The Shining

Theatrical - Wide 1980-05-23

Cast Jack Nicholson Shelley Duvall Danny Lloyd Scatman Crothers Anne Jackson
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Written by Diane Johnson Stanley Kubrick

Box Office Gross: $44,781,695

Running Time: 144 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Peregrine, Hawk Films, The Producer Circle Co.

Genres: Horror Thriller

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10/10

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Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren’t prepared for the madness that... See more lurks within.

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