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The Shining (film)


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The Shining
The Shining (1980) U.K. release poster - The tide of terror that swept America IS HERE.jpg
UK theatrical release poster
Directed byStanley Kubrick
Produced byStanley Kubrick
Screenplay by
Based onThe Shining
by Stephen King
Starring
Music by
CinematographyJohn Alcott
Edited byRay Lovejoy
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • May 23, 1980 (United States)[1]
  • October 2, 1980 (United Kingdom)[2]
Running time
  • 146 minutes (premiere)
  • 144 minutes (American)[3]
  • 119 minutes (European)[4]
Country
  • United States[5]
  • United Kingdom[5]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$19 million[6]
Box office$45.7 million[6]

The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd.

The central character in The Shining is Jack Torrance (Nicholson), an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Wintering over with Jack are his wife, Wendy Torrance (Duvall) and young son, Danny Torrance (Lloyd). Danny possesses "the shining", psychic abilities that enable him to see into the hotel's horrific past. The hotel's cook, Dick Hallorann (Crothers), also has this ability and is able to communicate with Danny telepathically. The hotel had a previous winter caretaker who went insane and killed his family and himself. After a winter storm leaves the Torrances snowbound, Jack's sanity deteriorates due to the influence of the supernatural forces that inhabit the hotel, placing his wife and son in danger.

Production took place almost exclusively at EMI Elstree Studios, with sets based on real locations. Kubrick often worked with a small crew, which allowed him to do many takes, sometimes to the exhaustion of the actors and staff. The then-new Steadicam mount was used to shoot several scenes, giving the film an innovative and immersive look and feel. There has been much speculation into the meanings and actions in the film because of inconsistencies, ambiguities, symbolism, and differences from the book.

The film was released in the United States on May 23, 1980, and in the United Kingdom on October 2, 1980, by Warner Bros. There were several versions for theatrical releases, each of which was cut shorter than the one preceding it; about 27 minutes were cut in total. Reactions to the film at the time of its release were mixed; Stephen King criticized the film due to its deviations from the novel. The assessment became more favorable in following decades and it is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential horror films ever made. The Shining is widely acclaimed by today's critics and has become a staple of pop culture. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[7]