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The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. It is based on Stephen King 's 1977 novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson , Danny Lloyd , Shelley Duvall , and Scatman Crothers .
Jun 13, 1980 · A family stays at a haunted hotel for the winter, where the father becomes violent and the son sees visions of the past and future. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic horror film based on Stephen King's novel.
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Danny, hiding in a kitchen cabinet, screams, revealing his location. He clambers out of the steel cabinet and runs outside. Meanwhile, Wendy has ventured from the bathroom and begun to search for Danny. The hotel has sprung to life and now even Wendy encounters its ghosts, sights that shock and horrify her.
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 ...
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Jun 18, 2006 · Roger Ebert analyzes Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's novel, exploring the themes of madness, isolation and psychic terror in a snowbound hotel. He questions the reliability of the characters' perceptions and the existence of ghosts and supernatural events.
