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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- The Shining
- 18
- Cast
- Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joseph Turkel, Anne Jackson, Tony Burton, Lia Beldam
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Producer
- Jan Harlan, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Fryer, Martin Richards, Mary Johnson
- Writer
- Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson
- Duration
- 01:59:00
- Release
- Friday May 23 1980
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Suspense/Thriller
- Distributor
- Warner Brothers
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