The Shining

TV Mini Series
1997
15
1h 31m

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6.1/10

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A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

19K

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Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 15 wins & 10 nominations total

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Trivia
Stephen King: Author plays Gage Creed, the band conductor. Gage Creed is also the name of the 2-year-old boy played by Miko Hughes in Pet Sematary (1989), also based on a book written by King. King also had a cameo in Pet Sematary.

Goofs
Reflected in the Overlook's main doors, behind Watson.

Quotes
[Addressing the Overlook Hotel]
Dick Hallorann: Hello, you old bitch. You're just as ugly in wintertime as you are in summertime.

Alternate versions
DVD contains 11 deleted scenes:
Danny at the doctor's office; they briefly discuss Tony.
Brief scene with Danny and Jack conversing.
A brief scene where the Torrences step outside the hotel and observe that they are snowed in.
A scene which originally occurred after the "217 lady" scene. Jack says that Wendy and Danny can leave the hotel ASAP and that he will stay. He also shows Wendy the lipstick he found, and describes how he believes Danny's strangle wounds were self-inflicted.
A fireside chat between Wendy and Danny, in which he tells her that he hears the ghosts in the hotel, talking, laughing, and screaming.
Two scenes which originally occurred after Jack is locked inside the vault. Wendy leaves Danny to get some food, and Danny tells her that he called to Dick. Then a scene in which Wendy returns and Danny says that Dick may not have heard him.
A brief scene showing Grady releasing Jack from the vault, and Jack exiting and grabbing the mallet.
A brief scene in which Danny encounters a female ghost, and he tells her he isn't afraid of her, that only his father can hurt him now. The ghost vanishes, and Jack then appears to "punish" him.
A climatic ballroom scene in which the "party guests" and the orchestra all melt in gruesome fashion.
An outtake featuring orchestra conductor Gage Creed (played by Stephen King) melting in gruesome fashion.

Connections
Featured in The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997)

Soundtracks
Heartbreak Hotel
Written by Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley
Performed by Steven Weber

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6/10

If you've read the book this follows it more than Stanley's version.

Not great in the production department because it was made for tv and the acting is ok. But it follows the book way more than the popular Kubrick version and I appreciate that. King had a huge part in making this version and it shows. It was a little slow at times but overall I enjoyed it.