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A cinematic genius feared commercial flying

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Despite directing sprawling, globe-trotting epics and deep-space cinematic masterpieces, legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick was completely paralyzed by a profound phobia of airplanes. He outright refused to fly anywhere, forcing entire production crews to painstakingly recreate the dense jungles of Vietnam directly outside of London.

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