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).
- Awards
- 2 wins & 16 nominations
Sam Walton
- Cast
- (as Samuel Walton)
Scatman Crothers
- Dick Hallorann
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Tom Cruise
- Dr. William Harford
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Barry Dennen
- Bill Watson
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Kirk Douglas
- Spartacus
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Keir Dullea
- Dr. Dave Bowman
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Shelley Duvall
- Wendy Torrance
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Christoph Eichhorn
- Hans Castorp
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Thomas Gibson
- Carl
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- Rodney Ascher(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLeon Vitali, former assistant to Stanley Kubrick, dismissed the theories in this film as "gibberish," saying they are entirely without merit.
- GoofsBill 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 creditsThe end credits scroll downward.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Minty Comedic Arts: 10 Things - The Shining: The Lost Version (2022)
- SoundtracksWe 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
Featured review
Room No. -> Moron
This is quite the film. If you, too, are fascinated with the Shining, and you want to hear extreme fans talk about their extreme fan theories, this is the movie for you. It's important to note that this film never claims to be the definitive interpretation of the Shining, but rather observations and personal interpretations.
Some of my favorite observations include: The Shining is about the story of the Minotaur; The Shining is the foil of 2001: a Space Odyssey; and Kubrick was confessing he was involved in faking the moon landing footage. This final claim was backed up by the idea that the room number, 237, was chosen because the moon is 237,000 miles from the Earth (even though the real value is closer to 239,000). In the door to Room 237, there is a key that has a little flap with the words Room No. 237. The commentator stated that the only words that could be made using those same letters are Moon and Room, indicating a confession that Kubrick was involved in faking the footage. I suppose the commentator forgot the words or, on, moo, nor, mono, norm, morn, moor, or moron.
So, take this film with a grain of salt (or several). If you're looking for "The Shining: explained," you're going to be woefully disappointed. If you're looking for a couple of fan theories that will tickle your brain and that you can kind of chuckle at, or if you're looking to make fun of fan obsession, there's something in this film for you. If you really want to learn more about The Shining, you can look up information on Youtube, or watch the film again and analyze it yourself!
Some of my favorite observations include: The Shining is about the story of the Minotaur; The Shining is the foil of 2001: a Space Odyssey; and Kubrick was confessing he was involved in faking the moon landing footage. This final claim was backed up by the idea that the room number, 237, was chosen because the moon is 237,000 miles from the Earth (even though the real value is closer to 239,000). In the door to Room 237, there is a key that has a little flap with the words Room No. 237. The commentator stated that the only words that could be made using those same letters are Moon and Room, indicating a confession that Kubrick was involved in faking the footage. I suppose the commentator forgot the words or, on, moo, nor, mono, norm, morn, moor, or moron.
So, take this film with a grain of salt (or several). If you're looking for "The Shining: explained," you're going to be woefully disappointed. If you're looking for a couple of fan theories that will tickle your brain and that you can kind of chuckle at, or if you're looking to make fun of fan obsession, there's something in this film for you. If you really want to learn more about The Shining, you can look up information on Youtube, or watch the film again and analyze it yourself!
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- benjaminburt
- Oct 27, 2017
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $296,359
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $29,693
- Mar 31, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $367,406
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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