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...
Jack tells Lloyd he is the goddamned bartender from Timbuktu to Portland.
Jack has a nightmare and is on the floor crying. When Wendy tries to help hi...
Wendy politely closes out the conversation on the hand radio with the local p...
After Wendy clubbed jack with a bat, she dragged him to the pantry in the kit...
Wendy tells Danny the whole family will have a real good time when they go to...
Stuart tells jack and Wendy the hotel was a hotspot for the jet set, even bef...
Jack raises his glass to say cheers to 5 months of not drinking or being on t...
Jack is sitting alone in the bar area of the hotel wishing he had a beer.
Danny and his mother Wendy are talking about how their winter stay will be at...
Danny begs his mother to go in to his father's room to get his fire engine. ...
Jack tries to fool Wendy while he is locked away in the pantry by saying she ...
After the tour of the hotel, Jack concludes it is very homey.
Lloyd asks if Jack is okay and he replies that there is nothing major, just a...
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