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The Shining - hohto

Original title: The Shining
  • 19801980
  • K-16K-16
  • 2h 26m
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
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The Shining - hohto (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
373
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    • Stanley Kubrick
    • Stephen King(based upon the novel by)
    • Stanley Kubrick(screenplay by)
    • Diane Johnson(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Jack Nicholson
    • Shelley Duvall
    • Danny Lloyd
    • Stanley Kubrick
    • 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
    • 363Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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  • Top rated movie #61
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    Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd in The Shining - hohto (1980)
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    • Jack Torrance
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    • Wendy Torrance
    Danny Lloyd
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    Scatman Crothers
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    • Dick Hallorann
    Barry Nelson
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    • Stuart Ullman
    Philip Stone
    Philip Stone
    • Charles Grady
    Joe Turkel
    Joe Turkel
    • Lloyd
    Anne Jackson
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    Tony Burton
    • Durkin
    Lia Beldam
    • Young Woman in Bath
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    • Old Woman in Bath
    Barry Dennen
    Barry Dennen
    • Watson
    David Baxt
    David Baxt
    • Forest Ranger 1
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    Manning Redwood
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    • Grady Daughter
    Louise Burns
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    Robin Pappas
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      • Stephen King(based upon the novel by)
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      • 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
      When Wendy hits Jack over the head with the baseball bat on the staircase, the bat flexes, revealing it to be made of rubber.
    • 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"

    User reviews2.1K

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    10/10
    Forty years on, and it's still outstanding.
    Kubrick, King and Nicholson, the writing was literally on the wall, and I don't mean RedRum, forty years on, and The Shining is still a masterpiece.

    Kubrick takes King's fantastic book, and builds on it, bringing the story to life in his own inimitable way. It's dark, it's bleak, it's terrifying, a masterpiece in storytelling. You watch as the central character's mental collapse is played out in a spine chilling fashion.

    Gorgeous camera work, incredible visuals, that opening is iconic. So many incredible, visual moments, the twins, lift, barman etc, no wonder it's been parodied multiple times over the years, famously by The Simpsons.

    An iconic role for Jack Nicholson, he is incredible, well supported by a terrific cast.

    It's a classic, 10/10.
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    FAQ44

    • What is the name of the actor who played the Man in the Bear Costume?
    • If Stephen King hated this movie, why did he completely back a Direct Sequel to this movie?
    • Did Jack try to kill his family because he went insane or because he sold his soul for a drink?

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    • Release date
      • September 26, 1980 (Finland)
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    • Filming locations
      • Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Hawk Films
      • Peregrine
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    • 2 hours 26 minutes
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