| The Shining (1980) | |
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| Rating: 8.5/10 (440,316 votes) Director: Stanley Kubrick Writer: Stephen King (novel), Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), Diane Johnson (screenplay) Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers Runtime: 144 min Rated: R Genre: Horror Released: 23 May 1980 |
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| Plot: A man, his son and wife become the winter caretakers of an isolated hotel where Danny, the son, sees disturbing visions of the hotel's past using a telepathic gift known as "The Shining". The father, Jack Torrance, is underway in a writing project when he slowly slips into insanity as a result of cabin fever and former guests of the hotel's ghosts. After being convinced by a waiter's ghost to "correct" the family, Jack goes completely insane. The only thing that can save Danny and his mother is "The Shining". |
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