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2018
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 34 m

2018
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 34 m

Summary It's a rare person who would give up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for someone else's creative vision. Yet, that's exactly what Leon Vitali did after his acclaimed performance as 'Lord Bullingdon" in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. The young actor surrendered his thriving career to become Kubrick's loyal right-hand man. For more ...

Directed By: Tony Zierra

2018
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 34 m

2018
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 34 m

Filmworker

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

73

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings

7.4

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Summary It's a rare person who would give up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for someone else's creative vision. Yet, that's exactly what Leon Vitali did after his acclaimed performance as 'Lord Bullingdon" in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. The young actor surrendered his thriving career to become Kubrick's loyal right-hand man. For more ...

Directed By: Tony Zierra

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

89% Positive
16 Reviews

11% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

89% Positive
16 Reviews

11% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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May 10, 2018

What makes this documentary more than just a feature-length DVD supplement is how these peeks behind the curtain are offset by a connect-the-dots case study of obsession and devotion taken to extremes.

By David Fear FULL REVIEW

May 21, 2018

Filmworker is an absorbing, important portrait of both a genius at work and the man behind the scenes who made the magic possible, whatever the cost to himself.

By Ian Freer FULL REVIEW

May 25, 2017

Filmworker is a brisk, compelling movie that’s pure candy for Kubrick buffs, yet there are oddities about it.

By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

May 23, 2018

Filmworker makes a compelling argument that the Kubrick who lives in cinematic legend may not have become the man he’s remembered for being without Vitali around.

By Dominick Suzanne-Mayer FULL REVIEW

May 10, 2018

Perhaps if Kubrick himself wasn’t obsessed, if his films weren’t so thoroughly overwhelming in real life, then they wouldn’t have exploded in our minds the way they did. Filmworker is both a cautionary tale and a tribute to this kind of compulsion.

By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW

May 25, 2017

[A] suitably workmanlike documentary.

By Michael Nordine FULL REVIEW

May 25, 2017

An inability to crack the movie’s central mystery — why abandon your dreams to help facilitate someone else’s? — leaves the project feeling a bit like a missed opportunity.

By Tim Grierson FULL REVIEW

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User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings

67% Positive
6 Ratings

33% Mixed
3 Ratings

0% Negative
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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings

67% Positive
6 Ratings

33% Mixed
3 Ratings

0% Negative
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Details

Production Company True Studio Media

Release Date May 11, 2018

Duration 1 h 34 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

Tagline The remarkable, untold story of Leon Vitali who gave up fame and fortune to serve for decades as Stanley Kubrick's right-hand man.

Website http://www.filmworker.com/

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Awards

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Cannes Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Cleveland International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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