Doctor Sleep (2019)

Years following the events of "The Shining," a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.

Director:

Mike Flanagan

Writers:

Stephen King (based on the novel by), Mike Flanagan (screenplay)

Stars:

Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ewan McGregor	...	Dan Torrance
Rebecca Ferguson	...	Rose The Hat
Kyliegh Curran	...	Abra Stone
Cliff Curtis	...	Billy Freeman
Zahn McClarnon	...	Crow Daddy
Emily Alyn Lind	...	Snakebite Andi
Selena Anduze	...	Apron Annie
Robert Longstreet	...	Barry the Chunk
Carel Struycken	...	Grampa Flick
Catherine Parker	...	Silent Sarey
James Flanagan	...	Diesel Doug
Met Clark	...	Short Eddie
Zackary Momoh	...	David Stone
Jocelin Donahue	...	Lucy Stone
Dakota Hickman	...	Young Abra

Storyline

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless-mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the "steam" that children with the "shining" produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant "shining" power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes "Doctor Sleep." Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul...

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Plot Keywords:

sequel | based on the works of stephen king | based on novel | psychotronic film | florida | 

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Taglines:

A new chapter from Stephen King, author of 'The Shining'

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing and violent content, some bloody images, language, nudity and drug use.

Details

Official Sites:

Filmnegah [Iran] Official Facebook

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 November 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Doctor Sleep

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,114,124, 10 November 2019

Gross USA:

$14,114,124

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$34,114,124

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Intrepid Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

152 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Cusack had expressed interest in playing adult Danny Torrence.

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Goofs

When Dan returns to the room his family stayed in at the Overlook, he sees the bathroom door Jack hacked open with the axe and puts his face in the axed open panel, recreating the iconic "Here's Johnny" shot. However, in The Shining, Jack was shown to have hacked both upper panels open to try and get to Wendy, not just the one.

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Quotes

Abra Stone: You're magic. Like me
Danny Torrance: You need to listen to me. The world's a hungry place. A dark place. I've only met two or three people like us. They died. When I was a kid, I bumped into these things. I don't know about magic. I, I always called it "the shining."

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Crazy Credits

The film uses the old Warner Brothers logo, as seen in 'The Shining' (1980).

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Scanners (2019)

User Reviews

Lives up to Kubrick's classic as well as King's novels.

This film was a masterpiece that tied Stephen King's book with Kubrick's vision of The Shining perfectly. There were some changes from the original novel, just as there were in Kubrick's adaption of The Shining, but the alterations resonated beautifully with King's original ending to The Shining. Ewan McGreggor portrayed Danny Torrance with high class acting, as did each other actor. The direction, cinematography, and musical score was also near perfect. A worthy successor to Kubrick's classic masterpiece, on all counts. Fans of Kubrick's film as well as King's novel will not be disappointed.