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Plot. Jack Torrance takes a winter caretaker position at the remote Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, which closes every winter season. After his arrival, manager Stuart Ullman advises Jack that a previous caretaker, Charles Grady, killed his wife, two young daughters and himself in the hotel a decade prior.
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- The Shining (Franchise)
Jun 13, 1980 · A family stays at an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick.
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- Drama, Horror
- Stanley Kubrick
- 1980-06-13
The Shining. 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 ...
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- Stanley Kubrick
- R
- Jack Nicholson
Jun 18, 2006 · 7 min read. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), a recovering alcoholic child-abuser, faces his demons again when he agrees to become caretaker of an isolated hotel. Stanley Kubrick’s cold and frightening “The Shining” challenges us to decide: Who is the reliable observer? Whose idea of events can we trust?
After landing a job as an off-season caretaker, Jack Torrance, an aspiring author and recovering alcoholic, drags his wife Wendy and gifted son Danny to snow-covered Colorado's secluded Overlook Hotel. However, writer's block prevents Jack from pursuing a new writing career.
Jun 13, 2024 · On June 13, 1980, Warner Bros. bowed Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror film The Shining in theaters nationwide. The film, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, went on to gross $47...
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The Shining. All work and no play makes Academy Award® winner Jack Nicholson, the caretaker of an isolated resort, go way off the deep end, terrorizing his young son and wife Shelley Duvall. 30,340. IMDb 8.4 2 h 17 min 1980 X-Ray UHD R. Horror • Suspense • Cerebral • Ominous.