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Room 237

  • 20122012
  • 1515
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
22K
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Room 237 (2012)
A subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining.
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An exploration of various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining (1980).An exploration of various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining (1980).An exploration of various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining (1980).

IMDb RATING
6.2/10
22K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Rodney Ascher
  • Writer
    • Rodney Ascher(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Bill Blakemore
    • Geoffrey Cocks
    • Juli Kearns
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  • Director
    • Rodney Ascher
  • Writer
    • Rodney Ascher(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Bill Blakemore
    • Geoffrey Cocks
    • Juli Kearns
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    • 177User reviews
    • 212Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 16 nominations

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    Bill Blakemore
    • Selfas Self
    Geoffrey Cocks
    • Selfas Self
    Juli Kearns
    • Selfas Self
    John Fell Ryan
    • Selfas Self
    Jay Weidner
    • Selfas Self
    Stephen Brophy
    • Castas Cast
    Ash Brophy
    • Csstas Csst
    Buddy Black
    • Castas Cast
    Buffy Visick
    • Castas Cast
    Sam Walton
    • Castas Cast
    • (as Samuel Walton)
    Scatman Crothers
    Scatman Crothers
    • Dick Hallorannas Dick Hallorann
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Cruise
    Tom Cruise
    • Dr. William Harfordas Dr. William Harford
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Barry Dennen
    Barry Dennen
    • Bill Watsonas Bill Watson
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Kirk Douglas
    Kirk Douglas
    • Spartacusas Spartacus
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Keir Dullea
    Keir Dullea
    • Dr. Dave Bowmanas Dr. Dave Bowman
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Shelley Duvall
    Shelley Duvall
    • Wendy Torranceas Wendy Torrance
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Christoph Eichhorn
    Christoph Eichhorn
    • Hans Castorpas Hans Castorp
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Thomas Gibson
    Thomas Gibson
    • Carlas Carl
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Rodney Ascher
    • Writer
      • Rodney Ascher(uncredited)
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    A subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining (1980). The film may be over 30 years old but it continues to inspire debate, speculation, and mystery. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments. Together they'll draw the audience into a new maze, one with endless detours and dead ends, many ways in, but no way out. —Anonymous
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      • Some movies stay with you forever...and ever...and ever.
    • Genre
      • Documentary
    • Certificate
      • 15
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Leon Vitali, former assistant to Stanley Kubrick, dismissed the theories in this film as "gibberish," saying they are entirely without merit.
    • Goofs
      Bill Blakemore mistakenly attributes a literary quotation. "History is a nightmare from which I'm trying to awake" is from James Joyce's Ulysses, not from anything by T. S. Eliot.
    • Crazy credits
      The end credits scroll downward.
    • Connections
      Features In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
    • Soundtracks
      We Cannot Escape the Past from the album 'A Stairway to the Stars'
      Composed and Performed by The Caretaker

      By Arrangement with History Always Favours the Winners

    User reviews177

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    Top review
    7/10
    A Documentary for Deniers
    Just got done watching it. My initial reaction: "Wow. These people are nuts."

    Don't get me wrong - this is a fun watch as long as you don't take any of it too seriously. I know the film pretty well, but these "analysts" go out of their way to ignore the obvious in order to drive on to their wacky conclusions.

    Thanks to the infinite paranoia pool that we call the Internet, the mythology about The Shining is outstripping the history of the film itself. This is less about the movie but more about people who look for conspiracies in every corner. Faked moon landings? Set geometry? Minotaurs? Absurd, sure, but how different are they from those people that deny birth certificates or imagine black UN helicopters or, most recently, those who say Sandy Hook was faked. These Deniers create their own logic, disallow any reality that doesn't fit and then warp the facts to fit their conclusions. I think this film really does a great job showing these people for what they are - delusional and and self-obsessed.

    We can let them be entertaining, but we can never take any of what they say seriously.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 26, 2012 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Film Sales Corp
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Soba 237
    • Production companies
      • Highland Park Classics
      • The Ebersole Hughes Company
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $296,359
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $29,693
      • Mar 31, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $367,406
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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