Why the shining is the best psychological horror film. The shining facts you didnt know by the numbers youtube. This dates to his period of military service in the air national guard in 1957. In 1994, during one famous lunch at pixar, filmmakers john lasseter, pete docter and joe ranft came up with ideas that would eventually become a bugs life, finding nemo, monster inc. The film that inspired the shining, the stanley hotel in estes park.
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. Jack torrance jack nicholson is reading a playgirl magazine in the lobby of the overlook before his interview. At only 17, vivian kubrick who appears in the party scene documented her fathers process for making the shining. After completing basic training at lackland air force. To create the elaborate, wintery maze, it took a lot of salt and crushed styrofoam. According to kubricks biographers, david huges, king wrote an entire draft of a screenplay for the shining, which the director did not even see. Jack nicholson takes a job as winter caretaker at an enormous mountain hotel, where he goes with wife shelley duvall and son danny lloyd in the hope that snow and solitude will bring him peace of mind. She went on to make more than 1,000 movies in her lifetime. King thought the whole thing was a joke until he actually heard kubricks voice.
After all, we all saw what happened when stephen king himself insisted there be. The muse for stephen kings the shining, a colonial revival landmark built by an entrepreneur seeking a healthier life in the rocky mountains, a property on the national register of historic places situated in estes park amid some of colorado s most iconic mountain scenery. The shining, one of stanley kubricks most famous films and one of the most beloved horror movies of all time, was in many ways a pain to make. The shining is about jack torrance nicholson, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a position as the offseason caretaker of the isolated historic overlook hotel in the colorado rockies. Doctor sleep takes off years after the end of the shining, and while. The shining is a masterwork of psychological horror that continues to scare new generations of moviegoers. The movie stars jack nicholson, shelly duvall, danny lloyd, scatman crothers and barry nelson in the lead roles.
While he was famous for long shooting schedules and getting 875 takes of a scene before moving. There was no internet when the shining was released and it. The making of the movie is almost as interesting as the movie itself, so here are 10 creepy behindthescenes facts about the shining. Stephen king and kubrick had just one conversation. Supporting evidence includes cans of astronaut favorite tang on the overlook hotels pantry shelves, dannys notsosubtle apollo 11 sweater, and. Considering the mood of the movie, its constant uneasiness and terror, it would be easy to understand why kubrick was such a madman of a director. Horror movie season is upon us all and many fans will have the classic film the shining on their playlist. During the movie, danny has his imaginary friend tony help and protect him.
The shining is a masterpiece of a film mainly thanks to the brilliant mind of mr. John carpenter was offered the job of directing top gun. Actress who played major roles in faerie tale theatre and the shining. Here, then, are 25 facts about his mysterious parentage, his early years toiling in hollywood obscurity, and even his famous career highlights and relationships, that suggest you dont really know.
An insomniac office worker and a devilmaycare soapmaker form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more. If it seems odd that a movie more than three decades old would now warrant a film documenting its most indepth theories, consider this. The shining is a rare horror classic that is famous both as a book and a film. The shining is a horror novel by american author stephen king.
He goes on to say that the builders had to repel several attacks from indians d. No movie has generated more theories or more rumors than the shining. The overlook hotel where the film is set was built on a native indian burial ground as explained by stuart ullman. Aside from its iconology, the film is infamous for its many inspired conspiracy theories and for kubricks icy treatment of shelley duvall, which caused her to suffer nervous exhaustion throughout filming and no doubt contributed to her current mental situation. Reallife photos, facts, and fear view gallery in october 1974, ascendant horror writer stephen king and his wife spent a night in a cavernous old hotel at the foot of the colorado rockies. Even as jack nicholson is touring the hotel, were being given hints that theres a deep tension in the couples relationship. The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. The film is considered to be one of the best bigscreen adaptations of a stephen king novel. The shining is kubricks apology for supposedly working with the government to fake the 1969 apollo 11 moon landingdespite the fact he was busy with 2001.
Blood flows throughout this film literally in several notorious scenes. The film stars jack nicholson, shelley duvall, scatman crothers and danny lloyd. The novel by horror master stephen king was adapted for the screen by no less a genius than stanley kubrick. Listverse has already discussed the crazy conspiracy theories that surround the film, but the things kubrick did to create his masterpiece were arguably even crazier. Films hidden horror is the murder of the indian was published on the washington posts front page in 1987. During the shooting of the movie, lloyd was under the impression that the film he was making was a drama, not a horror movie. Top 10 interesting movie facts that are hard to believe. At the end of the shining, jack chases young danny through a snowcovered hedge maze before finally dying. Interesting facts about stanley kubricks horror classic. The hotel plays the shining on a loop on one of its tv channels, available in every guest room. You know that a film is a lasting classic when it can sustain another entire film being made about it. The 1997 miniseries remake which king approved of was filmed at the historic stanley hotel in. Stephen king and stanley kubrick had one conversation before production began on the movie.
