Project Detail

The Shining

Synopsis

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
Official Selection Berlinale 2017 - Homage - Homage to Milena Canonero

Details

Year: 1980
Type of film: Features
Running time: 119 mins
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Producer: Stanley Kubrick
Executive Producer: Jan Harlan
Screenwriter: Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), Diane Johnson (screenplay), Stephen King (novel)
Director of Photography: John Alcott
Production Designer: Roy Walker
Music: Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind
Principal cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Costume Designer: Milena Canonero

Genre

Horror Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, US coproduction

A Hawk Films (UK) and Peregrine production in association with The Producers Circle (US) presented by Warner Bros (US)

Sales Company

Warner Bros.

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www.warnerbros.com

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