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Post by ScreenHead One on Sept 14, 2022 13:54:32 GMT -6
*Making of 'The Shining' (1980) ~ docu j nicholson v kurrick t needham
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Post by ScreenHead One on Sept 14, 2022 14:04:28 GMT -6
*The Shining (1980)
8.40 Rating 146 min Built in 1907, the posh, grand and secluded Overlook Hotel, located in the mountains of Colorado, closes for the winter months as it was never designed as a ski resort, that seclusion and isolation which has always been its attraction for its upscale guests and which makes it largely inaccessible in the snowy winter. Having recently moved from Vermont to Boulder with his wife Wendy and their adolescent son Danny, former schoolteacher Jack Torrance has just accepted the five month job as the Overlook's winter caretaker in wanting uninterrupted solitude to start his new career as a writer. In accepting the job, Jack was not deterred in knowing of the incident ten years ago when the then hotel GM Charles Grady, acting as that season's winter caretaker, developed a severe case of cabin fever and ended up gruesomely killing his wife and two daughters before killing himself. Beyond a recent undiagnosed collapse experienced by Danny which may be an issue if it happens again at the hotel, Wendy is looking forward to this five month getaway. While Danny indirectly states he doesn't want to go, Wendy is not concerned about his emotional well being in this new situation as he, out of circumstance, has often been on his own without other children around, which has long ago led to him creating an imaginary friend named Tony who lives in Danny's mouth. When the Torrances arrive at the Overlook on October 30th, its last day of operation before they take over for the winter, Danny learns that there is someone at the hotel who knows his secret abilities in association to Tony's true nature. After the regular staff leaves for the winter and as winter truly sets in, the isolation of the resort begins to show itself. The question becomes which of the often battling powers in this isolation will ultimately come out on top: Wendy's mortal fortitude, Danny's secret ability which he learns is called the shining, or the hotel's associated secrets which are slowly overtaking Jack.
Country: United States, United Kingdom Genre: Horror Release: 1980 Director: Stanley Kubrick Production: Warner Bros, Peregrine, Hawk Films Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, David Baxt, Joe Turkel, Scatman Crothers,
Louise Burns, Kate Phelps, Alison Coleridge, Lisa Burns, Barry Nelson, Robin Pappas
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Post by ScreenHead One on Sept 14, 2022 14:08:43 GMT -6
*The Shining (1997) ~ miniseries
6.0 Rating As well-meaning as he is, ex-school teacher, writer, and former alcoholic Jack Torrance just can't catch a break. When he gets a job as winter caretaker for the Overlook Hotel, a secluded resort in the Colorado Rockies, he thinks it's a way to get his life back on track. He and his wife, Wendy, and son, Danny, will be the only people in the Overlook the entire winter. Everything seems to be going well at first. After the snow falls, however, Jack finds that they really aren't alone. Danny's precognitive power, his Shining, unlocks a dormant evil in the hotel and it preys on the entire family - through Jack.
Country: United States Genre: Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror Release: 1997 Director: Mick Garris Production: Warner Bros Television Cast: Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, Wil Horneff
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