The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, co-written with novelist Diane Johnson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. The film is based on the novel of the same name, by Stephen King, about a writer with a wife and young son who accepts the job of off-season caretaker at an isolated hotel. The son, who possesses psychic abilities, is able to see things in the future or past, such as...
Stuart Ullman explains to Jack that the winter up at Sidewinder can be very i...
Jack Torrence introduces himself to the secretary at the front desk of the ho...
When Stuart tells jack and Wendy all the booze is taken off premises when the...
Jack is declaring that he loves his son and would never hurt him. that he lo...
Jack is ready to bust the bathroom door down that has Wendy on the other side...
Jack is chasing after Danny in the snow filled maze. He screams out that he ...
Wendy tells Jack he is a son of a bitch because Danny has marks on his neck a...
Stuart Ullman continues to warn Jack about the isolation up on the mountain a...
Dick Hallorann, the head chef of the hotel, shows Wendy and Danny around the ...
Jack tells Lloyd that he never hurt his son this time, but it happened before...
Jack meets Mr. Grady in the bathroom and tells him he recognizes him as the c...
Wendy is stuck in the bathroom window as she is trying to escape Jack. She t...
Wendy locks Jack inside a refrigerator in the kitchen and tells him she is go...
Stuart gets ready to tell Jack the history and tragedy of the hotel back in 1...
Jack makes a joke with his son Dan about getting tired of bombing the univers...
Jack explains what happened when his son, three years ago got in to his paper...
Jack has a drink in the hotel bar and proposes a toast to himself for 5 month...
After Stuart Ullman tells Jack about the tragedy of 1970 at the hotel, Jack r...
Jack tries to justify how he hurt his son three years ago by saying it was a ...
The twin Grady girl find Danny and ask him to play with them forever and ever...
Jack is locked in a food pantry and then hears the voice of Mr. Grady. Mr. G...
Jack reassures Stuart Ullman his wife will be okay with the murderous history...
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