The Shining

  • Theatrical - Wide 1980-05-23
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Jack Torrance becomes the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel up in the secluded mountains of Colorado. Jack, being a family man, takes his wife and son to the hotel to keep him company throughout the long and isolated nights. During their... See more stay strange things occur when Jack’s son Danny sees gruesome images powered by a force called “The Shining” and Jack is heavily affected by this. Along with writer’s block and the demons of the hotel haunting him Jack has a complete mental breakdown and the situation takes a sinister turn for the worse.

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The Shining

Review Date: Director: Stanley Kubrick Writer: Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson (based on a novel by Stephen King) Producers: Stanley Kubrick Actors: Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance Shelley Duvall as Wendy Torrance Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance Scatman Crothers as...

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