Shining

Titolo originale: The Shining
Regia: Stanley Kubrick |
Anno: 1980
Origine: United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Horror Thriller
Tag: hotel | new year's eve | child abuse | based on novel or book | isolation | telepathy | delusion | halloween | snowstorm | colorado | seclusion | surrealism | writer's block | alcoholism | premonition | psychic power | caretaker | loneliness | vision | domestic violence | postmodern | psychological thriller | writer | twins | labyrinth | alcoholic | blizzard | mutilation | bloody body of child | extrasensory perception | uxoricide | motherhood | filicide | snowed in | burial ground | hypothermia | haunted hotel | psychological disintegration | paranoid | afi | pediatrician | repetition | mother son relationship | malicious | supernatural power | anxious | new year | supernatural horror | ghost child | psychotronic film | dreary | cabin fever | psychological horror | deal with the devil | nuclear family | avant garde | suspenseful | new year's party | identical twins |
Cast: Jack Nicholson | Shelley Duvall | Danny Lloyd | Scatman Crothers | Barry Nelson | Philip Stone | Joe Turkel | Anne Jackson | Tony Burton | Lia Beldam | Billie Gibson | Barry Dennen | David Baxt | Manning Redwood | Lisa Burns | Louise Burns | Robin Pappas | Alison Coleridge | Burnell Tucker | Jana Shelden | Kate Phelps | Norman Gay | Paul Desbois | Vivian Kubrick | Derek Lyons | Alan Harris | Peter McNamara | Guy Standeven | Reg Thomason |

L'aspirante scrittore Jack Torrance si trasferisce tra i monti per trovare il giusto isolamento che gli permetterà di completare il suo romanzo. L'uomo accetta quindi l'incarico di custode invernale di un enorme albergo tra le montagne, dove lo seguono la moglie e il figlioletto Danny, il quale possiede poteri paranormali che gli permettono di vedere nel passato e nel futuro.

Approfondimenti

Shining e l'Olocausto: Un'analisi delle interpretazioni e dei potenziali significati nascosti D
Shelley Duvall è l'unica ad aver interpretato un membro della famiglia Torrance il cui nome non è [...] D
Differenze tra romanzo, film, e miniserie D
The color red is visible, either overtly or subtly, in nearly every shot of the film. This is presum [...] D
Wendy Torrance says "like a ghost ship" when the manager Ullman tells her how deserted the Overlook [...] D
The miniseries and the novel goes into more detail about Jack Torrance's relationship with his fathe [...] D
To achieve the smoothness of the opening shots, cameraman Greg MacGillivray secured a wide angle Arr [...] D
Despite receiving generally unfavorable reviews upon its initial release, the film is now regarded a [...] D
Shelley Duvall suffered from several anxiety attacks and near mental collapse during the 56 weeks of [...] D
Shelley Duvall is the only actor or actress who played a member of the Torrance family whose charact [...] D
Stanley Kubrick also made casting decisions for dubbing actors in other countries. In Spain, actor a [...] D
Chevy Chase, Martin Sheen, Leslie Nielsen, and Christopher Reeve were considered for the role of Jac [...] D
The scrapbook that Jack finds in the novel makes a brief appearance next to his typewriter when Jack [...] D
Shelley Duvall has said that the incredible stress of filming under the direction of perfectionist S [...] D
Danny Torrance's imaginary friend, Tony, isn't given much of an explanation in the 1980 film, howeve [...] D
In the novel, Dick Hallorann's grandmother (and her great-grandmother) also had the Shining, and the [...] D
Vivian Kubrick: In the party scene. She wore a black dress and sat on the right side of the sofa clo [...] D
The book was written inside the Stanley Hotel. Stephen King stayed in the room that Danny is told no [...] D
Anjelica Huston lived with Jack Nicholson during the time of the shooting. She recalled that, due to [...] D
The hedge maze is original to the film. Though in 2015 the Stanley Hotel, the inspiration for Stephe [...] D
Jack Nicholson went to play the Joker in Batman (1989). Batman & Robin (1997) featured his cast mate [...] D
Longtime Denver-area television newscaster Bertha Lynn appeared in this movie, and the 1997 miniseri [...] D
Stanley Kubrick's first choice to play Danny Torrance was Cary Guffey, the young boy from Incontri r [...] D
This film is well known by fans for being one of the scariest and simultaneously greatest horror fil [...] D
The maze scenes took a month to film. D
The maze was constructed on an airfield near Elstree Studios, by weaving branches to chicken wire mo [...] D
For the scene in which Jack breaks down the bathroom door, the props department built a door that co [...] D
Approximately 4,000 people auditioned for the role of Danny Torrance over a six-month period. The in [...] D
As Hallorann's flight arrives in Denver just after eight a.m., this means that his flight from Miami [...] D
This film is one of the only adaptations of Stephen King's novels that King himself always remembere [...] D
The movie Doctor Sleep (2019) clarifies that Norman Gay's character, the "injured guest" is none oth [...] D
In the novel, the Overlook Hotel burned to the ground because of the boiler that Jack Torrance negle [...] D
The scene towards the end of the film, where Wendy is running up the stairway carrying a knife, was [...] D
The back-and-forth camera movement where Jack is breaking through the bathroom door mimicks the pan- [...] D
Most of the elaborate urban legends and conspiracy theories surrounding this film (ranging from it s [...] D
Early in the film, Danny leaves a doll lying around in the lobby of the hotel. It is black, and wear [...] D
Stanley Kubrick: [Bathrooms] Jack speaks to the ghost of Delbert Grady in the men's room. Later, Jac [...] D
