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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
999K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
293
3
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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
    Top credits
    • 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
    • 360Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
    Top rated movie #62
    • 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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    Did you know

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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"

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    Top review
    Jack Torrance Meets David Bowman
    What can I say about the scariest movie I have ever seen that has not already been said by others more articulate than yours truly? Do not view this film expecting to see a screen version of the Stephen King novel. Rather, this is a Stanley Kubrick film, and to fully appreciate it one should judge it within the context of Kubrick's entire body of work as a serious filmmaker. Thematically, THE SHINING relates most closely to 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, though flourishes of PATHS OF GLORY, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and BARRY LYNDON do manage to figure prominently in the film's overall technique.

    In a nutshell (no pun intended), Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvall co-star with Oregon's Timberline Lodge - enlisted to portray the exterior of the Overlook Hotel - in a story that appears on the surface to be about ghosts and insanity, but deals with issues of child abuse, immortality and duality.

    What the film might lack initially in terms of coherence is more than made up for in technique. Garrett Brown (the male voice in those old Molson Golden commercials), inventor of the Steadicam, chases young Danny Lloyd through hotel corridors and an amazing snow maze, providing magic-carpet-ride fluidity to scenes that ten years earlier would have been impossible to accomplish. If the film starts off too slow, remember who the director is. This man likes to take his time, and the results are well worth it: incredible aerial shots of the Overlook Hotel; horrific Diane Arbus-inspired twins staring directly at us; portentous room 237 and its treasure trove of terrible secrets; elevators that gush rivers of blood in slow-motion; Jack Torrance's immortality found via the hotel (akin to David Bowman's journey through the Space Gate); and some of the best use of pre-existing music ever assembled for a motion picture.

    It would take a book to examine and defend the film's strong points and drawbacks. If you've never seen it, you owe it to yourself to watch it alone with the lights off, with no interruptions, and make sure that it's raining. This is a cinematic experience that changed my life at the age of 14. Makes a great double feature with Robert Wise's 1963 thriller THE HAUNTING.
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    • Feb 18, 1999

    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?

    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
    • 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
      • $47,299,460
    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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