BARRY LYNDON


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Screenplay
by
Stanley Kubrick
Based on the novel by
William Makepeace Thackeray
February 18, 1973
FADE IN:



EXT.  PARK - DAY



Brief shot of duel.
			RODERICK (V.O.)

	My father, who was well-known to the

best circles in this kingdom under

the name of roaring Harry James, was

killed in a duel, when I was fifteen

years old.
EXT.  GARDEN - DAY



Mrs. James, talking with a suitor; Roderick, at a

distance.
			RODERICK (V.O.)

	My mother, after her husband's

death, and her retirement, lived in

such a way as to defy slander.  She

refused all offers of marriage,

declaring that she lived now for her

son only, and for the memory of her

departed saint.
EXT.  STREET - DAY



Mother and son walking together.
			RODERICK (V.O.)


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