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The Shining [1980] | ![The Shining [1980]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BREFPAH7L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £12.99
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Rating:  102 reviews
Sales Rank: 2482
Format: Dubbed, Full Screen, Pal
Languages: Arabic (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 7321900211567
ASIN: B00005B75C
Theatrical Release Date: May 23, 1980
Release Date: September 10, 2001
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Very good condition
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is less an adaptation of Stephen King's best-selling horror novel than a complete re-imagining of it from the inside out. In King's book, the Overlook Hotel is a haunted place that takes possession of its off-season caretaker and provokes him to murderous rage against his wife and young son. Kubrick's film is an existential Road Runner cartoon (his steadicam scurrying through the hotel's labyrinthine hallways), in which the cavernously empty spaces inside the Overlook Hotel mirror the emptiness in the soul of the blocked writer settled in for a long winter's hibernation. As many have pointed out, King's protagonist goes mad, but Kubrick's Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is Looney Tunes from the moment we meet him--all arching eyebrows and mischievous grin. (Both Nicholson and Shelley Duvall reach new levels of hysteria in their performances, driven to extremes by the director's fanatical demand s for take after take after take.) The Shining is terrifying--but not in the way fans of the novel might expect. When it was redone as a TV mini-series (reportedly because of King's dissatisfaction with the Kubrick film), the famous topiary-animal attack (which was deemed impossible to film in 1980) was there--but the deeper horror was lost. Kubrick's The Shining gets under your skin and chills your bones; it stays with you, inhabits you, haunts you. And there's no place to hide... --Jim Emerson, Amazon.com
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 JACK NICHOLSON AND STEPHEN KING November 18, 2008
JESSICA YVONNE VARMA (Trichur East, Kerala State, India)
The Shining [1980]
An ugly, hard-to-stomach horror movie, from Stanley Kubrick, whose sense of taste and feeling for his character have somewhat dulled. His source: Stephen's King's novel, was a horrifing tale, too, but King evokes a sence of concern for his characters which has totally eluded Kubrick's work here. Jack Nicholson is suitably menancing but Shelly Duvall is almost ludricrously weak.
Film/Book Comparison November 4, 2008
P. Derrick (Port Glasgow, Scotland)
I decided to read the Shining Before watching the film. I Loved the book a i feel i would have enjoyed the film alot more if i hadnt read the book 1st, not only did the film take stuff away, but it added stuff that was never mentioned in the book or touched upon, it is a good film and it was scary but its not how i would have made it
 GREAT FILM October 9, 2008
Mark Southwell (uk)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having never heard of this film i was told by a friend to get it, i watched it and realy enjoyed it , yes the film looks dated , and there are no great special affects, but the film is a classic 80,s horror and well worth watching .
If you have read the book dont watch the film!! September 28, 2008
A. G. Harris (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read the book a few months ago and i loved it but when i watched the film i just wanted it to be over its a very bad adaptation of the book there is so much wrong about the film in particular the room number in the book its 217 in the film its 137 and there are so many more things diffrent and not in a good way ither.
If you havnt read the book on the other had i think this might be quite an entertaining film even tho its quite dated.
 who cares about the book...its one of the greatest films ever made July 16, 2008
S. J. Pinder (Cornwall,UK)
this is a stunning piece of film making that is certainly needed on everyones shelves.
i saw this on telly last christmas and it gave me the chills...my whole family enjoyed it which is rare in our household...my dad is a great Stanley Kubric film was petrified by this film as a teen and now he finally conquered his fear.
it is extremely atmospheric and stunningly acted by Nicholson.
i frequently use(my own spin) the line@here's Johnny' with 'heres Joshie'(as thats my name haha)and it is a favourite film of mine.
honestly film makers cant mke a decent horror these days can they there have only been five that really were stand outs but THE SHINING is the template that every horror should follow.
another that i would recommend is Misery..another class act but this is a stunning horror.
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