The Shining 1980

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 144 min

genre: horror

theme: psychological horror

director: Stanley Kubrick

Score: 8 / 10

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. The film presents the descent into insanity of a recovering alcoholic and aspiring novelist (Nicholson) who takes a job as winter caretaker for a haunted resort hotel with his wife (Duvall) and clairvoyant son (Lloyd).

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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author	Diane Johnson Stanley Kubrick Stephen King
contentLocation	Colorado
director	Stanley Kubrick
editor	Ray Lovejoy
events	alcoholism horror film supernatural
genre	horror
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musicBy	Wendy Carlos
nomination	Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
producer	Stanley Kubrick
productionCompany	Hawk Films Peregrine Productions
publisher	Columbia Pictures EMI Films Warner Bros. Pictures
recordedAt	California Colorado Hertfordshire Pinewood Studios
theme	ghost psychological horror