“The Shinning” is a horror classic, screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson, based on the Novel by Stephen King and Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is an aspiring
author and recovering alcoholic cursed with a persistent writer's block.
His solution is to take a job as an off-season
caretaker at the secluded Overlook Hotel in Colorado's snow-capped mountains,
and drags his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and his gifted son, Danny (Danny
Lloyd) with him.
The Torrance’s arrive as the Hotel begins to
shut down for the season, and they are given the grand tour, during which they
meet the Hotel's chef, Hallorann (Scatman Crothers).
Halloran chats with Danny about the rare
psychic gift they share called “The Shining”, and warns him about certain rooms
he should avoid, as the Hotel has a grizzly past.
In the weeks that follow the closure of the
Hotel Jack fails to overcome his writers block and little by little, Jack
starts losing his mind.
He feels trapped in a gargantuan silent prison
set in an unforgiving environment of seemingly endless snowstorms, his days are
filled with strange occurrences and eerie visions and incessant voices in his
head demand a sacrifice, leading to a thrilling and dramatic finale in true
Kubrick style.
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