The Shining (1980)

Regista:

Stanley Kubrick

Writers:

Stephen King (novel)
Stanley Kubrick (screenplay) ...
(ancora)

Data di uscita:

23 maggio 1980 (USA)

Genere:

Horror | Thriller

Slogan:

A Masterpiece Of Modern Horror

Plot:

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.

Plot Keywords:

Ancient Burial Ground | Photograph On Wall | Avant Garde | Writer's Block | Radio Broadcast

Premi:

1 win & 5 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Amazing achievement in filmmaking and the art of terror.

Cast

Jack Nicholson	...	Jack Torrance
Shelley Duvall	...	Wendy Torrance
Danny Lloyd	...	Danny Torrance
Scatman Crothers	...	Dick Hallorann
Barry Nelson	...	Stuart Ullman
Philip Stone	...	Delbert Grady
Joe Turkel	...	Lloyd the Bartender
Anne Jackson	...	Doctor
Tony Burton	...	Larry Durkin
Lia Beldam	...	Young Woman in Bath
Billie Gibson	...	Old Woman in Bath
Barry Dennen	...	Bill Watson
David Baxt	...	Forest Ranger #1
Manning Redwood	...	Forest Ranger #2
Lisa Burns	...	Grady Twin Daughter
Louise Burns	...	Grady Twin Daughter
Robin Pappas	...	Nurse
Alison Coleridge	...	Susie the Secretary
Burnell Tucker	...	Policeman
Jana Sheldon	...	Stewardess
Kate Phelps	...	Receptionist
Norman Gay	...	Injured Guest
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Vivian Kubrick	...	Smoking Guest on Ballroom Couch (uncredited)
Derek Lyons	...	Overlook Hotel Bellhop (uncredited)
Glenn Rinker	...	Himself / Television news anchor (uncredited)

Regia di
Stanley Kubrick

Scritto da
Stephen King		(novel)
Stanley Kubrick		(screenplay) &
Diane Johnson		(screenplay)

Prodotto da
Robert Fryer	....	associate producer: The Producer Circle Organization
Jan Harlan	....	executive producer
Mary Lea Johnson	....	associate producer: The Producer Circle Organization
Stanley Kubrick	....	producer
Martin Richards	....	associate producer: The Producer Circle Organization

Musiche originali di
Wendy Carlos
Rachel Elkind

Fotografia di
John Alcott		(photographed by)

Montaggio di
Ray Lovejoy

Responsabile casting
James Liggat

Scenografie di
Roy Walker

Architetto-scenografo
Leslie Tomkins		(as Les Tomkins)

Costumi di
Milena Canonero

Trucco
Barbara Daly	....	makeup artist
Leonard	....	hair stylist
Tom Smith	....	makeup artist

Direttore di produzione
Douglas Twiddy	....	production manager

Aiuto regista
Brian W. Cook	....	assistant director (as Brian Cook)
Terry Needham	....	assistant director
Michael Stevenson	....	assistant director

Art Department
Barry Arnold	....	property man
Michael Boone	....	draughtsman
Karen Brookes	....	property buyer
Tessa Davies	....	set dresser
John Fenner	....	draughtsman
Len Furey	....	construction manager (as Len Fury)
Fred Gunning	....	head carpenter
Peter Hancock	....	property master
Michael Lamont	....	draughtsman
Philip McDonald	....	property man
Edward Rodrigo	....	property buyer
Del Smith	....	head painter
Peter Spencer	....	property man
Thomas Tarry	....	master plasterer (as Tom Tarry)
Bob Walker	....	decor artist (as Robert Walker)
Barry Wilson	....	drapes
Norman Dorme	....	additional art director (uncredited)
Vivian Kubrick	....	art department (uncredited)

Sonoro
Michael Charman	....	boom operator
Richard Daniel	....	sound recordist
Dino Di Campo	....	sound editor
Jack T. Knight	....	sound editor (as Jack Knight)
Bill Rowe	....	dubbing mixer
Ivan Sharrock	....	sound recordist
Ken Weston	....	boom operator
Rodney Glenn	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Winston Ryder	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Lionel Strutt	....	foley mixer (uncredited)

Controfigure
Jack Cooper	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Maurice Arnold	....	focus puller
Lou Bogue	....	gaffer
Garrett Brown	....	steadicam operator
James Devis	....	camera operator
Dan Grimmel	....	video operator
Jim Kelly	....	head rigger
Martin Kenzie	....	assistant camera
Dennis Lewis	....	grip
Douglas Milsome	....	focus puller
Douglas Milsome	....	photographer: second unit
Kelvin Pike	....	camera operator
Peter Robinson	....	assistant camera
Danny Shelmerdine	....	assistant camera
Larry Smith	....	gaffer
Ray Andrew	....	steadicam operator (uncredited)
Ted Churchill	....	steadicam operator (uncredited)
Paul Kenward	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Greg MacGillivray	....	helicopter photographer (uncredited)
Jimmy Worley	....	electrician (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ron Beck	....	wardrobe supervisor
Ken Lawton	....	wardrobe supervisor
Veronica McAuliffe	....	wardrobe assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Eddie Gordon	....	color grader
Steve Pickard	....	second assistant editor
Gill Smith	....	assistant editor
Gordon Stainforth	....	assistant editor
Adam Unger	....	second assistant editor
George Akers	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Brian Rust	....	music advisor: 20's music
Herbert von Karajan	....	conductor: Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
John Wadley	....	music advisor: 20's music
Ernest Bour	....	conductor (uncredited)
Jorge Calandrelli	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Krzysztof Penderecki	....	conductor (uncredited)

