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The Shining
1980
Opening with spectacular aerial shots of a beautiful, mountainous landscape, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic THE SHINING, based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, sucks the viewer into his frightening tale with quiet, relaxing visuals - but the ominous soundtrack warns that all is not right at the gorgeous Overlook Hotel. .. Read more
| Starring | Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd |
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| Director | Stanley Kubrick |
| Genres | Horror |
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The Shining
Opening with spectacular aerial shots of a beautiful, mountainous landscape, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic THE SHINING, based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, sucks the viewer into his frightening tale with quiet, relaxing visuals - but the ominous soundtrack warns that all is not right at the gorgeous Overlook Hotel. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson at his eyebrow-raising best), a Vermont schoolteacher, accepts a job as the winter caretaker of the glorious early-20th-century resort that operates only in warm weather because the snowy roads deny access in the colder months. Jack brings his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), with him, as well as his young son, Danny (Danny Lloyd)--who brings with him a little boy named Tony who lives in his mouth. As the Torrances settle in for the long, lonely months ahead, strange, unexplainable things start occurring in the hotel--and in every scene Jack seems to be growing a little more evil and dangerous...
With superb camerawork (the Steadicam follows the evil through narrow hallways and ornate rooms), extraordinary sound detail (the scene in which Danny rides his Big Wheel across the Overlook's hardwood and carpeted floors is an aural classic), and a terrifying score (based on the work of Bela Bartok), THE SHINING is an unforgettable masterpiece, a psychological supernatural thriller featuring outstanding performances from Nicholson and Duvall--and a cast of dead twin girls and suicidal ax-murdering ghosts, among other bloodcurdling figures.
| Starring | Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd |
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| Director | Stanley Kubrick |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 54 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 54 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 54 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 54 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Collections | 100 Horror Films, 100 must-see movies, 100 Top Thrillers |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English HD DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Released | Production year: 1980 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 02 Jul 2010 To Rent: DVD: 10 Sep 2001 Blu-ray: 03 Mar 2008 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
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Uninteresting ghost story sparked by meticulous detail and sets but finally vitiated by overlength and an absurdly over-the-top star performance.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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It's definitely Kubrick......really mediocre !
None of the hype of this film works for me. It's just like the vast majority of Kubrick pretentious drivel-----a non-event.
And it's not as ... read more » - 1055703
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Faithful to the book? No. A great movie? Oh yes!
As with all Stanley Kubrick's film treatments, this version of The Shining is not faithful to the book (a made-for-TV version was produced more recently ... read more »
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a book brought to life
pure classic film!!
Stanley Kubrick is an amazing director and for him to bring to life the best Stephen King book in my eyes is amazing.
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A classic horror
This is one of those classics that I have always wanted to see but had never quite got round to watching. Sometimes I find Kubrick's detached approach to ... read more »
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The Shining tops frightening film list
- 29 Oct 2009
The Shining has been named the most terrifying film of all time in a new poll. The 1980 Stanley Kubrick classic, starring Jack Nicholson as a deranged writer, topped the list of the world's scariest movies ahead of Rosemary's Baby, directed by Roman Polanski. The original Wicker Man from 1973 came in third in the Totalscifionline.com poll, which was dominated by horror classics. The top ten also included Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller Psycho, John Carpenters slasher Halloween, and Night of... Read more
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The Shining
Opening with spectacular aerial shots of a beautiful, mountainous landscape, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic THE SHINING, based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, sucks the viewer into his frightening tale with quiet, relaxing visuals - but the ominous soundtrack warns that all is not right at ...
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