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Stephen King's The Shining (Two Disc Special Edition)

Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790772721
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790772728
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 07, 2003
Running Time: 273 minutes
Sales Rank: 10497
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 27, 1997

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Editorial Review:

Description:
Jack Torrance and his family move into the sprawling, vacant Overlook Hotel to get away from it all. Away from the alcoholism that derails Jack's writing career. Away from the violent outbursts that mar Jack's past. But Jack's young son Danny knows better. He possesses a psychic gift called the shining. - a gift the hotel's vile spirits desperately want.

DVD Features:
Additional Scenes:11 additional scenes
Audio Commentary:Feature-length commentary by Stephen King, cast members Steven Weber and Cynthia Garris, Director Mick Garris and select crew
Interactive Menus
Scene Access




Amazon.com:
Stephen King's The Shining is a new adaptation from the author himself, made for television, that bears very little resemblance to the 1980 Stanley Kubrick version. That's not surprising since Kubrick threw out most of King's novel and presented his own version of the story. Here King redresses the balance in a miniseries that follows his original almost to the letter, and manages to be effectively creepy despite the budget and censorship limitations of the TV format.

Stephen Weber takes over the role of Jack Torrance, the caretaker who slowly descends into madness in the haunted Overlook Hotel. His performance is as far from Jack Nicholson as you could get, with his insanity building slowly and menacingly rather than being virtually mad from the get-go. Rebecca De Mornay is superb as Wendy Torrance, struggling to hold her fragile family together amid the spooky goings-on. Young Courtland Mead plays Danny, whose unique gifts give the story its title, as one of those infuriating TV brats who overacts left, right, and center. Fortunately, there are enough creepy moments and a number of frights to hold the whole thing together, the woman-in-the-bathtub scene being a standout shocker. Sure, there is nothing quite like Nicholson's 'Here's Johnny!' moment, but this is the story King wanted to tell and it still shines brighter than most of the other recent screen adaptations of his work. --Jonathan Weir




Rating: - Very true to the book written by Stephen King!
This is a great movie if you are the type of person who likes a movie about a book to be true to the ... Read More

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Rating: - If You Want a Version Closer to the Book...This is It
This TV miniseries is much closer to King's book than the Kubrick enigma. The story is about a recovering ... Read More

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Rating: - King's flop makes Kubrick's masterpiece shine
Stanley Kubrick was a film artist. I am not sure what Stephen King is when it comes to film, but I do not believe ... Read More

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Rating: - Just like the book
I loved this movie! I had read the book 3 times and was always disappointed the the Stanley Kubrick's version strayed ... Read More

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Rating: - Fantastic remake of an already great movie
The original with Jack Nicholson was very good, this remake has so many extra goodies I love watching it over and over. ... Read More

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