The Eyes Wide Shut conspiracy theory: did someone cut a crucial 20 minutes from Kubrick’s final movie?
For years some have claimed a key part of the thriller was excised after the director’s sudden death – and that it provided clues to the real-life behaviour of rich predators. Now, his daughter has spoken out
TL;DR
- Conspiracy theories claim 20 minutes were cut from Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut, after his death.
- The removed scenes are rumored to have involved the main characters sacrificing their daughter to a child sexual abuse ring, linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
- Screenwriter Roger Avary suggested on Joe Rogan's podcast that the film appeared to have been cut.
- The film's editor, Nigel Galt, and Stanley Kubrick's daughter, Vivian Kubrick, have stated that nothing was cut from the film.
- Vivian Kubrick explicitly denied hearing about or seeing evidence of missing footage.