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The Shining

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The Shining (1980)
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A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
1M
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POPULARITY
372
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  • Director
    • Stanley Kubrick
  • Writers
    • Stephen King(based upon the novel by)
    • Stanley Kubrick(screenplay by)
    • Diane Johnson(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Jack Nicholson
    • Shelley Duvall
    • Danny Lloyd
  • Director
    • Stanley Kubrick
  • Writers
    • Stephen King(based upon the novel by)
    • Stanley Kubrick(screenplay by)
    • Diane Johnson(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Jack Nicholson
    • Shelley Duvall
    • Danny Lloyd
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 2.1KUser reviews
    • 368Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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  • Top rated movie #61
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 8 nominations

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    Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd in The Shining (1980)
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    Jack Nicholson
    Jack Nicholson
    • Jack Torrance
    Shelley Duvall
    Shelley Duvall
    • Wendy Torrance
    Danny Lloyd
    Danny Lloyd
    • Danny Torrance
    Scatman Crothers
    Scatman Crothers
    • Dick Hallorann
    Barry Nelson
    Barry Nelson
    • Stuart Ullman
    Philip Stone
    Philip Stone
    • Charles Grady
    Joe Turkel
    Joe Turkel
    • Lloyd
    Anne Jackson
    Anne Jackson
    • Doctor
    Tony Burton
    Tony Burton
    • Durkin
    Lia Beldam
    • Young Woman in Bath
    Billie Gibson
    • Old Woman in Bath
    Barry Dennen
    Barry Dennen
    • Watson
    David Baxt
    David Baxt
    • Forest Ranger 1
    Manning Redwood
    Manning Redwood
    • Forest Ranger 2
    Lisa Burns
    • Grady Daughter
    Louise Burns
    • Grady Daughter
    Robin Pappas
    • Nurse
    Alison Coleridge
    • Secretary
    • Director
      • Stanley Kubrick
    • Writers
      • Stephen King(based upon the novel by)
      • Stanley Kubrick(screenplay by)
      • Diane Johnson(screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      For the scene in which Jack breaks down the bathroom door, the props department built a door that could be easily broken. However, Jack Nicholson had worked as a volunteer fire marshal and tore it apart far too easily. The props department were then forced to build a stronger door.
    • Goofs
      During the long shot of the Overlook Hotel in the beginning (right before The Interview title card), the maze cannot be seen, though throughout the rest of the movie it is rather close to the hotel.
    • Quotes

      Jack Torrance: Here's Johnny!

    • Crazy credits
      The party music plays over the closing credits. After it ends, we hear the Overlook Hotel ghosts applaud. They then talk amongst themselves until their voices fade away.
    • Alternate versions
      ABC edited 4 minutes from the film for its 1983 network television premiere.
    • Connections
      Edited into Hai-Kubrick (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      The Shining (Main Title)
      Written by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind

      Performed by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind

      Based on "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath" from Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz and traditional requiem "Dies Irae"

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    9/10
    Amazing achievement in filmmaking and the art of terror.
    Chilling, majestic piece of cinematic fright, this film combines all the great elements of an intellectual thriller, with the grand vision of a director who has the instinctual capacity to pace a moody horror flick within the realm of his filmmaking genius that includes an eye for the original shot, an ice-cold soundtrack and an overall sense of dehumanization. This movie cuts through all the typical horror movies like a red-poker through a human eye, as it allows the viewer to not only feel the violence and psychosis of its protagonist, but appreciate the seed from which the derangement stems. One of the scariest things for people to face is the unknown and this film presents its plotting with just that thought in mind. The setting is perfect, in a desolate winter hideaway. The quietness of the moment is a character in itself, as the fermenting aggressor in Jack Torrance's mind wallows in this idle time, and breeds the devil's new playground. I always felt like the presence of evil was dormant in all of our minds, with only the circumstances of the moment, and the reasons given therein, needed to wake its violent ass and pounce over its unsuspecting victims. This film is a perfect example of this very thought.

    And it is within this film's subtle touches of the canvas, the clackity-clacks of the young boy's big wheel riding along the empty hallways of the hotel, the labyrinthian garden representing the mind's fine line between sane and insane, Kubrick's purposely transfixed editing inconsistencies, continuity errors and set mis-arrangements, that we discover a world guided by the righteous and tangible, but coaxed away by the powerful and unknown. I have never read the book upon which the film is based, but without that as a comparison point, I am proud to say that this is one of the most terrifying films that I have ever seen. I thought that the runtime of the film could've been cut by a little bit, but then again, I am not one of the most acclaimed directors in the history of film, so maybe I should keep my two-cent criticisms over a superb film, to myself. All in all, this movie captures your attention with its grand form and vision, ropes you in with some terror and eccentric direction, and ties you down and stabs you in the heart with its cold-eyed view of the man's mind gone overboard, creepy atmosphere and the loss of humanity.

    Rating: 9/10
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 13, 1980 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Исијавање
    • Filming locations
      • Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon, USA(Overlook Hotel; exterior)
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Hawk Films
      • Peregrine
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $19,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $45,634,352
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $622,337
      • May 26, 1980
    • Gross worldwide
      • $47,346,869
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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