Name: The Shining
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: 2016-09-26T16:04:24
Duration: 2 h 22 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers

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Release Date: May 23rd, 1980

DVD Release Date: June 29th, 1999

R|2 hr 22 min

Plot Summary
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and his son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack's writing goes nowhere and Danny's visions become more disturbing, Jack discovers the hotel's dark secrets and begins to unravel into a homicidal maniac hell-bent on terrorizing his family.

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joseph Turkel, Anne Jackson

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Production Co: Producers Circle, Peregrine, Warner Brothers, Hawk Films

Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast & Credits

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Jack Nicholsonas Jack Torrance
Shelley Duvallas Winifred "Wendy" Torrance
Danny Lloydas Danny Torrance
Scatman Crothersas Dick Hallorann

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75
Boston Globe
When you sit down to The Shining, you sit down with normal expectations of being diverted, perhaps even being gripped, but not being undermined. But the film undermines you in powerful, inchoate ways. It's a horror story even for people who don't like horror stories - maybe especially for them. [14 Jun 1980, p.1]
88
Roger EbertChicago Sun-Times
But there is no way, within the film, to be sure with any confidence exactly what happens, or precisely how, or really why. Kubrick delivers this uncertainty in a film where the actors themselves vibrate with unease. show more
38
Jay ScottThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Kubrick certainly doesn't fail small. One could fast forget The Shining as an overreaching, multi-levelled botch were it not for Jack Nicholson. Nicholson, one of the few actors capable of getting the audience to love him no matter what he does, is an ideal vehicle for Kubrick. [14 Jun 1980, p.E1]