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Stephen King's The Shining (TV Miniseries)

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Stephen King's Doctor Sleep

Reboot:

The Shining

Original title

Stephen King's The Shining

Year

1997

Running time

270 min.

Country

United States

Director

Mick Garris

Screenwriter

Stephen King. Novel: Stephen King

Cast

Music

Nicholas Pike

Cinematography

Shelly Johnson

Producer

Warner Bros. Television, Lakeside Productions

Genre

TV Series. Mystery. Horror | TV Miniseries. Supernatural. Haunted Houses

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Stephen King Adaptations

Synopsis

Television adaptation of Stephen King novel -and famous Stanley Kubrick's film-. Jack Torrance accepts a job as caretaker at The Overlook Hotel in the remote Colorado Mountains while it is closed for the winter season. Jack has a drinking problem, which caused him to lose his previous job as a teacher after he punched out a pupil while drunk. Jack is now in recovery and trying to turn his life around. He, his wife Wendy and 7-year-old son Danny move into The Overlook. Jack intends to spend the winter, where they will be snowed in, to concentrate on writing a play. Before all the staff departing, the cook Dick Halloran detects that Danny has a powerful case of what he calls ‘the shining’ or psychic ability. Halloran warns Danny that the hotel has ghosts and tells him to never go into Room 217. Soon after they settle in, spooky things begin to happen. Jack begins to brood and become angry with Danny over minor matters. As the hotel ghosts start to become stronger, drawing on Danny’s shining, they prey on Jack by providing him with alcohol. As Jack sinks into alcoholism once again, the spirits of the hotel urge him to kill Wendy and Danny, wanting to absorb Danny’s shining so that they can become more powerful.

Awards: 1997: Emmy: Best Make-up and Sound Editing. Nominated for Best Mniseries

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Critics' reviews

"This television production leaves the movie in the dust...Mr. King's script and the direction of Mick Garris slowly and skillfully bring 'The Shining' to a pitch of screeching horror."

John J. O'Connor: The New York Times
"'The Shining' radiates profound power as a deeply evocative and nuanced piece, rendered as a grandly textured triptych working on multiple levels."

Miles Beller: The Hollywood Reporter
"A faithful, literal, author-authorized version of the novel. The picture is big. The ideas are small"

Boston Globe
"King and Garris’ 'Shining' improves on Kubrick’s in its emotional depth and quality of performances. De Mornay pulls off the tricky role of Wendy"

Ken Tucker: Entertainment Weekly
"If 'The Shining' has a weakness in comparison to its predecessor, it’s that it lacks some of the trademark visions of horror (...) But it makes up for that with a consistent, carefully textured story"

Ray Richmond: Variety
"It's torture. It's hell. And millions will tune in, attracted by King's reputation as America's scaremaster...The best thing would be for everybody to avoid it like the plague, because it is the plague."

Tom Shales: The Washington Post
"Though uneven and padded (like the book), it delivers the nasty goods"

Matt Roush: TV Guide

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Stephen King's The Shining (TV Miniseries)

1997

Mick Garris

5.2

(2,096)