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23 May 1980 (USA) moreTagline:
The tide of terror that swept America IS HERE[UK Poster] morePlot:
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 win & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(80 articles)
The Box Trailer: Richard Kelly Does a Mean Stanley Kubrick Impression (From Movieline. 25 June 2009, 8:40 AM, PDT)
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One of the scariest movies ever---8/10 moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jack Nicholson | ... | Jack Torrance | |
| Shelley Duvall | ... | Wendy Torrance | |
| Danny Lloyd | ... | Danny Torrance | |
| Scatman Crothers | ... | Dick Hallorann | |
| Barry Nelson | ... | Stuart Ullman | |
| Philip Stone | ... | Delbert Grady | |
| Joe Turkel | ... | Lloyd the Bartender | |
| Anne Jackson | ... | Doctor (scenes deleted) | |
| Tony Burton | ... | Larry Durkin | |
| Lia Beldam | ... | Young Woman in Bath | |
| Billie Gibson | ... | Old Woman in Bath | |
| Barry Dennen | ... | Bill Watson | |
| David Baxt | ... | Forest Ranger #1 | |
| Manning Redwood | ... | Forest Ranger #2 | |
| Lisa Burns | ... | Grady Twin Daughter |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
142 min (cut) | 119 min (cut) (European version) | 146 min (original version)Language:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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New Zealand:R16 | Spain:13 | Italy:VM14 (re-rating) | Italy:VM18 (original rating) | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) (re-rating) (2007) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) (original rating) | Brazil:14 | UK:15 (re-rating) (2007) | Ireland:15 (re-rating) (2007) | Denmark:15 (DVD rating) | Denmark:16 (video rating) | Malaysia:U | UK:18 (video rating) (1986) | Argentina:18 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Australia:M | Canada:18+ (Québec) | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-18 | France:U | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:(Banned) (original rating) | South Korea:18 (DVD rating) (2004) (uncut) | UK:X (original rating) | West Germany:16 | Philippines:X | Japan:R-15 | USA:R | Sweden:15Fun Stuff
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Director Trademark: [Stanley Kubrick] [faces]Jack, as he chases his son through the maze. moreGoofs:
Continuity: The amount of sandwich eaten by Danny at the beginning of the film. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Jack Torrance: Hi, I've got an appointment with Mr. Ullman. My name is Jack Torrance.
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Featured in AFI's 100 Years, 100 'Movie Quotes': The Greatest Lines from American Film (2005) (TV) moreSoundtrack:
It's All Forgotten Now moreFAQ
Why didn't Stephen King adapt his own novel for the movie?Who were the Donner Party?
Were the pages of Jack's "all work and no play" novel individually typed?
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I was never a big fan of horror movies. They usually try cheap tricks to scare their audiences like loud noises and creepy children. They usually lack originality and contain overacting galore. The only horror movie i like was Stir of Echoes with Kevin Bacon. It was well-acted, and had a great story. But it has been joined and maybe even surpassed by Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, quite possibly the scariest movie ever.
The movie follows a writer (Jack Nicholson) and his family who agree to watch over a hotel while it is closed for the winter. There were rumors of the place being haunted and the last resident went crazy and murdered his family. But Jack is convinced it will be OK and he can use the quiet to overcome his writer's block. After months of solitude and silence however, Jack becomes a grumpy and later violent. Is it cabin fever or is there something in the hotel that is driving him mad?
One of the creepiest parts about the movie is the feeling of isolation that Kubrick makes. The hotel is very silent, and the rooms are huge, yet always empty. It is also eerily calm when Jack's son is riding his bike through the barren hallways. Jack Nicholson's performance is also one of his very best, scaring the hell out of me and making me sure to get out once in awhile. My favorite scene is when he is talking to a ghost from inside a walk-in refrigerator.
The Shining is tops for horror movies in my opinion, beating the snot out of crap like the Ring and The Blair Witch Project. It may be a oldie, but is definitely a goodie. 8/10