The Shining

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-05-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

146 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (541114 Reviews)

Director:

Stanley Kubrick

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Jack Nicholson Shelley Duvall Danny Lloyd Scatman Crothers

Writer:

Stephen King (novel)

Stanley Kubrick (screenplay)

Diane Johnson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Signing a contract, Jack Torrance, a normal writer and former teacher agrees to take care of a hotel which has a long, violent past that puts everyone in the hotel in a nervous situation. While Jack slowly gets more violent and angry of his life, his son, Danny, tries to use a special talent, the "Shining", to inform the people outside about whatever that is going on in the hotel.

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