Conspiracy theorists point to several symbols in the film as "evidence" that Stanley Kubrick was inv [...] D
Key scenes in this film are rendered in elaborate CG as being a level in the game that is central to [...] D
Many of the iconic scenes in the movie aren't in the book:-"Here's Johnny!"-Dick being killed.-Jack [...] D
Final film of Pauline Chamberlain. D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
Stephen King was quite disappointed in the final film. While admitting that Stanley Kubrick's visual [...] D
Philip Stone recalled of his scene with Jack Nicholson, "We shot it 50 or 60 times, I should think - [...] D
Additional name anomalies: Jack's interview at the beginning is with 2 actors named Barry: Barry Nel [...] D
Although the Grady girls are often referred to as twins by outside sources, they are actually 8 and [...] D
Shelley Duvall appeared in two movies in 1980, this one and Popeye - Braccio di ferro (1980). This o [...] D
The famous line, "Here's Johnny," was originally removed in the Spanish dubbed voice-over, as Johnny [...] D
Stephen King has never understood why people find this movie so scary. D
Danny's Shining is more powerful than Dick's in the novel. Danny can get information about someone j [...] D
In the source novel, Dick Hallorann survives (though Jack attacks him with a roque mallet, not an ax [...] D
The skeletons Wendy sees are those of certain people and extras seen alive in the ballroom scene. In [...] D
When Danny goes to explore Room 237 (Room 217) in the novel, there's also a scary fire hose outside [...] D
Was selected for preservation in the National Film Registy by the Library of Congress in 2018 for be [...] D
When Steadicam inventor and operator Garrett Brown was hired to work on the picture, he was assured [...] D
The "snowy" maze near the conclusion of the movie consisted of nine hundred tons of salt and crushed [...] D
Filmmakers tend to strictly follow what is known as the 180-Degree Rule when filming two characters [...] D
In the British television ad for the film, Jack can be seen tearing through the second door panel, a [...] D
In the New Year's Eve 1921 photograph, there's a man standing a little ways behind Jack Nicholson in [...] D
When Wendy is at Jack's desk in the dark main lobby, it is seen through the balcony that the haunted [...] D
Upon seeing the movie, Stephen King reportedly said "I think he set out to make a film that hurts pe [...] D
During the scene where Wendy brings Jack breakfast in bed, it can be seen in the reflection of the m [...] D
In 2012, it was ranked the 75th greatest film of all time in the Sight & Sound directors' poll. D
Danny is five in the novel, but seven in the 1997 miniseries and this movie. D
There were so many changes to the script during shooting (a scene change was made almost daily) that [...] D
The scene where Jack is chasing Danny through the maze took over a month to shoot. During the shoot, [...] D
The "Making-of" documentary shot by Vivian Kubrick shows that the hedge maze set, while nowhere near [...] D
Lia Beldam, who plays the nude young woman in the bathtub, said in a 2018 interview that she was wor [...] D
The Louisville Slugger baseball bat, with which Wendy Torrance bludgeons Jack, was signed by Carl Ya [...] D
As he lived in England, Stanley Kubrick was not at all familiar with the "Heeeeere's Johnny" line (f [...] D
To get Jack Nicholson in the right agitated mood, he was fed only cheese sandwiches for two weeks, w [...] D
To construct the interiors of the Overlook Hotel, Stanley Kubrick and production designer Roy Walker [...] D
The exterior scenes were filmed at the Timberline Lodge in Oregon where the manager asked the film m [...] D
Wendy Torrance swung the baseball bat forty-one times on film. D
Room 237 (217 in the novel) continues a theme in Stephen King novels of rooms with numbers having si [...] D
Stanley Kubrick originally wanted Slim Pickens to play the part of Hallorann, but Pickens wanted not [...] D
The famous opening scene was shot in Glacier National Park in Montana just north of St. Mary's Lake. [...] D
Jack Nicholson plays a character named Jack, who, in the bar scene drinks Jack Daniels. The characte [...] D
Film debut of Manning Redwood (Forest Ranger 2). D
There was no air conditioning on the sets, meaning it would often become very hot. The hedge maze se [...] D
Stanley Kubrick wanted to shoot the film in script order. This meant having all the relevant sets st [...] D
According to Shelley Duvall, the famous "Here's Johnny!" scene took three days to film and the use o [...] D
Stanley Kubrick had envisioned Shelley Duvall as his more timid, dependent version of Wendy Torrance [...] D
In the German-language version instead of "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," Kubrick used [...] D
As Jack creeps towards Wendy in the baseball bat scene, he is traveling in a counter-clockwise circu [...] D
In the novel and the film, people are still checking out of the Overlook Hotel when the Torrances ar [...] D
Delbert Grady, the waiter and butler from 1921, spills Advocaat (a yellow liqueur) on Jack in the Go [...] D
Jack Nicholson and Scatman Crothers had previously appeared together in Qualcuno volò sul nido de [...] D
During this grueling shoot, the Wimbledon tennis tournament was in full swing in the UK and Jack Nic [...] D
When discussing the original Stephen King book in an interview with critic Michael Ciment, director [...] D
When Danny is eating his sandwich after the first scene of Jack's interview, Wendy is reading The Ca [...] D
The events that take place in Room 237 with the nude woman do not occur in the novel. D
There are relatively few murders onscreen in the Shining; just one, Hallorann; and two if you count [...] D
