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The Shining

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• Horror
• Drama

• 1980
• Stanley Kubrick
• 114 mins
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Summary

Stanley Kubrick's chilling horror, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. Aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic Jack Torrance takes on the job of winter caretaker at the remote Overlook Hotel, despite a warning about the psychological strain the long months of isolation can cause. Jack's wife Wendy only hopes that Jack will finally find the time to write, but his psychically gifted son Danny has visions of a terrifying ordeal for the family.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Adrian Turner

Stanley Kubrick's superb adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and young Danny Lloyd as the family that is invited to look after a remote mountain hotel when it's closed for the winter. It's not long before Nicholson becomes unhinged as a series of apparitions, hallucinations and time-warps begins to affect his sanity. Trust Kubrick to be different: this horror film chills rather than shocks, works by stealth and provides nothing but eerie discomfort. Filmed on an amazing set built at Elstree (the opening aerial scenes were shot by Kubrick's daughter at the Timberline Lodge in Oregon) using a gliding Steadicam throughout, the movie boasts a technique that's as overpowering as Nicholson's performance, which is both hammy and deeply disturbing.

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Cast

rolenameJack TorranceJack NicholsonWendy TorranceShelley DuvallDannyDanny LloydDick HallorannScatman CrothersUllmanBarry NelsonGradyPhilip StoneLloydJoe TurkelDoctorAnne JacksonDurkinTony BurtonYoung woman in bathtubLia BeldamWatsonBarry DennenOld woman in bathtubBillie GibsonForest rangerDavid BaxtForest rangerManning RedwoodGrady girlLisa BurnsGrady girlLouise BurnsNurseRobin PappasSecretaryAlison ColeridgePolicemanBurnell TuckerStewardessJana SheldonReceptionistKate Phelps

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rolenameDirectorStanley Kubrick

Details

Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2019-10-18

Languages

English

Guidance

Contains violence, swearing and nudity.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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