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Room 237

  • 20122012
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 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
Top credits
  • Director
    • Rodney Ascher
  • Writer
    • Rodney Ascher(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Bill Blakemore
    • Geoffrey Cocks
    • Juli Kearns
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 179User reviews
    • 212Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 16 nominations

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    Top cast

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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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    Storyline

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    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 reviews179

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Great comedy
    Yeah, that's right. I said comedy, and this isn't a review for the wrong film. Like most people, I went into ROOM 237 expecting a documentary on Kubrick's THE SHINING, containing various theories exploring the movie's subtext and the like. What I got was an increasingly deranged collection of ramblings and outlandish conspiracy theories from a team of crackpots and wackos.

    Because ROOM 237 isn't about THE SHINING at all. Instead, it's a documentary about obsession, and how ANYTHING can be interpreted as ANYTHING given the right frame of mind. So in the course of this documentary we learn that Kubrick faked the Moon landings, that a poster of skier is in fact a minotaur, and plenty more besides.

    It's all complete hogwash, of course. Yes, Kubrick added in subtle, almost subliminal things to mess with the viewer's mind; changing the carpet pattern or removing a sticker from a door. But he did that to further unsettle the viewer in what after all is a horror film. There's no more to it than that. However, the nonsense spouted in this film is actually very funny, hence my comment that this makes a great comedy indeed.
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    • Dec 19, 2014

    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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    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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