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The Shining (1980)
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Ratings: 8.5/10 from 246,351 users
Metascore:
61/100
Reviews: 1,100 user | 151 critic | 10 from Metacritic.com
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Director:Stanley Kubrick |
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David Baxt | ... |
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Storyline
A man, his son and wife become the winter caretakers of an isolated hotel where Danny, the son, sees disturbing visions of the hotel's past using a telepathic gift known as "The Shining". The father, Jack Torrance, is underway in a writing project when he slowly slips into insanity as a result of cabin fever and former guests of the hotel's ghosts. After being convinced by a waiter's ghost to "correct" the family, Jack goes completely insane. The only thing that can save Danny and his mother is "The Shining". Written by ipreach4ever
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Stanley Kubrick's epic nightmare of horror See more »Parents Guide:
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Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining' See more »Box Office
Budget:
$22,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$622,337 (USA) (26 May 1980) (10 Screens)Gross:
$44,017,374 (USA) (31 December 1980)Company Credits
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Jack Torrance: Hi, I've got an appointment with Mr. Ullman. My name is Jack Torrance.
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(uncredited)
Written by György Ligeti
Performed by Sinfonie-Orchestra des Sudwestfunk
Conducted by Ernest Bour See more »
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Trivia
Stanley Kubrick had envisioned Shelley Duvall as his more timid, dependent version of Wendy Torrance from the very beginning. However Jack Nicholson after reading the novel, wanted Jessica Lange for the part of Wendy, and even recommended her to Kubrick, as he felt she fit Stephen King's version of the character. After explaining the changes he had made, Kubrick convinced him that Duvall was the correct choice, as she best suited the emotionally fragile Wendy he had in mind. Many years later, Nicholson told EMPIRE magazine he thought Duvall was fantastic and called her work in the film, "the toughest job that any actor that I've seen had." See more »Goofs
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Wendy brings Jack breakfast in bed, they appear to change sides, but in fact, the first shot is in a mirror. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Jack Torrance: Hi, I've got an appointment with Mr. Ullman. My name is Jack Torrance.
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Crazy Credits
The party music plays over the closing credits. After it ends, we hear the Overlook ghosts applaud. They then talk amongst themselves until their voices fade away. See more »Soundtracks
"Lontano"(uncredited)
Written by György Ligeti
Performed by Sinfonie-Orchestra des Sudwestfunk
Conducted by Ernest Bour See more »
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