“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.
