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Writers:
Stephen King (novel)
Stanley Kubrick (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
23 May 1980 (USA) more
Tagline:
The tide of terror that swept America IS HERE[UK Poster] more
Plot:
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 synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(136 articles)
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Best Horror Film I've Ever Seen more (1010 total)
Cast
(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 | |
| 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 |
Additional Details
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Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'
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142 min (cut) | 119 min (cut) (European version) | 146 min (original version)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
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 | Ireland:15 (re-rating) (2007) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2007) | Denmark:15 (DVD rating) | Denmark:16 (video rating) | Malaysia:U | USA:R (Rated R for intense sequences of violence and terror, language, and graphic nudity) | UK:18 (video rating) (1986) | Argentina:18 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Australia:M | Canada:18+ (Québec) | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | 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:15
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Because Danny Lloyd was so young and since it was his first acting job, Stanley Kubrick was highly protective of the child. During the shooting of the movie, Lloyd was under the impression that the film he was making was a drama, not a horror movie. He only realized the truth seven years later, when, aged 13, he was shown a heavily edited version of the film. He didn't see the uncut version of the film until he was 17 - eleven years after he'd made it. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Jack is using the ax to break through the door he only breaks through one of the the recessed panels and says, "Here's Johnny". But when he hears the snowmobile and turns and the shot changes, two of the panels are gone without him using the ax on them. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Jack Torrance:
Hi, I've got an appointment with Mr. Ullman. My name is Jack Torrance.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Baby Blues (2008/II) more
Soundtrack:
Kanon for 52 string orchestra and tape more
FAQ
I've heard mirrors are important in the film. Why is this?Why isn't the hedge maze visible in the exterior shots of the hotel at the end of the title sequence?
Why didn't Stephen King adapt his own novel for the movie?
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When this film first came out in 1980, I remember going to see it on opening night. The sheer terror that I experienced in viewing "The Shining" was enough to make me go to bed with the lights turned ON every night for an entire summer. This movie just scared the life out of me, which is what still happens every time I rent the video for a re-watch. I have seen The Shining at least six or seven times, and I still believe it to be simultaneously and paradoxically one of the most frightening and yet funniest films I've ever seen. Frightening because of the extraordinarily effective use of long shots to create feelings of isolation, convex lens shots to enhance surrealism, and meticulously scored music to bring tension levels to virtually unbearable levels. And "funny" because of Jack Nicholson's outrageous and in many cases ad-libbed onscreen antics. It never ceases to amaze me how The Shining is actually two films in one, both a comedy AND a horror flick. Ghostly apparitions of a strikingly menacing nature haunt much of the first half of the film, which gradually evolve into ever more serious physical threats as time progresses. Be that as it may, there is surprisingly little violence given the apparent intensity, but that is little comfort for the feint of heart as much of the terror is more implied than manifest. The Shining is a truly frightening movie that works symbolically on many levels, but is basically about human shortcomings and the way they can be exploited by unconscious forces combined with weakness of will. This film scares the most just by using suggestion to turn your own imagination against you. The Shining is a brilliant cinematic masterpiece, the likes of which have never been seen before or since. Highly, highly recommended. - Paul