2006-10-22 18:23:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
The 1980 movie adaptation of the 1977 novel "The Shining" by Stephen King had Jack Nicholson in the portrayal of its fictional character John Daniel "Jack" Torrance. The Shining is a 1980 feature film by Stanley Kubrick which starred Jack Nicholson as frustrated writer Jack Torrance and Shelley Duvall as his wife Wendy.
A story began with the family heading 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.
The film had a much more grim version for its protagonist which implied that Jack was insane from the start.The film's first major deviation from the source material occurs when Jack attacks Hallorann. Instead of merely injuring him with the mallet, Jack brutally kills him with an axe.When Jack hears Danny scream, he chases his son to a hedge maze outside the hotel. By that time, Danny has erased his own footprints, so his father won't be able to follow him. Wendy and Danny escape the hotel in the Snowcat. Jack gets lost in the maze and freezes to death.Jack succumbs to his demons and is ultimately damned. The film ends with an old photograph of the hotel that has Jack in it. Jack has been ultimately absorbed into the hotel.
The Shining is a 1977 horror novel by American author Stephen King. A film based upon the book, The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick, was released in 1980.
This Horror/Thriller film earned1 win & 5 nominations. ♥
2006-10-22 19:25:37 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Shining
2006-10-23 01:20:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Shining
2006-10-22 18:25:18 · answer #3 · answered by Huliganjetta 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-05 03:16:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Shining
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2006-10-22 18:25:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that was such a great movie. 'the shining' it was soo freakin' weird and scary all at the same time !!! ''here'ssss johnny!!''
2006-10-22 18:43:49 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