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The Shining

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The Shining
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R,2hrs 26min
Genres:
Horror,Drama
Released:
May 23, 1980
Director:
Stanley Kubrick
Distributor:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring:
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd  ...more
Synopsis: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" -- or, rather, a homicidal boy in Stanley Kubrick's eerie 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel. With wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and psychic son Danny (Danny Lloyd) in tow, frustrated writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a job as the winter caretaker at the opulently ominous, mountain-locked Overlook Hotel so that he can write in peace. Before the Overlook is vacated for the Torrances, the manager (Barry Nelson) informs Jack that a previous ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
Eliminating most of the supernatural episodes from the original Stephen King novel, Stanley Kubrick's version of The Shining is at once a coolly ironic near-parody (with a Jack Nicholson performance that defines "over the top") and a genuinely chilling dissection of how a family breaks down when the father cannot (or does not want to) perform his duties as provider and protector. Making the most of ... Full Review
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Jack Nicholson
Jack Torrance
Shelley Duvall
Wendy Torrance
Danny Lloyd
Danny Torrance
Scatman Crothers
Dick Hallorann
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Jack Nicholson in 1980's "The Shining"
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