Scatman Crothers was friends with Jack Nicholson, and when he heard about the role of Dick Hallorann [...] D
Along with "Questa terra è la mia terra (1976)," "Il maratoneta (1976)," and "Rocky (1976)," this [...] D
This movie, after Carrie - Lo sguardo di Satana (1976), is the second theatrical adaptation based of [...] D
The film was released in the United States on Scatman Crothers' seventieth birthday. D
Judging by the size of the stack of the manuscript, Jack has typed approximately four hundred pages [...] D
Neither Lia Beldam (young woman in bath) nor Billie Gibson (old woman in bath) appeared in another m [...] D
In the novel, Wendy is first attacked by Jack with a roque mallet. In the movie, she serves the firs [...] D
According to Vivian Kubrick in her "making of", Stanley Kubrick's secretary spent weeks, if not mont [...] D
Garrett Brown accomplished many of the ultra-low tracking corridor sequences from a wheelchair, on w [...] D
Saul Bass reportedly produced around three hundred versions of the film's poster before Stanley Kubr [...] D
Stephen King tried to talk Stanley Kubrick out of casting Jack Nicholson in the lead, suggesting, in [...] D
This is the second movie in which Jack Nicholson's character is kissing a beautiful woman as she tur [...] D
Jack Black has stated that this movie is his favorite. D
This was the first horror film starring Jack Nicholson since Roger Corman's "La vergine di cera (196 [...] D
For the scenes when Jack can be heard typing, but what he is typing is off-screen, Stanley Kubrick r [...] D
James Mason can be seen visiting the set of Stanley Kubrick's Shining (1980) in Arena: Making 'The S [...] D
The role of Lloyd the Bartender was originally to have been played by Harry Dean Stanton, who was un [...] D
Stanley Kubrick, known for his compulsiveness and numerous retakes, got the difficult shot of blood [...] D
According to Stephen King, the title is inspired by the refrain in the The Plastic Ono Band's song, [...] D
In their 1985 song "Last Time Forever", which was about domestic violence , British pop group Squeez [...] D
In the original screenplay, Jack Torrance was to say "That's all, folks!" rather than "Here's Johnny [...] D
According to Variety Magazine, the film took almost 200 days to shoot. However, according to assista [...] D
Stephen King got the idea for the book while his family were staying at the Stanley Hotel in Estes P [...] D
There is a character named Richard Haloran (slightly different spelling) in the film Terrore alla 13 [...] D
During filming, Stanley Kubrick made the cast watch "Eraserhead - La mente che cancella (1977)," "Ro [...] D
According to 2nd unit cameraman Jeff Blyth, a scene was filmed on the Pacific Coast Highway in which [...] D
John Williams was initially set to provide the score, until Stanley Kubrick decided to go with a sel [...] D
Right when he was offered to make the film, Stanley Kubrick already knew that he wanted to change th [...] D
Following the film's initial mixed reception, "The Shining" was nominated for two Golden Raspberry A [...] D
The exteriors of the Overlook Hotel where shot at Borehamwood Studios outside London. D
In the party scene, Stanley Kubrick told the extras to mouth their words. D
Italian censorship visa # 75969 delivered on 10 December 1980. D
Stanley Kubrick considered Robert De Niro and Robin Williams for the role of Jack Torrance, but deci [...] D
The scene where Wendy is running and sees a room where a man in a bear costume is having sex with th [...] D
On the DVD commentary track for Arena: Making 'The Shining' (1980), Vivian Kubrick reveals that Shel [...] D
Early on, Danny is watching a Wile E Coyote And The Roadrunner cartoon on TV. Fans of the cartoon se [...] D
The iconic scene where Jack Torrance goes into Room 237 and finds a naked and attractive woman only [...] D
Stephen King said Stanley Kubrick's version of Wendy Torrance is one of the most misogynistic charac [...] D
A lot more of the most iconic moments in the film, including the elevator full of blood and the line [...] D
Every time Jack talks to a "ghost", there's a mirror in the scene, except in the food locker scene. [...] D
Billie Gibson, the old woman in the tub, is often confused with Ann Gibson, Mel Gibson's late mother [...] D
Outtakes of the shots of the Volkswagen Beetle travelling towards the Overlook Hotel at the start of [...] D
At the time of release, it was the policy of the MPAA to not allow the portrayal of blood in trailer [...] D
In an edition of Radio Times, in his Film of the Week column, Andrew Collins reviewed this movie. An [...] D
The throwing around of the tennis ball inside the Overlook Hotel was Jack Nicholson's idea. The scri [...] D
One of Stanley Kubrick's favorite films was Eraserhead - La mente che cancella (1977), directed by D [...] D
While director Stanley Kubrick was famously very demanding and intimidating on set, to the point of [...] D
In the bar scene where Jack has some bourbon, the dialogue includes: "I like you Lloyd. You wer [...] D
Dick was pushing sixty in the novel, but Scatman Crothers was 69 going on 70. D
David Baxt, the forest ranger that talks to Wendy over the radio was also in Batman (1989) with Jack [...] D
Bill Watson was the caretaker at the Overlook Hotel the rest of the year in the novel. There is a "B [...] D
The movie has achieved the status of classic and is generally considered a horror masterpiece in spi [...] D
Prior to hiring Diane Johnson as his writing partner, Stanley Kubrick rejected a screenplay written [...] D
Shelley Duvall suffered from nervous exhaustion throughout filming, including physical illness and h [...] D
The MPAA did not allow blood to be shown in any trailers that would be seen by all ages. Stanley Kub [...] D
In a recent interview, Stephen King said that although there were bad feelings and a lot of bitterne [...] D
