Talk:Barry Lyndon

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Removed the cast list. It looks suspciously like a cut-and paste from IMDB entry. IMO cast lists are not appropriate for encyclopedia articles. If the consensus develops otherwise, here's the list.

[edit] Cast

Ryan O'Neal	Barry Lyndon
Marisa Berenson	Lady Lyndon
Patrick Magee	The Chevalier
Hardy Krüger	Captain Potzdorf
Steven Berkoff	Lord Ludd
Gay Hamilton	Nora
Marie Kean	Barry's Mother
Diana Körner	German Girl
Murray Melvin	Reverend Runt
Frank Middlemass	Sir Charles Lyndon
André Morell	Lord Wendover
Arthur O'Sullivan	Highwayman
Godfrey Quigley	Captain Grogan
Leonard Rossiter	Captain Quin
Philip Stone	Graham
Leon Vitali	Lord Bullingdon
David Morley	Brian Lyndon
Dominic Savage	Lord Bullingdon (younger)
Geoffrey Chater
Pat Roach
George Sewell
Michael Hordern	Narrator

[edit] Death threat?

The article about Full Metal Jacket states that Kubrick received death threats when making Barry Lyndon. Is this true? Axl 21:39, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hmm.. I'm not sure, but it could have been because of Clockwork Orange, which got an extremely bad reputation in England (and was even banned or withdrawn, can't remember what) for several years. It is not very probable that the threats had anything to do with Barry Lyndon. --Flosch 14:22, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It was due to the film being shot in Ireland. At the time, mid 70's, the IRA were extremely active and it was believed that a film about the British Army would have been a legitimate target. This resulted is shooting being switched to England.

I don't think it was "death threats" as such, but he moved production from Ireland to England after he received word his name was on an IRA hit list for directing a movie featuring English soldiers in Ireland. So I don't think it was a direct "we'll kill you" sort of thing like which happened after A Clockwork Orange, but it was enough to get him out of Ireland.