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
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]

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.

Release dates[change | change source]

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 websites[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  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.
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