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The Shining (movie)

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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
United Kingdom
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]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$19 million[5]
Box office$47.3 million[5]

The Shining is a 1980 British horror drama movie.[6] 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 theatrically released in the United States on May 23, 1980, by Warner Bros., and in the United Kingdom on October 2, 1980, by Columbia Pictures through Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors. Reviews improved greatly over the years a titled The Dining special in November 2015.

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  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)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on November 11, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  6. Balani, Ayushi (14 June 2023). "10 best horror movies of all time according to their IMDb rating". Pinkvilla. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.