DVD : The Shining [Blu-ray]

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391157106
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledFrenchDubbedSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: WARBR115710
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Running Time: 144 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1980

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/23/2007 Run time: 138 minutes Rating: Pg

Amazon.com essential video:
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is less an adaptation of Stephen King’s bestselling horror novel than a complete reimagining of it from the inside out. In King’s book, the Overlook Hotel is a haunted place that takes possession of its off-season caretaker and provokes him to murderous rage against his wife and young son. Kubrick’s movie is an existential Road Runner cartoon (his steadicam scurrying through the hotel’s labyrinthine hallways), in which the cavernously empty spaces inside the Overlook mirror the emptiness in the soul of the blocked writer, who’s settled in for a long winter’s hibernation. As many have pointed out, King’s protagonist goes mad, but Kubrick’s Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is Looney Tunes from the moment we meet him–all arching eyebrows and mischievous grin. (Both Nicholson and Shelley Duvall reach new levels of hysteria in their performances, driven to extremes by the director’s fanatical demands for take after take after take.) The Shining is terrifying–but not in the way fans of the novel might expect. When it was redone as a TV miniseries (reportedly because of King’s dissatisfaction with the Kubrick film), the famous topiary-animal attack (which was deemed impossible to film in 1980) was there–but the deeper horror was lost. Kubrick’s The Shining gets under your skin and chills your bones; it stays with you, inhabits you, haunts you. And there’s no place to hide… –Jim Emerson

Amazon.com:
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is less an adaptation of Stephen King’s bestselling horror novel than a complete reimagining of it from the inside out. In King’s book, the Overlook Hotel is a haunted place that takes possession of its off-season caretaker and provokes him to murderous rage against his wife and young son. Kubrick’s movie is an existential Road Runner cartoon (his steadicam scurrying through the hotel’s labyrinthine hallways), in which the cavernously empty spaces inside the Overlook mirror the emptiness in the soul of the blocked writer, who’s settled in for a long winter’s hibernation. As many have pointed out, King’s protagonist goes mad, but Kubrick’s Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is Looney Tunes from the moment we meet him–all arching eyebrows and mischievous grin. (Both Nicholson and Shelley Duvall reach new levels of hysteria in their performances, driven to extremes by the director’s fanatical demands for take after take after take.) The Shining is terrifying–but not in the way fans of the novel might expect. When it was redone as a TV miniseries (reportedly because of King’s dissatisfaction with the Kubrick film), the famous topiary-animal attack (which was deemed impossible to film in 1980) was there–but the deeper horror was lost. Kubrick’s The Shining gets under your skin and chills your bones; it stays with you, inhabits you, haunts you. And there’s no place to hide… –Jim Emerson

Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Kubric at his best. Of course…
From the cinematography to the cast, this film is by far one of the best I have seen. The story of John, Wendy and Danny Torrance’s experience while takeing care of the “Overlook Hotel” for for the winter months is masterfully told. Watching Jack Nicholson portray a man teetering on the edge of sanity and finally crossing over the line while terrorizing his wife Played By Shelly Duval is mesmerizing. A modern classic of horror.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Masterpiece of Terror.
I am quite pleased to say that The Shining not only lives up to it’s reputation but even exceeded nearly all the horror films that have come out since. The Shining is chilling, it’s a subtle movie, at least by today’s standards, it is brilliant on levels Hollywood has seems to have forgotten.

The subtle special effects are never overdone, never desensitizing us by overstimulating the horror factor over and over again until all the scares blend together. The absolutely fantastic cinematography … Read More

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Classic Thriller
A suspense classic and excellant psychological thiller. Shelley Duvall and Jack Nickolson’s performances are stellar in this movie. You’ll never see Jack the same again. This movie is a must have for any home movie collection. I highly recommend it.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Jack Nicholson
This of course is an older movie but still one of Nicholsons best.This movie keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - THE CUCKOO’S NEST!!!
There’s so much to say about this HORROR CLASSIC “THE SHINING”! Specially for Mr. Jack Nicholson’s great performance - Chilling, disturbing and REALLY SCARY!! I have seen this movie over and over again since it’s release in 1980 and every time I watch it I discover new layers and levels of psychological horror in the way Mr. Nicholson gradually descends into madness until the very end when he tries to CHOP HIS FAMILY TO PIECES!! Then the ghostly apparitions - THE DEAD TWINS inviting little Danny to “COME AND PLAY … Read More

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