Overview:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.| Status: | Released (1980-05-23) |
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| Awards: | 6 wins & 9 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $45,634,352 |
| Screen: | Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson |
| Productions: | Warner Bros. Pictures, Peregrine, Hawk Films, The Producer Circle Co. |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 514: Jack Nicholson - Jack Torrance
- 10409: Shelley Duvall - Wendy Torrance
- 10410: Danny Lloyd - Danny
- 7077: Scatman Crothers - Hallorann
- 10411: Barry Nelson - Ullman
- 694: Philip Stone - Grady
- 592: Joe Turkel - Lloyd
Crews
- 2286: John Alcott - Director of Photography - Camera
- 10404: Diane Johnson - Screenplay - Writing
- 244: Ray Lovejoy - Editor - Editing
- 5021: Leslie Tomkins - Art Direction - Art
- 10408: Douglas Twiddy - Production Manager - Production
- 240: Stanley Kubrick - Screenplay - Writing
- 3027: Stephen King - Novel - Writing
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
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A masterpiece. Kubrick chose a perfect cast and uses the timing and music to create a greatly opressing atmosphere. Nicholson is superb, but Duval and the kid are not less good.
Continue reading ->John Chard
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This rum is red, man! In spite of author Stephen King not being happy with Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of his novel, The Shining (1980) has proved to be a critical and commercial darling. It may not be in the spirit that King wanted, but it's undeniably a skillful piece of fil ....
Continue reading ->JPV852
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Probably my favorite of the Stephen King adaptations (though not much for many of the others save for a one or two) but not amongst Stanley Kubrick's, watched this one for the first time in many years (maybe a decade) and while I did immensely enjoyed it, and really liked Nicholson t ....
Continue reading ->Manuel São Bento
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If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog :) With Doctor Sleep, an almost 40-year sequel to The Shining, being released this week, now it’s the perfect time to revisit one of the greatest horror movies of all-time, as well as one of the most influential d ....
Continue reading ->Repo Jack
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"Darling, I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm just gonna bash your brains in." <i>The Shining</i> is a great example of how musical score and cinematography can elevate a movie to the best-of-the-best. I tend to agree with Stephen King that Jack Nicholson looked like a crazy loon from ....
Continue reading ->Repo Jack
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"Darling, I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm just gonna bash your brains in." The Shining is a great example of how musical score and cinematography can elevate a movie to the best-of-the-best. I tend to agree with Stephen King that Jack Nicholson looked like a crazy loon from the beg ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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"Jack Torrance" is a writer who suffers from a chronic lack of inspiration. To help overcome his block, he takes a job as a winter caretaker and relocates his family to the remote, huge, "Overlook Hotel" where he hopes he can focus! Gradually, the bleak Arctic conditions outside and ....
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