Stanley Kubrick was very unimpressed with Stephen King's writing right after he saw Carrie - Lo sgua [...] D
Steven Spielberg praised the scene in which Wendy finds Jack's "novel" and is confronted by him, as [...] D
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film, for a television commercial in 2010 for Premier Inn h [...] D
When Jack uses an axe to break through the bathroom door, he shouts "Here's Johnny". This was a refe [...] D
The scene of Hallorann approaching the hotel in the snowcat was shot in real snow approaching the re [...] D
A lot of the incidental music is very similar to that used in 2001: Odissea nello spazio (1968). Spe [...] D
This was voted the ninth scariest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly. D
Jack Nicholson and Stanley Kubrick both worked with several actors and directors on other films conn [...] D
There is a great deal of confusion regarding this film and the number of retakes of certain scenes. [...] D
According to Vivian Kubrick in her commentary on Arena: Making 'The Shining' (1980), Margaret Adams, [...] D
When Hallorann makes the phone call, the set is very dark and with eerie blue overtones. In the back [...] D
Stanley Kubrick had always made many changes to all of his films that were based on books. D
Denver media was used twice in the film. While driving up to Sidewinder in a blinding snowstorm, Dic [...] D
Despite his reported abuse of Shelley Duvall on-set, Stanley Kubrick spoke very highly of her abilit [...] D
The 7 minute scene where Hallorann discusses with Danny when he first arrives at the hotel about the [...] D
Less than a year after The Shining was released, director Boris Sagal was severely injured and later [...] D
The book that Jack was writing contained the one sentence ("All work and no play makes Jack a dull b [...] D
Jack tells Lloyd in the bar that Danny once messed around with his work papers. This mirrors an even [...] D
In the scene where Wendy and Danny are watching TV; they are watching Summer of 42. D
As Jack enters the hotel for the first time and stops at the Reception desk, he walks right in front [...] D
Danny hid the Shining from Jack and Wendy in the book. D
Like a lot of critics, Stephen King included, Pauline Kael marvels at the technological accomplishme [...] D
Blizzards are in both The Shining and Misery, another Stephen King novel. Incidentally, the weapons [...] D
Warner Bros. previously offered Stanley Kubrick the chance to direct L'esorcista (1973). As well, th [...] D
Stanley Kubrick decided that having the hedge animals come alive (as they do in the book) was unwork [...] D
Steven Spielberg visited Elstree Studios to prepare to film I predatori dell'arca perduta (1981), an [...] D
The two Ray Noble and His Orchestra songs used were not actually from the 1920s: "Midnight, the Star [...] D
Danny Torrance puts his hands over his face and then peeks through his fingers when he sees the ghos [...] D
Scatman Crothers plays a character called Turkel in Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo (1975). Act [...] D
Jack Nicholson portrayed Jack Torrance in this movie. Carel Struycken portrays Grampa Flick in Docto [...] D
The kitchen set was actually just a backstage area at Elstree Studios, and Kubrick's personal office [...] D
Subtle foreshadowing: Jack's tie is the hedge maze. D
The snow began to bury the Overlook Hotel in the novel. D
One of the shots in the part where Jack is bouncing a ball against a wall took several days to film. [...] D
Stephen King was disappointed in this film. In an interview in the June 1986 issue of American Film, [...] D
Lloyd the bartender shares an old adage with Jack, "Women - you can't live with them; you can't live [...] D
Since Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall spoke in thick New Jersey and Texas accents respectively, Ku [...] D
Jack Nicholson and Scatman Crothers appeared in Il re dei giardini di Marvin (1972), Due uomini e un [...] D
This film was shot in the same film studio that was used for L'Impero colpisce ancora (1980). In fac [...] D
In the novel, the woman in the bathtub (in room 217) had killed herself because she was abandoned by [...] D
The eerie "music for strings" section of the soundtrack was previously used in two Doctor Who (1963) [...] D
Alcohol consumption was a federal crime between 1919 and 1933. The year Jack appears to have photogr [...] D
According to the time line presented the film (the closing date of the hotel is Oct. 30, according t [...] D
When first released, the film had an alternate ending. After the shot of Jack's body, the film disso [...] D
There are 200 extras in the party scene. D
At the same time that Wendy and Danny walk around the maze, Jack is seen looking at a scale model of [...] D
Danny riding his tricycle down the hallway is a nod to Il presagio (1976). D
Peter Straub says The Shining "is obviously a masterpiece, probably the best supernatural novel in a [...] D
The Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, Oregon, was used for the front exterior, but all of the interior [...] D
The axe Jack, portrayed by Jack Nicholson, hits Hallorann with in the movie was a prop axe, so Nicho [...] D
Jack Nicholson claimed that the scene where Jack snaps at Wendy for interrupting his writing was the [...] D
Tony Burton, who had a brief role as Larry Durkin the garage owner, arrived on-set one day carrying [...] D
Music would often be played on-set to help Danny Lloyd get into the right spirit for each scene. D
Stanley Kubrick was involved in the casting of the German dubbing of the movie. He chose Jörg Ple [...] D
Stanley Kubrick: [faces] Jack, as he chases his son through the maze. D
The only shot in the film not achieved in-camera was the slow zoom in on the model of the maze, with [...] D
