The Shining (movie)

1980 film directed by Stanley Kubrick

The Shining is a 1980 American-British horror drama movie. It is set during winter in a hotel in rural Colorado. It was directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on Stephen King's book of the same name. The movie stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, and Scatman Crothers. It was released on May 23, 1980. Reviews improved greatly over the years a titled The Dining special in November 2015.

The Shining
Directed byStanley Kubrick
Screenplay by
Based onThe Shining
by Stephen King
Produced byStanley Kubrick
Starring
CinematographyJohn Alcott
Edited byRay Lovejoy
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • May 23, 1980 (1980-05-23) (United States)[2]
  • October 2, 1980 (1980-10-02) (United Kingdom)[3]
Running time
  • 146 minutes (premiere)
  • 144 minutes (American)[1]
  • 119 minutes (European)[4]
Countries
  • United States[5]
  • United Kingdom[5]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$19 million[6]
Box office$47.3 million[6]

Release datesEdit

Country Premiere
  Canada 13 June 1980
  United States 13 June 1980
  Denmark 26 September 1980
  Finland 26 September 1980
  Norway 26 September 1980
  Sweden 26 September 1980
  United Kingdom 5 October 1980
  France 16 October 1980
  West Germany 16 October 1980
  Netherlands 30 October 1980
  Australia 13 November 1980
  Portugal 20 November 1980
  Ireland 12 December 1980
  Japan 13 December 1980
  Greece 22 December 1980
  Italy 22 December 1980
  Argentina 25 December 1980
  Brazil 25 December 1980
  Colombia 25 December 1980
  Mexico 25 December 1980
  Peru 15 January 1981
  Uruguay 31 July 1981
  Hong Kong 2 June 1983
  Russia 29 October 2020

Other websitesEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 "THE SHINING". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  2. Maslin, Janet (May 23, 1980). "Nicholson and Shelley Duvall in Kubrick's 'The Shining'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  3. Malcolm, Derek (October 2, 1980). "From the archive, 2 October 1980: Stanley Kubrick's The Shining – review". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  4. "THE SHINING". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "The Shining (1980)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "The Shining (1980)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on November 11, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2020.