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The Shining
Release Date: May 23, 1980
Year | : | 1980 |
Slogan | : | «He came as the caretaker, but this hotel had its own guardians - who'd been there a long time» |
Genres | : | Horror, Thriller |
Production Companies | : | Hawk Films, Peregrine, The Producer Circle Co., Warner Bros. Pictures |
Director | : | Stanley Kubrick |
Producers | : | Stanley Kubrick, James Liggat, Jan Harlan, Douglas Twiddy, Martin Richards, Paul Hitchcock, Robert Fryer, Emilio D'Alessandro, Marlene Butland, Jo Gregory, Mary Lea Johnson, Pat Pennelegion |
Writers | : | Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, Diane Johnson |
RunTime | : | 144 mins. |
Budget | : | 19000000 |
Revenue | : | 44781695 |
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
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