The Shining (1980)

Regista:

Stanley Kubrick

Writers:

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

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:

Psychic | Writer's Block | Snow | Ugly Woman | Pediatrician

Premi:

1 win & 5 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

A masterpiece of psychological horror

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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

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:

Canada:14A (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) (re-rating) (2007) | Italy:VM18 (original rating) | Denmark:15 (DVD rating) | Denmark:16 (video rating) | Brazil:16 (DVD re-rating) | Malaysia:U | Ireland:15 (re-rating) (2007) | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:M (TV rating) | Italy:VM14 (re-rating) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Spain:13 | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) (original rating) | Portugal:M/16 | UK:15 (re-rating) (2007) | Australia:R (original rating) | 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 Louisville Slugger baseball bat with which Wendy Torrance bludgeons Jack is signed by Carl Yastrzemski, Hall of Fame Red Sox player. Author Stephen King is a huge Red Sox fan.

Errori:

Revealing mistakes: When Wendy and Danny are watching TV, there is no power or antenna/cable cords connected to the set.

Citazioni:

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

Movie Connections:

Citato in Fritt vilt (2006)

Colonna sonora:

Home (When Shadows Fall)

A masterpiece of psychological horror

Stephen King may have said the master director knew nothing about horror, but that simply is not true. That is a too biased opinion for anyone to go on given that he wrote the book, which Kubrick based his wonderful film ever so loosely on. And at any rate, faithful or not, KUBRICK's Shining-the BEST crafted genre film of the 80's- performs it's duty as a fright flick, and then some.

There are appropriately no words strong enough to convey the haunting beauty of the visuals showcased throughout the movie, from the drive to the Overlook to the final chase in the hedgemaze the movie is a feast for the eyes as it is for the mind. And it IS a feast for the mind as The Shining is as psychological as horror gets, toying relentlessly, and expertly with your emotions and expectations(some could even say SADISTICALLY), throwing something in that's completely out of left field and never, ever letting you catch your breath between the now classic shocks as the movie speeds toward it's memorable conclusion in the last half hour.

Kudos are in order for Kubrick, a director of the old school style, who builds an eerie atmosphere by exercising total control over the filmic environment, manipulating everything down to the tiniest detail to suit the needs of the picture, yet filming with a coldly detatched, objective eye, as though Kubrick were making a documentary about these events. This would account for the dialouge, which-thankfully-is not the typical phoney balloney Hollywood banter (Kubrick detractors/King purists usually bitch about this the most, having been weaned on the phony nature of 'Hollywood talk', which is usually nothing at all like real talk. Many of us speak 'on the nose', and do not try to convey subtext through use of carefully chosen words that articulate our state of being without being direct.) In this light, Shelley Duvall must be commended for her performance which is very naturalistic. It does not seem like acting at all. She is not concerned with glamour, nor does she clutter her performance with typical acting chops, but rather she is solely focussed on hitting the emotional highpoints of her character as 'Wendy' gradually comes to realize that her husband is a madman. And let's face it folks, how many of us would like a million bucks when placed in a situation like that? Who does NOT look like a blubbering idiot when they are hysterical? That's what I thought, so what did you expect? She was great. To say nothing of the rest of the cast.