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The Shining

starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Lisa Burns, Louise Burns, Scatman Crothers

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790742748
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0790742748
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 29, 1999
Running Time: 142 minutes
Sales Rank: 14499
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 23, 1980



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Amazon.com essential video:
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is less an adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling horror novel than a complete reimagining of it from the inside out. In King's book, the Overlook Hotel is a haunted place that takes possession of its off-season caretaker and provokes him to murderous rage against his wife and young son. Kubrick's movie is an existential Road Runner cartoon (his steadicam scurrying through the hotel's labyrinthine hallways), in which the cavernously empty spaces inside the Overlook mirror the emptiness in the soul of the blocked writer, who's settled in for a long winter's hibernation. As many have pointed out, King's protagonist goes mad, but Kubrick's Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is Looney Tunes from the moment we meet him--all arching eyebrows and mischievous grin. (Both Nicholson and Shelley Duvall reach new levels of hysteria in their performances, driven to extremes by the director's fanatical demands for take after take after take.) The Shining is terrifying--but not in the way fans of the novel might expect. When it was redone as a TV miniseries (reportedly because of King's dissatisfaction with the Kubrick film), the famous topiary-animal attack (which was deemed impossible to film in 1980) was there--but the deeper horror was lost. Kubrick's The Shining gets under your skin and chills your bones; it stays with you, inhabits you, haunts you. And there's no place to hide... --Jim Emerson

Amazon.com:
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is less an adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling horror novel than a complete reimagining of it from the inside out. In King's book, the Overlook Hotel is a haunted place that takes possession of its off-season caretaker and provokes him to murderous rage against his wife and young son. Kubrick's movie is an existential Road Runner cartoon (his steadicam scurrying through the hotel's labyrinthine hallways), in which the cavernously empty spaces inside the Overlook mirror the emptiness in the soul of the blocked writer, who's settled in for a long winter's hibernation. As many have pointed out, King's protagonist goes mad, but Kubrick's Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is Looney Tunes from the moment we meet him--all arching eyebrows and mischievous grin. (Both Nicholson and Shelley Duvall reach new levels of hysteria in their performances, driven to extremes by the director's fanatical demands for take after take after take.) The Shining is terrifying--but not in the way fans of the novel might expect. When it was redone as a TV miniseries (reportedly because of King's dissatisfaction with the Kubrick film), the famous topiary-animal attack (which was deemed impossible to film in 1980) was there--but the deeper horror was lost. Kubrick's The Shining gets under your skin and chills your bones; it stays with you, inhabits you, haunts you. And there's no place to hide... --Jim Emerson



Customer Reviews
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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Blu-ray Review - Worthy of purchase
We've all seen this one, know the lines, and you likely have this on VHS and DVD.

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great job!
I am very pleased with the purchase. I received it before the date and the product is in great condition. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Kubric at his best. Of course...
From the cinematography to the cast, this film is by far one of the best I have seen. The story of John, Wendy ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Masterpiece of Terror.
I am quite pleased to say that The Shining not only lives up to it's reputation but even exceeded nearly all the ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Classic Thriller
A suspense classic and excellant psychological thiller. Shelley Duvall and Jack Nickolson's performances are stellar ... Read More

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