The Shining
Written by:
Stephen King (novel)
Stanley Kubrick (screenplay)
Directed by:
Stanley Kubrick
Made in:
USA & UK in 1980
Actors:
Jack Nicholson .... Jack Torrance
Shelley Duvall .... Wendy Torrance
Danny Lloyd .... Danny Torrance
Scatman Crothers .... Dick Hallorann
Barry Nelson .... Stuart Ullman
Philip Stone .... Delbert Grady
Joe Turkel .... Lloyd, Overlook bartender
Plot:
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) gets a job as the custodian of the Overlook Hotel, in the mountains of Colorado. The place is closed down during winter, and Torrance and his family will be the only occupants of the hotel for a long while. When the snow storms block the Torrance family in the hotel, Jack's son Danny - who has some clairvoyance and telepathy powers - discovers that the hotel is haunted and that the spirits are slowly driving Jack crazy. When Jack meets the ghost of Mr. Grady, the former custodian of the hotel who murdered his wife and his two daughters, things begin to get really nasty... IMDB
Review:
A classic!
You can't find a movie as scary as this. Scary, thrilling, and extremely entertaining.
No one could have played Jack better than Jack Nicholson.
I don't think anything in this movie could be any more perfect than it already is.
If you haven't seen it, this one is a must!!
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