The Shining - Stanley Kubrick [DVD]

Starring:
Jack Nicholson
Shelley Duvall

Director:
Stanley Kubrick
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Screenplay:
Stanley Kubrick (Screenplay)
Diane Johnson (Screenplay)
Stephen King (Book)
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Release Date: May 23, 1980 (USA)
Language: English
Country of Origin: United States
Format: DVD
Duration: 146 mins
Condition: Pre-owned

Jack Torrance is a frustrated writer who agrees to take the position of caretaker at the Overlook Hotel and ski lodge while they close for the harsh winter season. The manager warns Jack that, some years back, a previous caretaker, Dilbert Grady, went crazy and chopped up his family with an axe. Seemingly unconcerned by this horror story, Jack brings in his wife, Wendy (Shelly Duvall), and son, Danny (Danny Lloyd). Before they leave, however, Danny gets horrifying visions. We learn that at one point Jack was an alcoholic, and hurt Danny. Once at the Overlook, Danny meets the head cook, Dick Halloran (Scatman Crothers), who tells Danny that he has a special power, called "the shining." This is the ability to see things that have happened, that will happen, and have other ESP-type experiences. Soon, only Jack and his family are staying at the hotel. At first everything seems fine, but then Danny starts getting visions (in which the mysterious word "redrum" plays an important role), Jack starts lashing out at Wendy, and things seem to get worse and worse. Danny's increasing visions and Jack's increasing madness seem to run on parallel courses, until one or the other explodes.