On July 16, 2024, Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, one of the most talked-about and controversial movies of all time, turned 25. 

Thanks to Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise’s high-profile marriage, the 1999 film was shrouded in gossip from the moment it began filming in 1997 – including rumours that the filming process was abusive and toxic.

Famously tough on actors (he gave Shelley Duvall a nervous breakdown during The Shining’s filming), Kubrick demanded unwavering devotion and cult-like secrecy from Kidman and Cruise, who played a married couple in the film. In fact, the shoot took a staggering…