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Nov 11, 2019 · Doctor Sleep, the new Stephen King movie from writer and director Mike Flanagan, tries to reconcile three essentially incompatible texts: Stephen King’s 1977 novel The Shining, Stanley...
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Nov 8, 2019 · Stephen King's sequel to 'The Shining' changed a lot on its way to the big screen. Here are the major differences between the Doctor Sleep book and Mike Flanagan's movie.
Mar 31, 2021 · From that we get a final confrontation that plays out completely different, a number of characters who survived the book but died in the film, and more. These are the biggest differences we found between the Doctor Sleep novel and film.
Jul 14, 2020 · Doctor Sleep Book vs Movie. By Marcos Luna. Updated July 14, 2020. The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep is now a feature film directed by Mike Flanagan. Based on the book written by Stephen King, the movie version of Doctor Sleep differs from its source material.
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- The Hedge Maze. In the novel, The Overlook is surrounded by a garden of animal topiaries that are equal parts the Weeping Angels from Doctor Who and big goofy bush monsters.
- The Ax. Arguably the most iconic image from Kubrick’s The Shining is Jack Torrance (Nicholson) smashing his way through a door with a fire ax. The ax and Nicholson’s performance are almost inseparable.
- Dick Hallorann. Dick Hallorann (Scatman Crothers), the kindly old psychic chef that befriends Danny, shows up at the end of the movie to save the day only to be instantly blasted out of this world with an ax to the chest delivered by Jack in pure Nicolas Cage mode.
- Danny's Abilities. It’s never explicitly stated in the film, and Kubrick seems to suggest that the hotel is haunted as shit regardless of who happens to be inside it at the time.
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Doctor Sleep. In the movie, Dr. Dalton overs him a job of being a janitor at a hospice. In the book it seems like Dan had worked in hospices before, and that is why he applies to the one here. His first job is working with the Teenytown people, but when the season ends, he applies to the hospice.
Jan 21, 2020 · The Doctor Sleep ending bridges the gap between Stephen King's book The Shining and Stanley Kubrick's movie, which King famously hated.
