The Shining (1997– )

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A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.

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Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards »

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 John Torrance (3 episodes, 1997)
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 Winifred Torrance (3 episodes, 1997)
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 Daniel Anthony Torrance (3 episodes, 1997)
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 Tony (3 episodes, 1997)
Cynthia Garris ...
 217 Woman (3 episodes, 1997)
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 2nd Waiter (3 episodes, 1997)
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 Richard Hallorann (2 episodes, 1997)
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Television adaptation of Stephen King novel that follows a recovering alcoholic professor. He ends up taking a job as a winter caretaker for a remote Colorado hotel which he seeks as an opportunity to finish a piece of work. With his wife and son with him, the caretaker settles in, only to see visions of the hotel's long deceased employees and guests. With evil intentions, they manipulate him into his dark side which takes a toll on he and his family. Written by MonkeyKingMA

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Some guests never leave! See more »

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27 April 1997 (USA)  »

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Stephen King's The Shining  »

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$25,000,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

Author Stephen King plays the band conductor Gage Creed. Gage Creed is also the name of the 2 year old in Pet Sematary. See more »

Goofs

Near the end of the movie where Jack is increasing the steam pressure on the boiler, he is increasing the pressure by turning the valve clockwise. This would decrease/shut off the pressure, not increase it. Turning the valve counter clockwise would increase the steam. See more »

Quotes

Danny Torrance: [Jack has gone over the edge] You don't scare me. You're not my daddy.
Jack Torrance: Who else would I be?
Danny Torrance: You're just another Halloween mask.
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Version of 30-Second Bunny Theatre (2004) See more »

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"Chattanooga Choo Choo"
Music by Harry Warren
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User Reviews

Some pretty bad acting here...
23 May 2004 | by (staten island, ny) – See all my reviews

I liked the fact that the film was more faithful to the book - one of my all-time favorite books, incidentally.

However, that's about the only thing that was better. This version was long, boring and the acting was absolutely horrid. I've never seen a movie where EVERYONE overacted. Elliot Gould as Stuart Ullman was terrifying- Gould tried way too hard, and his performance was wooden.

In fact, it seemed as if all the actors were reading from cue cards the entire time. If someone without any cinematic skills like me can notice this, couldn't the people involved with the film have noticed too? There's no way they wanted people to act like this.

OH well. I didn't think anything could make me think the original Shining was a great movie once I read the book, but I have to say, I'll take the "unfaithful" version anytime.


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