Stanley Kubrick included a lot of Native American imagery, as well as stories of the hotel having to [...] D
The Overlook is built on one (Indian burial ground). In 1987 San Francisco Chronicle columnist Bill [...] D
Released just two weeks after Venerdì 13 (1980). D
James Brolin and Harrison Ford were considered for the role of Jack Torrance. Ford was probably not [...] D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd. D
After Barry Lyndon (1975), Stanley Kubrick started researching his next project by reading a lot of [...] D
Wendy, at the breakfast scene in the beginning of the film, is reading "The Catcher In The Rye" by J [...] D
The 1921 photograph prop still survives, intact, and can be seen in Stanley Kubrick exhibitions. It [...] D
Knowing of his interest in the paranormal, then-Warner Bros. president John Calley sent Stanley Kubr [...] D
Jack's typewriter was an Adler Eagle. D
Even though it is a horror film, there are only two deaths in the film. Dick is killed with an ax to [...] D
There is only one on-screen murder in the film. D
Stanley Kubrick's perfectionism extended to insisting that the cast members be on-set to be measured [...] D
Stephen King said that he really loved all of Stanley Kubrick's films a lot except for this one, the [...] D
Danny's middle name in the novel is Anthony, from where "Tony" was derived. D
There are a lot of comparisons between this movie and Session 9 (2001), but blink and you'll miss it [...] D
The title theme is an expanded version of a specific excerpt in the Arancia meccanica (1971) main th [...] D
The original theatrical aspect ratio for this movie is 1.85:1, however the film was shot using the e [...] D
Body Count: 2 D
The outtakes link between this movie and Blade Runner (1982) was not the only element that connected [...] D
Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind wrote and performed a full electronic score for the film, but Stanley [...] D
The ghost of an injured guest says "Great party, isn't it?" In the book, the ghost of Horace Derwent [...] D
Stanley Kubrick was a huge fan of David Lynch's Eraserhead - La mente che cancella (1977). Lynch's a [...] D
Danny was five in the novel, and eight by the time of the sequel, Doctor Sleep. In this film, he suc [...] D
The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list. D
The magazine that Jack reads in the lobby and tosses back onto the chair when arising to greet Stuar [...] D
Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall have expressed open resentment against the reception of this film, [...] D
It is possible that Stanley Kubrick had repeated the takes of scenes over a hundred times because th [...] D
Jack asks the bartender for "hair of the dog that bit him" (slang for a strong drink to try and alle [...] D
The most accurate model of the famous maze prop that Jack looks over in the lobby was made by Adam S [...] D
In the book and the 1997 miniseries, Jack is writing a play, but it's not known if that's what he ca [...] D
Regarded as the greatest horror film ever made by some and the most overrated horror film by others. D
Much like the casting of the character Jack, Stephen King also disliked the casting of Shelley Duval [...] D
This is the first film of Stanley Kubrick's to include the use of a Steadicam. He found the current [...] D
As Jack's sinking into the alternate world increases, his financial situation appears to change. Whe [...] D
In the mid 2000s, there was a trend of editing trailers for famous movies which drastically changed [...] D
In 2015, visual effects creators Adrien Dezalay, Emmanuel Delabaere, and Simon Philippe directed a d [...] D
All of the interior rooms of the Overlook Hotel were filmed at Elstree Studios in England, including [...] D
Jack Nicholson suggested Scatman Crothers for the film. Crothers had a tough time on this movie, wit [...] D
The film shows an upbeat relationship between Stuart Ullman and Jack Torrance, in contrast to the no [...] D
In the French language dub of the movie, Jack says "Coucou Chérie!!" instead of "Heeere's Johnny! [...] D
During an interview for Britain's The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003), Shelley Duvall revealed tha [...] D
Because Danny Lloyd was so young, and since it was his first acting job, Stanley Kubrick was highly [...] D
In the original novel, Bill Watson is described as a heavy set, foul mouthed older man. Here, he's p [...] D
Wendy sees the bruises on Danny's neck and thinks that Jack did this. Later, when Danny tells her it [...] D
The shot of the tennis ball rolling into Danny's toys took fifty takes to get right. D
Jack Nicholson was Stanley Kubrick's first choice for the role of Jack Torrance. D
The paintings of topless African American women with huge afros on the walls of Hallorann's bedroom [...] D
In Stanley Kubrick's original treatment, the resolution was completely different. Originally, instea [...] D
Barry Nelson, the interviewer at the start of the movie, was the first to play James Bond. Climax!: [...] D
The drinks that are spilled on Jack are advocaat (sometimes called advocatenborrel, which means "law [...] D
Stephen King references 2001: Odissea nello spazio (1968), another Stanley Kubrick film, on page 98 [...] D
The story was eventually re-adapted as a 1997 miniseries that followed Stephen King's book more clos [...] D
Jack Nicholson and Joe Turkel rehearsed the "Gold Room" scene for six weeks. Turkel said it was his [...] D
Jack's car is a 1973 Volkswagen Sedan 'Beetle' [Typ 1]. D
The two daughters of Delbert Grady (the caretaker from 1970) speak in British accents, as does the w [...] D
Stanley Kubrick: [zoom] When Dick Hallorann is on his bed watching television. D
