What year was Eyes Wide Shut released?

Eyes Wide Shut was released in 1999.

Stanley Kubrick’s final film had its world premiere in Los Angeles on July 13, 1999, and opened in the United States three days later, on July 16. It was released in the United Kingdom on September 10 of the same year. Kubrick died in March 1999, shortly after showing his final cut to Warner Bros.

The film stars Tom Cruise as Dr. Bill Harford and Nicole Kidman as his wife, Alice. Over the course of one unsettling night in Manhattan, Bill becomes preoccupied with Alice’s confession about a sexual fantasy and encounters a secretive masked gathering. The story is adapted from Arthur Schnitzler’s 1926 novella Dream Story, with the setting moved from Vienna to contemporary New York.

A common confusion comes from the film’s long production and post-production history. Principal photography began in 1996 and continued for roughly 400 days, but that does not change its release year. The title is also sometimes associated with later censorship controversies, particularly the digitally altered American theatrical version made to retain an R rating.

Eyes Wide Shut was both a 1999 film and Kubrick’s last completed feature.