Warner Directors Series: Kubrick

A Kubrick DVD box set is being released by Warner, featuring Eyes Wide Shut, Full Metal Jacket, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the documentary A Life In Pictures.

This set is part of the Warner Directors Series, and features double-disc editions of each Kubrick film, with extras such as commentaries and documentaries. Previously, Warner released a Kubrick Collection DVD set in 1999 (with Dr Strangelove, Lolita, and Barry Lyndon, but without Eyes Wide Shut or A Life In Pictures). They then remastered the Kubrick Collection set (and added Eyes Wide Shut and A Life In Pictures) in 2001, again on DVD.

The films in this new Directors Series Kubrick set are also being released on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. These releases mark the first availability of Eyes Wide Shut and The Shining in widescreen on any video format, though unfortunately their aspect ratio is 1.78:1 rather than the theatrical ratio 1.85:1. Also, the original mono soundtracks of Full Metal Jacket, The Shining, and A Clockwork Orange are not included.