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The Shining: Special Edition (2 Discs)
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The Shining: Special Edition (2 Discs)

Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall & Danny Lloyd

Customer rating on The Shining: Special Edition (2 Discs): 4.5 out of 5 stars ( 22 customer ratings )

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Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel up in the secluded mountains of Colorado. Jack, being a family man, takes his wife and son to the hotel to keep him company throughout the long and isolated nights. During their stay strange things occur when Jack's son Danny sees gruesome images powered by a force called The Shining and Jack is heavily affected by this. Along with writer's block and the demons of the hotel haunting him Jack has a complete mental breakdown and the situation takes a sinister turn for the worse.

Please note: This is the UK theatrical cut with a run time of 115 minutes.

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Customer rating on The Shining: Special Edition (2 Discs): 4.5 out of 5 stars

Average rating (22 reviews)

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars Brilliant and atmospheric

HarleenQuinzel | 28/06/2009 | See all HarleenQuinzel's reviews (7) »

One of my favourite films let alone my favourite horror film. The acting is faultless and Kyubrick's version is spot on. Yes, portions of the film are different from the book but look at the awful Stephen King adaptation, that was boring as hell. What works for a book doesn't always translate to the screen. Just as good as the book and PLEASE do not watch the US version, yes it's longer but it ruins the atmosphere and it actually drags. You get more back story but it doesn't add anything, the UK cut is far far superior.

Customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars Good, but better if you havnt read the book first...

linda27 | 12/06/2009 | See all linda27's reviews (1) »

The first thing you need to remember when watching this film is that it was never claimed to be a 100% loyal adaptation of the book.
Despite this, as a result of reading King's great novel first, I found myself concentrating on the missing parts and altered sequence of events instead of concentrating on Kubrick's own personal inputs; which were often enjoyable. I found the climax of the film to be the most accurate part.

The only thing that I would particularly criticise, was that the family relationships between Jack, Wendy and Danny were not as well established as in the book; which gave this aspect of the film a somewhat shallow feel.

As far as acting goes...Jack Nicholson gives a great portrayal of Jack Torrance that really captures his character, however I found Shelley Duvall's (Wendy) performance quite dissapointing.

Overall, a good film; although possibly a better experience if you hadn't read the book first.

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars This is the Director's Cut.

MisterMovies | 11/06/2009 | See all MisterMovies' reviews (4) »

In response to the below query as to why the UK gets the shorter version of The Shining - that's the version Warner Bros has the rights for in the UK, hence that's the version we're getting. Additionally, this shorter version was prepared by Stanley Kubrick himself after the longer version had played overseas, and it was apparently his preferred cut of the movie. So this is actually the Director's Cut, irrespective of length.

Technical Details

 

Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson & Philip Stone

Stanley Kubrick

18 years and over

1980

Widescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic

English - Dolby Digital (5.1)

English ; English for the hearing impaired

1 hour and 55 minutes (approx)

Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.

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