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The Shining

8.2/10

Rating

144 min

Runtime

1980

Release Year

Stanley Kubrick

Director

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson

Quick Synopsis

Jack Torrance takes a job as the caretaker of the remote Overlook Hotel, planning to spend the winter there with his wife Wendy and their young son Danny. As they settle into the isolated hotel, far from civilization, they begin to experience unsettling and disturbing events that challenge their sanity and safety.

Detailed Synopsis of The Shining

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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