The Shining Movie (1980)
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
Signing a contract, Jack Torrance, a normal writer and former teacher agrees to take care of a hotel which has a long, violent past that puts everyone in the hotel in a nervous situation. While Jack slowly gets more violent and angry of his life, his son, Danny, tries to use a special talent, the "Shining", to inform the people outside about whatever that is going on in the hotel.
Signing a contract, Jack Torrance, a normal writer and former teacher agrees to take care of a hotel which has a long, violent past that puts everyone in the hotel in a nervous situation. While Jack slowly gets more violent and angry of his life, his son, Danny, tries to use a special talent, the "Shining", to inform the people outside about whatever that is going on in the hotel.
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(1980) Jack Nicholson classic; directed by: Stanley Kubrick
technically stunning
technically stunning
A chilly movie!!
5 stars! 
5 stars you cannot be serious ,"One flew over the cuckoo nest" only got 2 and its better then this!!!!
HEEEEEEEEEEEEERE'S JOHNNY!
Brilliant movie.
One of Stans best films
IMO, Kubric was the best of best.
I'm not gonna hurt you, Wendy.
I'm not gonna hurt you, Wendy.
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Signing a contract, Jack Torrance, a normal writer and former teacher agrees to take care of a hotel which has a long, violent past that puts everyone in the hotel in a nervous situation. While Jack slowly gets more violent and angry of his life, his son, Danny, tries to use a special talent, the "Shining", to inform the people outside about whatever that is going on in the hotel.Details
- Rated: R
- Runtime: 2:26 hours
- Genre: Drama, Horror
- Director: Stanley Kubrick
- Writer: Stephen King (novel), Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), Diane Johnson (screenplay)
- Actors: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
- Language: English
- Country: UK, USA
- Awards: 3 wins & 5 nominations
- Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
- ASIN: B000GWE44U
- Year Released: 1980
- Release Date: Jun 12, 1980
- DVD Date: Jun 28, 1999
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