Stanley Kubrick: [three-way] Danny vs. the Overlook Hotel vs. Jack. D
Various critics have pointed out how this might be a coming of age story for the characters; particu [...] D
Final film role of Pauline Chamberlain. She has an uncredited appearance as the woman in the black g [...] D
The scene where Jack Nicholson is in the enormous hotel lobby, throwing a ball while he seeks inspir [...] D
Norman Gay: The injured guest who frightens Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) by saying "Great party, [...] D
The 1921 photograph at the end of the film was a genuine 1920s photo, with Jack Nicholson's head air [...] D
A prominent piece of music used in the film, Utrenja Ewangelia composed by Krzysztof Penderecki, is [...] D
Danny rides in circles around the Overlook hallways, including the Colorado Lounge and the room 237 [...] D
Stanley Kubrick personally panned the camera during the famous shot of Jack swinging the ax into the [...] D
Danny Lloyd grew up to be a professor of biology at a community college in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. D
Stanley Kubrick originally wanted approximately seventy takes of the scene where Dick Hallorann (Sca [...] D
Despite Stanley Kubrick's fierce demands on everyone, Jack Nicholson admitted to having a good worki [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the top 100 Most Heart-Pounding American M [...] D
Danny croaks "redrum" forty-three times before his mother wakes up, and Jack starts to break into th [...] D
Wendy (Shelley Duvall) smokes Virginia Slims Full Flavor 120s in the scene where she and the doctor [...] D
A stack of records can be seen on the floor beside Dick Hallorann's TV in his room. The record at th [...] D
During the making of the movie, Stanley Kubrick would occasionally call Stephen King at 3:00 a.m. an [...] D
Stephen King was first approached by Stanley Kubrick about making this movie via an early morning ph [...] D
Although a key point in the novel, the hotel boiler is only mentioned and shown once in the film. D
The two tracked vehicles in the movie are the Activ Fischer VW Powered 4 Speed Snow-Trak (referred t [...] D
During the Closing Day segment of the movie, Dick Hallorann talks to Danny and Wendy extensively abo [...] D
Monday, September 29th, 1980 was the night of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)'s annua [...] D
Jack Nicholson and Joe Turkel were both in The St. Valentines Day Massacre (1967), although they did [...] D
The movie's line "Here's Johnny!" was voted as the #68 movie quote by the American Film Institute (o [...] D
Kubrick e Lynch. 'Shining' e 'Eraserhead - La mente che cancella' D
Nicholson, Turkel e Il massacro di San Valentino D

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The light switches in the Overlook hotel are mounted high up on the wall as is typically done in Eng [...] D
When Wendy brings Jack breakfast in bed, she brings him eggs made sunny side up. Any eggs should hav [...] D
When Jack is walking towards the Gold Room, his image is not reflected in the last mirror. D
Jack's typewriter changes from a white manual Alder to black model of the same make. D
When Jack enters the hotel manager's office to disable the radio, there is a light switch on the wal [...] D
When Hallorann and Danny are talking about "the Shining", the camera goes back and forth between clo [...] D
Shadows from camera equipment are occasionally visible on Danny's back when he is riding through the [...] D
When Stuart Ullman is interviewing Jack, he has a name plate on his desk. When Wendy finds the switc [...] D
When Danny is writing "REDRUM" on the wall, the knife's handle is turned to him. When he approaches [...] D
When Jack is using the ax to break through the door, he only breaks through one of the recessed pane [...] D
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 pictured in-flight as Dick Hallorann's trip from Miami to Denver's Stapl [...] D
When Wendy hits Jack over the head with the baseball bat on the staircase, the bat flexes, revealing [...] D
[Around 02:08:40] When Jack strikes Hallorann in the chest with his axe, blood is seen gushing out f [...] D
During the long shot of the Overlook Hotel in the beginning (right before The Interview title card), [...] D
Mrs. Torrance's cigarette ash when she discusses Danny with the doctor. D
When Jack is talking to Lloyd at the bar the second time, we can clearly see ice cubes in Jack's gla [...] D
In the end credits, Special Effects is misspelled as Speical Effects. D
The shadow from the camera is visible on Wendy and Jack when they enter the apartment for the first [...] D
When Jack enters Mr. Ullman's office for the interview, you can see Kubrick's head and a crew member [...] D
Wendy's hand when Jack is talking about his nightmare. D
During Torrance's second visit to the Gold Room bar, the level of whiskey in the glass goes up betwe [...] D
When Jack leans over the model of the hedge maze in the hotel lobby, the size and configuration of t [...] D
As Wendy enters the bathroom to escape from Jack, the lampshade beside the bed is crooked. When Jack [...] D
In the "1:00" chapter, while the plane Dick Hallorann is on approaches Denver, the sky is sunny and [...] D
When Mr. Ullman interviews Jack and explains why the hotel is closed for the winter, he finished his [...] D
As Jack is talking to Mr. Grady in the men's room, and Grady puts down the tray, it moves from betwe [...] D
In the film's final action scene, when Jack is chasing Danny through the maze, there's never any evi [...] D
Throughout the film, the Gold Room sign is located at the entrance of the Gold Ballroom. At the very [...] D
During Hallorann's phone conversation with Larry, his scarf changes positions from being inside his [...] D
