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- BFI identifier57294
- Date1980 (Copyright)
1980-10-05 (Release) - Production countryUSA, United Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisJack Torrance, a struggling writer, agrees to act as caretaker for the Overlook Hotel in the mountains of Colorado while it is closed for the winter. He drives up with his wife Wendy and young son Danny, and they prepare for a few months of peace and solitude. Soon, however, Danny begins to have visions of the evil that lurks in the hotel, and Jack starts to become distracted... (Synopsis)
- Work history1st US release at 146m and after two weeks cut to 144m and previewed in London at that length, but then cut to 119m. From the cast listed, Jackson, Burton, Pappas, Tucker and Sheldon disappeared completely from the GB 119m version.
- Genre
- CategoryFiction
- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Stanley Kubrick
©: Inc. Warner Bros
Produced in association with: The Producer Circle Company
view all - CastJack Nicholson (Jack Torrance)
Shelley Duvall (Wendy Torrance)
Danny Lloyd (Danny Torrance)
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Title
The Shining (Original)
Stephen King's The Shining (Alternative)
- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
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- Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Mini poster with Canary Yellow background - SPD-894137
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- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes October 2012
BFI Southbank Programme Notes November 2012
BFI Southbank Programme Notes December 2013
BFI Southbank Programme Notes September 2017
BFI Southbank Programme Notes July 2017
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +The Shining
Work - 57294 - 1980 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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