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The Shining

 
The Shining
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  • RELEASE DATE

    05/23/1980 - Nationwide

  • RUN TIME:

    1 hr. 59 min.

  • MPAA RATING:

    (R)

  • GENRE:

    Drama

  • STARRING:

    Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson

  • DIRECTOR(S):

    Stanley Kubrick

  • PRODUCER(S):

    Stanley Kubrick

  • WRITER(S):

    Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson, Stephen King

  • STUDIO:

    Warner Bros. Pictures

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Synopsis

Frustrated writer Jack Torrance takes a job as the winter caretaker at the ominous, mountain-locked Overlook Hotel so that he can write in peace. When he arrives there with his wife and son, they learn that the previous caretaker had gone mad. Slowly Jack becomes possessed by the evil, demonic presence in the hotel.

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