The Shining

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R,2hrs 24min

Genres:

Horror,Drama

Released:

May 23, 1980

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 ... Read Review

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	Jack Nicholson Jack Torrance Shelley Duvall Wendy Torrance Danny Lloyd Danny Torrance Scatman Crothers Dick Hallorann