Apparently, stephen king was nursing a pretty bad hangover when stanley kubrick first called to ask him about making a movie for the shining. Supposedly, kubrick wanted the shining to read as an allegory for the genocide. Despite being an ultracontrol freak at least according to legend, this was something that kubrick deferred to his young star for. Get ready to check in to room 237 for some of the craziest shining facts youve ever heard. Even if youve seen the movie 100 times, theres still probably a lot you dont know about what went on behind the scenes. Based on the stephen king novel, stanley kubricks the shining is considered a horror movie classic. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror stories of all time. After the family move in, the story simultaneously and insidiously advances on both the supernatural and. With recent smash hit adaptations like it, geralds game, and even a tv series, castle rock, it seems like theres a new king adaptation every week. Classic prison movie the shawshank redemption turns 25 this month. The shining the movie 10 questions average, 10 qns, mamma, jul 27 00 this is a quiz on the film, the shining directed by stanley kubrick and stars jack nicholson. Robert deniro was considered for the role of jack in the shining, but stanley kubrick thought he wasnt psychotic enough after watching. Ever wondered how turning a great book into a great movie worked.
All work and no play makes jack a dull boy or, rather, a homicidal boy in stanley kubricks eerie 1980 adaptation of stephen kings horror novel. Its widely known that jack nicholson improvised the line, heres johnny. Interesting movie facts that are often buried deep in an article, usually in a throwaway line that provides more food for thought than the article itself. Thirtyfive years after its release, stanley kubricks the shining is still considered one of the best horror films ever made, an example of how movies dont need to butcher a dozen scantily clad teens to be scary. Shelley duvall bio, facts, family famous birthdays. But hey, im not complaining, especially when the latest of these adaptations is the longawaited sequel to the shining. The shining 1980 cast and crew cast photos and info. Yep, that beloved mainstay of basic cable starring morgan freeman and tim robbins as. A fire hose also resembled a snake which doesnt appear in the movie, but does in the shining 1997 television miniseries, and king had already been playing around with a story idea about a boy with esp, so he combined the two plotlines. The film that inspired the shining, the stanley hotel in estes park, colorado not the timberline lodge which was used in the movie. What makes the shining work so well is how adeptly and efficiently kubrick and cowriter diane johnson draw us into kings narrative of domestic violence.
With jack nicholson, shelley duvall, danny lloyd, scatman crothers. The setting and characters are influenced by kings personal experiences, including both his visit to the. Before the end of the 1980s, i wasnt the only one to do a 180degree turn and decide the shining was a great horror movie after all. The shining has lost its shine kubrick was slumming it. The film has some interesting and mysterious facts behind it. A sequel, titled doctor sleep, was published in 20 summary. Room 237, a documentary which examines the shinings subtext metaphor for the genocide of native americansholocaust allegory, debuted at the 2012 cannes film festival. The movie us left many audiences scared and with a few questions. Published in 1977, it is kings third published novel and first hardback bestseller. Stanley kubricks the shining features several careerdefining scenes starring the most nominated male actor in the history of the academy awards. Stanley kubricks adaptation of stephen kings the shining features several careerdefining scenes.
We rounded up some behindthescenes fun facts about the making of the film. Hes also said the wendy torrance in the movies is one of the most misogynistic characters ever put to film. Parents need to know that the shining is the classic 1980 stanley kubrickdirected film based on the stephen king novel about a man hired to be the caretaker of a hotel deep in the mountains of colorado who develops severe dementia from a combination of cabin fever and the dark and haunted past of the hotel. The shining, gothic horror novel by stephen king, first published in 1977. The hotel the shining is based on is actually haunted.
The 10 strangest conspiracy theories about the shining ifc. Kubrick called king and demanded to know whether the whole idea of. Her acting in 3 women earned her a cannes film festival award for best actress. The king family stayed in room 217, the haunted room in the novel, but room 237 in the film. Then take some time away from spreadsheets and office malaise to learn 10 surprising facts about stanley kubricks haunting cinematic rendition of stephen kings the shining. The 10 most outrageous theories about what the shining.
You dont see many novel adaptations where the author complains as loudly as stephen king did over stanley kubricks adaption of the shining. Although the stories of the two are surprisingly different, horror aficionados have long loved both. Here well take a look at 10 things you never knew about the shining. Interesting facts about stanley kubricks horror classic the shining a still from the shining. In honor of the legendary directors birthday kubrick was born in new york city on july 26, 1928, here are 15 facts that you might not have known about some of your favorite stanley kubrick.
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