Altro personale
Margaret Adams	....	secretary to producer
Marlene Butland	....	production secretary
Murray Close	....	location researcher
Emilio D'Alessandro	....	production assistant
Andros Epaminondas	....	assistant to producer
Jo Gregory	....	production accountant
Katharina Kubrick	....	location researcher
Tad Michel	....	hotel consultant
Pat Pennelegion	....	production secretary
June Randall	....	continuity
Jan Schlubach	....	location researcher
Leon Vitali	....	personal assistant to director
Paul Cadiou	....	assistant production accountant (uncredited)
Anthony Frewin	....	assistant: Stanley Kubrick (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Hawk Films
• Peregrine
• Producers Circle (in association with) (as The Producer Circle Company)
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1980) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Film (1980) (France) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1983) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Warner Home Video (1986) (Japan) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1990) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (????) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Most Video (????) (Russia) (DVD)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Bros. (????) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Warner-Columbia Filmverleih (????) (West Germany) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• American Motors Co.  with special acknowledgement to (as American Motor Company)
• Carl Zeiss  with special acknowledgement to
• Chapman Beauvais  titles
• Cherry Leisure  with special acknowledgement to
• Colorado Motion Picture and Television Advisory Commission  with special acknowledgement to (as State of Colorado Motion Picture Commission)
• Continental Airlines  with special acknowledgement to
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Harrods of London  with special acknowledgement to
• JVC  with special acknowledgement to
• KBTV  with special acknowledgement to
• KHOW  with special acknowledgement to
• MacGillivray Freeman Films  helicopter photography
• MacGillivray Freeman Films  second unit photography
• Music Hire Group  with special acknowledgement to
• National Screen Service  titles
• National Vendors  with special acknowledgement to
• Norank Engineering Ltd.  engineering
• Post Logic Studios  digital film mastering
• Timberline Lodge  with special acknowledgement to
• WPLG  with special acknowledgement to

Alias:

Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'
Shining (Italy) [it]

Durata:

146 min (original version) | 142 min (cut) | 119 min (cut) (European version)

Nazionalità:

UK | USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono

Divieti:

Malaysia:U | Spain:13 | Denmark:16 (video rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Ireland:15 (re-rating) (2007) | Denmark:15 (DVD rating) | Italy:VM18 (original rating) | Italy:VM14 (re-rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) (re-rating) (2007) | Australia:M (TV rating) | Brazil:16 (DVD re-rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2007) | UK:18 (video rating) (1986) | Argentina:18 | Australia:MA | Australia:M | Canada:18+ (Québec) | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-18 | France:U | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:(Banned) (original rating) | South Korea:18 (DVD rating) (2004) (uncut) | UK:X (original rating) | West Germany:16 | Philippines:X | Japan:R-15 | Brazil:18 | USA:R | Sweden:15

Luoghi delle riprese:

Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA

Company:

Hawk Films

Curiosità:

The movie's line "Here's Johnny!" was voted as the #36 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.

Errori:

Continuity: When Stuart Ullman is interviewing Jack, he has a name plate on his desk. When Wendy finds the switchboard is out and has to use the ham radio, the name plate is gone. When Jack goes back into that room to remove the tubes from the radio, the name plate is back in the center of the desk.

Citazioni:

[first lines]
Jack Torrance: Hi, I've got an appointment with Mr. Ullman. My name is Jack Torrance.

Movie Connections:

Fa riferimento a The Amityville Horror (1979)

Colonna sonora:

Masquerade

Amazing achievement in filmmaking and the art of terror.

Chilling, majestic piece of cinematic fright, this film combines all the great elements of an intellectual thriller, with the grand vision of a director who has the instinctual capacity to pace a moody horror flick within the realm of his filmmaking genius that includes an eye for the original shot, an ice-cold soundtrack and an overall sense of dehumanization. This movie cuts through all the typical horror movies like a red-poker through a human eye, as it allows the viewer to not only feel the violence and psychosis of its protagonist, but appreciate the seed from which the derangement stems. One of the scariest things for people to face is the unknown and this film presents its plotting with just that thought in mind. The setting is perfect, in a desolate winter hideaway. The quietness of the moment is a character in itself, as the fermenting aggressor in Jack Torrance's mind wallows in this idle time, and breeds the devil's new playground. I always felt like the presence of evil was dormant in all of our minds, with only the circumstances of the moment, and the reasons given therein, needed to wake its violent ass and pounce over its unsuspecting victims. This film is a perfect example of this very thought.

And it is within this film's subtle touches of the canvas, the clackity-clacks of the young boy's big wheel riding along the empty hallways of the hotel, the labyrinthian garden representing the mind's fine line between sane and insane, Kubrick's purposely transfixed editing inconsistencies, continuity errors and set mis-arrangements, that we discover a world guided by the righteous and tangible, but coaxed away by the powerful and unknown. I have never read the book upon which the film is based, but without that as a comparison point, I am proud to say that this is one of the most terrifying films that I have ever seen. I thought that the runtime of the film could've been cut by a little bit, but then again, I am not one of the most acclaimed directors in the history of film, so maybe I should keep my two-cent criticisms over a superb film, to myself. All in all, this movie captures your attention with its grand form and vision, ropes you in with some terror and eccentric direction, and ties you down and stabs you in the heart with its cold-eyed view of the man's mind gone overboard, creepy atmosphere and the loss of humanity.

Rating: 9/10