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Eyes Wide Shut (1999) contains similarities with the romantic comedy Notting Hill (1999), written by Richard Curtis, who also wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). In Notting Hill, William Thacker (Hugh Grant) is a bookstore owner who falls in love with Hollywood actress Anna Scott (Julia Roberts). One interesting connection between the two films is the reference to Harrison Ford. In Notting Hill, William’s wife leaves him for a man who looks like Harrison Ford. This detail subtly connects to a behind-the-scenes anecdote from Frederic Raphael’s book Eyes Wide Open: A Memoir of Stanley Kubrick, which chronicles his collaboration with Stanley Kubrick on the making of Eyes Wide Shut. Raphael mentions that Kubrick originally envisioned the protagonist, Bill Harford, as a “Harrison Ford-like” character. Another parallel occurs when William accidentally spills juice on Anna and invites her to his apartment to clean up, just as Bill in Eyes Wide Shut is invited by a prostitute named Domino to her apartment after a chance encounter. The proximity of their apartments is also emphasized in both films. Prostitution as a theme appears in both films as well. In Notting Hill, there’s a joke about Anna returning to the street “in the non-prostitute sense,” which draws a parallel to Domino’s profession in Eyes Wide Shut. This connection suggests an association between Anna Scott and Domino, as well as Alice Harford in Kubrick’s film. Similar references to prostitution can be found in other works connected to Eyes Wide Shut, such as Belle de Jour, Half Moon Street, Shadows and Fog, Nudo di Donna, and Shadows on the Mirror. The dialogue in both films also features recurring phrases, further tying the two movies together. Learn more about the similarities between Eyes Wide Shut and Notting Hill in the following article: https://t.co/F6mee5L7W7 #StanleyKubrick #EyesWideShut #RogerMichell #RichardCurtis #NottingHill #ThePictureofSK https://t.co/5NRMweSzjB