When the family drives to the hotel at the start of the movie, Wendys window is all the way down, ev [...] D
When Wendy drags Jack into the food storage room we see a bunch of knives on a small wall. Wendy loc [...] D
In his job interview, Ullman tells Jack the name of the previous caretaker which was, as Ullman says [...] D
When Wendy is explaining Danny's injury to the doctor, she says that at the time of the incident, Ja [...] D
When Danny has the tennis ball rolled to him in the Overlook Hotel, the carpet pattern on the floor [...] D
Just before Wendy and Danny enter the maze outside the hotel for the first time, they pass a hut nea [...] D
After Jack kills Hallorann, the head of the ax is bloody as would be expected. When Jack is subseque [...] D
After killing Hallorann, Jack goes to the Overlook front doors. Hallorann had recently squeezed into [...] D
When Danny first discovers Room 237 while riding his tricycle, there is a door to the top right of h [...] D
(at around 1h 45 mins) Jack is chasing Wendy on the stairs. When the camera is on Jack, he has his h [...] D
When Jack calls Wendy after his interview, there is a woman behind him, in a chair, reading a magazi [...] D
When Jack and Danny are sitting on the bed talking, Jack's left hand alternates between being down a [...] D
In the game room, a US flag is hung vertically on the wall, but with the blue corner at the top righ [...] D
The Steadicam's shadow is briefly visible during the final chase through the maze. D
When Danny and Hallorann are discussing "the Shining" over a bowl of ice cream, the shots of Danny c [...] D
The location in the film is supposed to be Colorado state in the United States. However, because the [...] D
Some viewers have suggested that there is no explanation as to how Jack escaped from the food storag [...] D
At the beginning of the movie, when Danny and Wendy are still in Boulder, we see Danny talking to To [...] D
When Danny and Halloran talk together, the ice cream residue in Danny's dish changes between shots, [...] D
Jack orders a "bottle of bourbon" from Lloyd - however, Lloyd gives a bottle of whiskey. Jack Daniel [...] D
When Jack is at his typewriter, and Wendy asks "get a lot written today?" there is a table and chair [...] D
When Jack is in bathroom scene, he says to Delbert Grady: "You killed your wife and daughter." Right [...] D
When Wendy gets up to run into Danny's room when he's screaming "Redrum", she has a cigarette in her [...] D
Dick Hallorann opens the freezer door with his left hand and the door's handle is on the right. When [...] D
During the job interview Ullman tells Jack that there is no skiing in the area, but in the first aer [...] D
The positioning of Danny's hands and the ice cream bowl when he and Hallorann are talking about Shin [...] D
While Wendy and Danny are in the bathroom hiding from Jack, the interior shots show snow accumulated [...] D
The first time we see Jack's typewriter at the Overlook Hotel, it is a small white typewriter. Later [...] D
When Jack is angry in the kitchen after his argument with Wendy, he knocks kitchen utensils off the [...] D
The last picture of the arrival sequence in the beginning of the movie is an aerial shot. During thi [...] D
A cigarette butt in the glass ashtray that Ullman has on his desk disappears and reappears twice dur [...] D
The Maze not being shown in the opening of the film is due to its location could easily be behind th [...] D
Wendy's hand placement on the bat when Jack is chasing her up the stairs. Up until the time she hits [...] D
When Jack is being interviewed for the job, there are numerous cuts between him and Ullman. If you l [...] D
The song played in the ballroom scenes is "Midnight, the Stars, and You", which wasn't recorded, by [...] D
There are several large windows along a wall in the master bedroom of the caretaker's quarters. Howe [...] D
When Wendy visits Jack in the lobby while he is typing (where he gets very agitated that she has int [...] D
Wendy is "from Vermont," but has an unmistakable Texas accent. D
When Larry is walking into Durkin's garage and the phone is ringing. Larry tosses his gloves on the [...] D
The positions of Danny's bowl of ice cream change when Halloran and he are talking about The Shining [...] D
When Jack is driving to the motel at the beginning for his interview, the shadow of a helicopter can [...] D
Many seemingly continuity errors such as background items disappearing and reappearing, doors openin [...] D
The position of the knife when Wendy locks herself in the bathroom. D
When Jack Torrance is at his appointment with Mr. Ullman, he talks about the tragedy that took place [...] D
Obviously empty boxes fall on Jack when he gets up and stumbles into them after Wendy locks him in t [...] D
[Around 02:08:19] When Hallorann arrives at The Overlook Hotel looking for the family, the overhead [...] D
When Jack talks with Lloyd the bartender for the first time, you can see two errors: the pattern of [...] D
Danny writes 'redrum' on the bathroom door with lipstick. When Jack starts chopping the door, the wr [...] D
The amount of sandwich eaten by Danny at the beginning of the film. D
When Wendy and Danny are watching television, there is no power or antenna/cable cords connected to [...] D
The hedge maze that is supposedly behind the hotel is not visible during the aerial shot of the enti [...] D
During the bat scene, the bear rug in front of the fireplace disappears and reappears. D
Many of the fluorescent light fixtures in the Overlook hotel appear to be the 5 foot length that is [...] D
When Wendy runs through the hotel holding the knife, it switches between her left and right hand. D
When Grady and Jack enter the vestibule outside the red Men's Room, Grady sets down the tray of advo [...] D
