Stanley Kubrick’s Daughter Finally Responds to the Eyes Wide Shut Conspiracy Theories Amplified by Joe Rogan
Vivian Kubrick said she never saw evidence of the alleged cut footage and called the claim an actual conspiracy theory, not an established fact.
- Vivian Kubrick addresses the long-circulating conspiracy theory claiming 20 minutes of footage were cut from her father Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut, after his death.
- The rumor alleges the original 179-minute cut featured a darker ending involving a child sex ring, with the theory bolstered by a 2024 podcast episode where screenwriter Roger Avary discussed Jeffrey Epstein.
- Once Eyes Wide Shut reached 'picture locked' status, the negative was physically cut; Vivian explains "you couldn't simply undo those cuts and rearrange the film."
- Vivian dismisses the story as "an actual conspiracy theory, not an established fact" and notes her father incinerated outtakes to prevent studios from later re-editing his work.
- Previously, film editor Nigel Galt stated Kubrick's final edit is essentially the same as the released version, while Kubrick has faced other wild theories including Apollo landing conspiracy claims.
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Joe Rogan-Fueled Conspiracy Theory About ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Epstein Connections Gets Torpedoed By Director’s Daughter
Screenshots via YouTube. Joe Rogan has peddled in numerous conspiracy theories over the years, but his boosting of claims about Stanley Kubrick’s final film, 1999’s Eyes Wide Shut, led the late director’s daughter to publicly smack down the tin-foil-hatted chat. Eyes Wide Shut starred Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, then still married to each other, in a psychological thriller that drew sharply divided opinions. Some reviewers praised it as though…
Stanley Kubrick's daughter Vivienne Kubrick has addressed a long-standing conspiracy theory about her father's last film, Eyes Wide Shut. According to that theory, 20 minutes of material was allegedly cut from the film after the director's death.
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About That Eyes Wide Shut Conspiracy Theory...
Stanley Kubrick's daughter would like the internet to stand down. Vivian Kubrick has weighed in on the long-running claim that 20 damning minutes were secretly cut from Eyes Wide Shut after her father's death, a theory that folds in everything from a child sex ring to Jeffrey Epstein, as well...
Stanley Kubrick's daughter denies that there are 20 missing minutes from Eyes Wide Shut
Has any movie in the last few decades been the subject of as many conspiracy theories as Eyes Wide Shut? The film’s subject matter, which includes a secretive sex party hosted by an exorbitantly wealthy masked group, coupled with the fact that director Stanley Kubrick died before conclusively editing the film, has left a decent section of the misinformation-hungry internet convinced that there’s something we haven’t been told about the famously …
Vivian Kubrick denies that there was a hidden montage of her father's film to denounce plots similar to Jeffrey Epstein's.
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