Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: The Shining
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From this Saturday at 2am Eastern, that’s 7pm Saturday in NZ, 5pm in Sydney and 7am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day , it’s The described movie The Shining from 1980.
The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson.
The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel The Shining, and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers and Danny Lloyd.
The central character in The Shining is Jack Torrance (Nicholson), an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies.
Wintering over with Jack are his wife Wendy Torrance (Duvall) and young son Danny Torrance (Lloyd).
Danny possesses "the shining", psychic abilities that enable him to see into the hotel's horrific past.
The hotel's cook, Dick Hallorann (Crothers), also has this and is able to telepathically communicate with Danny.
The hotel had a previous winter caretaker who went insane and killed his family and himself.
After a winter storm leaves the Torrances snowbound, Jack's sanity deteriorates due to the influence of the supernatural forces that inhabit the hotel, placing his wife and son in danger.
Production took place almost exclusively at EMI Elstree Studios with sets based on real locations.
Kubrick often worked with a small crew which allowed him to do many takes, sometimes to the exhaustion of the actors and staff.
The new Steadicam mount was used to shoot several scenes, giving the film an innovative and immersive look and feel. Because of inconsistencies, ambiguities, symbolism,
and differences from the book, there has been much speculation into the meanings and actions in the film.
The film was released in the United States on 23 May, 1980, and in the United Kingdom on 2 October, 1980, by Warner Bros.
There were several versions for theatrical releases, each being shorter than the prior, with about 27 minutes cut. Reactions to the film at the time of
its release were mixed, with Stephen King criticizing the film due to its deviations from the novel. The assessment became more favorable in following decades, and it is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential of all horror films.
The Shining is widely acclaimed by today's critics, and has become a staple of pop culture. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
A sequel, Doctor Sleep, is set to be released on November 8, 2019.
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick.
Produced by: Stanley Kubrick.
Screenplay by: Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson.
Based on: The Shining by Stephen King.
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers and Danny Lloyd.
Music by: Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind.
Cinematography: John Alcott.
Edited by: Ray Lovejoy.
Production company: The Producer Circle Company, Peregrine Productions and Hawk Films.
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Release date: 23 May , 1980 (United States), 2 October , 1980 (United Kingdom).
Running time: 146 minutes (premiere), 144 minutes (American), 119 minutes (European).
Country: United States and United Kingdom.
Language: English.
Budget: $19 million.
Box office: $44.4 million (North America).
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