asphalt Jungle (after which it is principally patterned) its action is thickly and informatively plotted, possessed of that classic fatality that insures retribution, and dependent for its thrills upon a network of smooth calculation severed by fey circumstance and mislaid trusts…. His film lacks the pervasive knowledge a...


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