The Shining
- Release Date
- May 23, 1980
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Cast
- Jack Nicholson , Shelley Duvall , Danny Lloyd , Scatman Crothers , Barry Nelson , Philip Stone
- Runtime
- 146
- Main Genre
- Horror
- Studio
- Warner Bros.
- Writers
- Stephen King , Stanley Kubrick , Diane Johnson
- Tagline
- All work and no play make Jack a dull boy...
Summary
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in up in the secluded mountains of Colorado. Jack, being a family man, takes his wife (Shelley Duvall) and son (Danny Lloyd) to the hotel to keep him company throughout the long, isolated nights. During their stay, strange things occur when Jack's son Danny sees gruesome images powered by a force called 'the shining' and Jack is heavily affected by this. Along with writer's block and the demons of the hotel haunting him, Jack has a complete mental breakdown and the situation takes a sinister turn for the worse.
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