The helicopter's shadow can be seen in the bottom right hand corner, during the opening sequence. (T [...] D
Some viewers have suggested that there is no explanation as to how Jack escaped from the food storag [...] D
If the area gets 20 feet of snow in the winter and the storm is the worst they'd seen in years, the [...] D
A caption reads "THURSDAY" and then shortly afterwards we see Wendy and Danny watching The Road Runn [...] D
Reference is made to the hotel being built in 1907-09 and that possibly there were Indian attacks on [...] D
When we see the elevators open, gushing blood, the elevator door opens from left to right. Earlier, [...] D
Someone can been seen filming the last scene toward the end of the film when Wendy runs out of the h [...] D
When Jack is making a toast with Lloyd the Bartender, he says "here's to five miserable months on th [...] D
When Danny returns from the game room, Jack asks him if he had fun bombing the universe, where Danny [...] D
When Wendy brings Jack breakfast in bed, they appear to change sides, but in fact, the first shot is [...] D
Dick Hallorann (Scatman Crothers) is shown to possess "The Shining", a combination of telepathic and [...] D
The small painting above Jack and Wendy's bed is missing as Jack is talking to Danny. D
Near the end of the film when Danny (as Tony) takes the knife from the side table, walks to a dresse [...] D
Right before Dick Hallorann opens the door to the walk-in freezer, you can see the background of the [...] D
When Wendy finds Hallorann in the hall and the camera zooms in on him, his eyelid moves just before [...] D
There is no way that the huge pile of the Torrance's luggage (as seen when they first arrive at the [...] D
After Wendy has locked Jack in the pantry, we hear him slamming against the door repeatedly in an at [...] D
The wooden shelving in the food storage room where Jack is locked up is built of British dimension l [...] D
The mirror image shown of REDRUM is not of what Danny had written on the door i.e. the lettering is [...] D

Frase

Jack Torrance: [chasing Danny with an axe] Danny! [...] D
Jack Torrance: Wendy, let me explain something to [...] D
Delbert Grady: Your son has quite an extradordinar [...] D
Jack Torrance: [disappointed at finding the bar em [...] D
Jack Torrance: Hi, Lloyd. Little slow tonight, isn [...] D
Dick Hallorann: What flavor ice cream do you want? [...] D
Jack Torrance: Little pigs, little pigs, let me co [...] D
Jack Torrance: What are you doing down here? Wend [...] D
Jack Torrance: [to Lloyd] I never laid a hand on h [...] D
Lloyd: No charge to you, Mr Torrance. Jack Torran [...] D
Dick Hallorann: Mrs. Torrance, your husband introd [...] D
[Repeated line] Jack Torrance: [as he chases his [...] D
Wendy Torrance: [to Jack] You son of a bitch! You [...] D
[Wendy and Danny are having a race through the hed [...] D
Delbert Grady: I and others have come to a belie [...] D
[Past guests at the Overlook Hotel] Stuart Ullman [...] D
Danny Torrance: Who's Tony? Danny Torrance: He's [...] D
Stuart Ullman: I don't suppose they told you anyth [...] D
Jack Torrance: Here's Johnny! D
Jack Torrance: Come out, come out, where ever you [...] D
Lloyd: How are things going, Mr. Torrance? Jack T [...] D
Wendy Torrance: Hey. Wasn't it around here that th [...] D
Dick Hallorann: Do you know how I knew your name w [...] D
Delbert Grady: [to Jack, who's locked in the pantr [...] D
[first lines] Jack Torrance: Hi, I've got an appo [...] D
Delbert Grady: [referring to Jack murdering his wi [...] D
Wendy Torrance: [to Danny] I can't get out! I can' [...] D
Delbert Grady: Did you know, Mr. Torrance, that yo [...] D
Grady Daughter, Grady Daughter: Hello, Danny. C [...] D
Jack Torrance: [to Lloyd] I just happen to have tw [...] D
Danny Torrance: [reading Halloran's thoughts] Mr. [...] D
Danny Torrance: [as Tony] Danny isn't here, Mrs. T [...] D
Danny Torrance: Tony, I'm scared. [as Tony] Dann [...] D
Stuart Ullman: The police thought that it was what [...] D
Stuart Ullman: When the place was built in 1907, t [...] D
Wendy Torrance: [crying] Stay away from me. Jack [...] D
Lloyd: What will you be drinking, sir? Jack Torra [...] D
Jack Torrance: White Man's Burden, Lloyd, my man! [...] D
Dick Hallorann: Some places are like people: some [...] D
Danny Torrance: Dad? Jack Torrance: Yes? Danny T [...] D
Dick Hallorann: Larry, just between you and me, we [...] D
Jack Torrance: I like you, Lloyd. I always liked y [...] D
[about Wendy] Delbert Grady: [voice-over] I feel [...] D
Jack Torrance: [typed] All work and no play makes [...] D
Wendy Torrance: Mr Hallorann. How did you know we [...] D
Wendy Torrance: [Wendy has Jack locked in the stor [...] D
[Wendy is serving Jack breakfast in bed] Wendy To [...] D
Jack Torrance: [smashing the door to bits with an [...] D
Delbert Grady: You've always been the caretaker. I [...] D
Injured Guest: [to Wendy] Great party, isn't it? D
Dick Hallorann: [Dick has returned to the hotel af [...] D
Lloyd: Women: can't live with them, can't live wit [...] D
Jack Torrance: We don't drink. D
Dick Hallorann: We've got canned fruits and vegeta [...] D
Jack Torrance: [angry] Wendy, listen. Let me out o [...] D
[last lines] Jack Torrance: Danny! D
Jack Torrance: The most terrible nightmare I ever [...] D
Danny Torrance: Mom? Wendy Torrance: Yeah? Danny [...] D
Jack Torrance: I'll just hold this open for you, o [...] D
Danny Torrance: Redrum. Redrum. REDRUM! [Wendy se [...] D
Jack Torrance: [silently counts to 35 on his left [...] D
Jack Torrance: Well, that is quite a story. Stuar [...] D
Jack Torrance: I'll just set my bourbon and advoca [...] D
Jack Torrance: Mr. Grady, you were the caretaker h [...] D
Jack Torrance: [staring at the drink in his hand] [...] D

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