The Shining (Special Edition) (2-DVD) R
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 22 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 23, 2007
- Originally Released: 1980
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd & Scatman Crothers | |
Performer: | Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel, Tony Burton & Barry Dennen | |
Directed by | Stanley Kubrick | |
Edited by | Ray Lovejoy | |
Screenplay by | Stanley Kubrick & Diane Johnson | |
Original story by | Stephen King | |
Composition by | Walter Carlos | |
Produced by | Stanley Kubrick | |
Director of Photography: | John Alcott | |
Executive Production by | Jan Harlan |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"Here's Johnny!"
Entertainment Reviews:
Nicholson gives the performance of his life here, subtly changing from a vaguely defeated family man to a maniacally leering American version of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible.
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Newhouse News Service
Kubrick takes the trash material of the book so seriously, giving us optical purity, frame by languorous frame. But the material can't support that kind of handling, and we're denied the few simple pleasures we expect from a scare movie.
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Maclean's Magazine
Rating: 2/5 --
It just didn't speak to me. I thought it was way too long and a little too slow in pace.
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Medium Popcorn
Rating: 2/4 --
Shock effect and graphic imagery don't compensate for the sense of pointlessness and even distaste that is left at the end of the movie.
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New York Daily News
THE SHINING works as a standalone masterpiece.
Total Film
...Spellbinding....Nicholson's Jack is one of his most vibrant characterizations, furiously alive in every frame and fueled by an explosive anger...
New York Times
If The Shining isn't trivial, it certainly encourages one to think that it is. But, perhaps, even that's a change for the better. Generally, it's the other way around.
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Guardian
Product Description:
Opening with spectacular aerial shots of a beautiful, mountainous landscape, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic THE SHINING sucks the viewer into his frightening tale with quiet, relaxing visuals--but the ominous soundtrack warns that all is not right at the gorgeous Overlook Hotel. Based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, the film stars Jack Nicholson at his eyebrow-raising best in his portrayal of Jack Torrance, a Vermont schoolteacher working at the Overlook as a winter caretaker. The glorious early-20th century resort only operates in warm weather because the snowy roads deny access in the colder months, so Jack brings his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), with him, as well as his young son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), who possesses some unique psychic powers. As the Torrances settle in for the long, lonely months ahead, strange, unexplainable things start occurring in the hotel--and in every scene Jack seems to be growing a little more evil and dangerous....
Cinematographer John Alcott (who also worked on BARRY LYNDON and A CLOCKWORK ORANGE) allows his Steadicam to float eerily through the deserted halls and corridors of the hotel, creating a creepy air of tension as Jack plummets into madness. Kubrick's obsessive eye for detail is prevalent throughout; the famous scene where Danny rides his toy buggy through the hotel is remarkable for Alcott's gliding camerawork and the desolate sound of the wheels alternately scraping across the hardwood and carpeted floors. Nicholson and Duvall are outstanding throughout, with both actors running the full gamut of human emotions as the film races towards a thrilling conclusion. Supplemented by an oddball cast of dead twin girls, suicidal ax-murdering ghosts, Scatman Crothers as the hotel cook, and many other weird and wonderful figures, Kubrick's film is a pulse-racing treat that is among the best in his inimitable body of work.
Cinematographer John Alcott (who also worked on BARRY LYNDON and A CLOCKWORK ORANGE) allows his Steadicam to float eerily through the deserted halls and corridors of the hotel, creating a creepy air of tension as Jack plummets into madness. Kubrick's obsessive eye for detail is prevalent throughout; the famous scene where Danny rides his toy buggy through the hotel is remarkable for Alcott's gliding camerawork and the desolate sound of the wheels alternately scraping across the hardwood and carpeted floors. Nicholson and Duvall are outstanding throughout, with both actors running the full gamut of human emotions as the film races towards a thrilling conclusion. Supplemented by an oddball cast of dead twin girls, suicidal ax-murdering ghosts, Scatman Crothers as the hotel cook, and many other weird and wonderful figures, Kubrick's film is a pulse-racing treat that is among the best in his inimitable body of work.
Keywords:
Classic
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Family Interaction
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Ghosts
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Psychos
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Psychodrama
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Suspense
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Thriller
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Recommended
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Surreal
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Theatrical Release
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Essential Cinema
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