The Shining (Original title)Stephen King's The Shining (Alternative title)
Dates: 1980 (Copyright), 05 October 1980 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Stanley Kubrick
Synopsis: Jack 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...
Genre: Horror
Subjects: Hotels, Writers, Mazes, Children, Snow, Predictions, Family, Mental disorders
Releases
Date: 1980not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 146 mins Length: 12924 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2012Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFI Bookings
Date: 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): English
Date: March 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 144 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1980 (Copyright), 05 October 1980 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirected by: Stanley Kubrick
Synopsis: Jack 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...
Genre: Horror
Subjects: Hotels, Writers, Mazes, Children, Snow, Predictions, Family, Mental disorders
Releases
Date: 1980not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 146 mins Length: 12924 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2012Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFI Bookings
Date: 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): English
Date: March 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 144 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©: Inc. Warner Bros, Produced in association with: The Producer Circle Company, Made by: Hawk Films, Production Company: Peregrine Productions, Distributed by: Warner Bros., Executive Producer: Jan Harlan, Produced by: Stanley Kubrick, [For] The Producer Circle Company: Robert Fryer, [For] The Producer Circle Company: Martin Richards, Mary Lea Johnson, Production Manager: Douglas Twiddy, Production Accountant: Jo Gregory, [Assistant Production Accountant]: Paul Cadiou, Production Assistant: Emilio D'Alessandro, Assistant to the Producer: Andros Epaminondas, Production Secretary: Pat Pennelegion, Marlene Butland, Producer's Secretary: Margaret Adams, Personal Assistant to the Director: Leon Vitali, [Production Assistant]: Ray Andrews, Location Research: Jan Schlubach, Location Research: Katharina Kubrick, Murray Close, Assistant Director: Brian Cook, Assistant Director: Terry Needham, Assistant Director: Michael Stevenson, Continuity: June Randall, Casting: James Liggat, Screenplay by: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson, Based upon the novel by: Stephen King, Photographed by: John Alcott, 2nd Unit Photography: Douglas Milsome, MacGillivray-Freeman Films, Helicopter Photography by: MacGillivray-Freeman Films, Camera Operator: Kelvin Pike, Camera Operator: James Devis, Steadicam Operator: Garrett Brown, Focus Assistant: Douglas Milsome, Maurice Arnold, Camera Assistant: Peter Robinson, Camera Assistant: Martin Kenzie, Danny Shelmerdine, Gaffer: Lou Bogue, Gaffer: Larry Smith, Grip: Dennis Lewis, Video Operator: Dan Grimmel, [Special Effects]: Alan Whibley, [Special Effects]: Les Hillman, Dick Parker, Film Editor: Ray Lovejoy, Assistant Editor: Gill Smith, Assistant Editor: Gordon Stainforth, Assistant Editor (2nd): Adam Unger, Steve Pickard, Production Designer: Roy Walker, Art Director: Les Tomkins, [Additional Art Director]: Norman Dorme, Décor Artist: Robert Walker, Set Dresser: Tessa Davies, Draughtsman: John Fenner, Draughtsman: Michael Lamont, Michael Boone, Property Master: Peter Hancock, Property Buyer: Edward Rodrigo, Karen Brookes, Property Man: Barry Arnold, Property Man: Philip McDonald, Peter Spencer, Construction Manager: Len Fury, Drapes: Barry Wilson, Master Plasterer: Tom Tarry, Head Rigger: Jim Kelly, Head Carpenter: Fred Gunning, Head Painter: Del Smith, Costume Designed by: Milena Canonero, Wardrobe Supervisor: Ken Lawton, Ron Beck, [Wardrobe Assistant]: Ian Hickinbottom, Veronica McAuliffe, Make-up by: Tom Smith, Make-up Artist: Barbara Daly, Hairstyles: Leonard, Titles: Chapman Beauvais, Titles: National Screen Service Ltd., Colour Grading: Eddie Gordon, Filmed with: Arriflex Cameras, Music by: Bela Bartók, Music by: Krzysztof Penderecki, Music by: Wendy Carlos, Music by: Rachel Elkind, György Ligeti, 20s Music Adviser: Brian Rust, John Wadley, Sound Recordist: Ivan Sharrock, Richard Daniel, Boom Operator: Ken Weston, Boom Operator: Michael Charman, Dubbing Mixer: Bill Rowe, Ray Merrin, Sound Editor: Wyn Ryder, Sound Editor: Dino Di Campo, Sound Editor: Jack Knight, Hotel Consultant: Tad Michel, Made at: EMI-Elstree Studios
Cast
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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), 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 (1st forest ranger), Manning Redwood (2nd forest ranger), Lisa Burns, Louise Burns (Grady daughter), Robin Pappas (nurse), Alison Coleridge (Susie, the secretary), Burnell Tucker (policeman), Jana Sheldon (stewardess), Kate Phelps (receptionist), Norman Gay (injured guest)