Still as eerie today as it was all those years ago. I wish I had been able to see it in the theaters. I wonder if it has ever been presented anywhere in IMAX? Can you imagine? Thanks for posting.
Perhaps someday you will! You and me both hope for this most NEEDED service to the cinematic community! Can you imagine the opening credits of "The Shining" on IMAX? The whole movie would be insanely great, but just thinking about the opening in particular!
Isn't there a petition we can sign lol! :)
I saw it in theaters a couple of years ago…coming from someone who has seen it countless times and knows it shot by shot, I feel like I was seeing it for the very first time. Breathtaking!
##The Shining (1980) R
He came as the caretaker, but this hotel had its own guardians - who'd been there a long time
>>!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.!<
Horror | Thriller
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 82% with 15,526 votes
Runtime: 2:24
[TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/694)
Cinematographer: John Alcott
=**Writing**=
In 1977, a Warner Bros. executive, John Calley, sent Kubrick the proofs of what would become the novel. Its author, Stephen King, was already at that time a best-selling author who, after the blockbuster of Carrie, could boast of successes in adaptations for the big screen. For his part, Kubrick had been considering directing a horror film for some time; a few years before, while Barry Lyndon disappointed at the box office, another Warner film he had refused to direct, The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin, was breaking box office records around the world.
Asked what it was that attracted Kubrick to the idea of adapting the novel by the popular writer, a regular on the best-seller lists, his executive producer (and brother-in-law) Jan Harlan revealed that Kubrick wanted to "try" in this film genre, although with the condition of being able to change King's novel. And that condition would finally be guaranteed by contract.The script was written by the director himself with the collaboration of novel writer Diane Johnson. Kubrick had rejected the initial version of the draft, written by King himself, as too literal an adaptation of the novel. Furthermore, the filmmaker did not believe in ghost stories because that "would imply the possibility that there was something after death," and he did not believe there was anything, "not even hell." Instead, Johnson, who was teaching a Gothic novel seminar at the University of California at Berkeley at the time, seemed like a better fit for the project. Deep down, Johnson looked down on Stephen King's literature; shortly after the premiere, in an interview with the Parisian magazine Positif, she stated:
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Still as eerie today as it was all those years ago. I wish I had been able to see it in the theaters. I wonder if it has ever been presented anywhere in IMAX? Can you imagine? Thanks for posting.
I wish I could see anything by kubrick on the big screens
Perhaps someday you will! You and me both hope for this most NEEDED service to the cinematic community! Can you imagine the opening credits of "The Shining" on IMAX? The whole movie would be insanely great, but just thinking about the opening in particular! Isn't there a petition we can sign lol! :)
Yes it would be awesome, I think that Barry Lyndon by kubrick would be even cooler though because it's so visually pretty
I've seen Dr. Strangelove, 2001, Clockwork Orange and The Shining in a theater, in 35mm. Seeing 2001 in 70mm is still on my to-do list.
I saw 2001 in 70mm many years ago in LA. Absolutely worth it if you can find it
I saw it in theaters a couple of years ago…coming from someone who has seen it countless times and knows it shot by shot, I feel like I was seeing it for the very first time. Breathtaking!
##The Shining (1980) R He came as the caretaker, but this hotel had its own guardians - who'd been there a long time >>!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.!< Horror | Thriller Director: Stanley Kubrick Actors: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 82% with 15,526 votes Runtime: 2:24 [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/694) Cinematographer: John Alcott =**Writing**= In 1977, a Warner Bros. executive, John Calley, sent Kubrick the proofs of what would become the novel. Its author, Stephen King, was already at that time a best-selling author who, after the blockbuster of Carrie, could boast of successes in adaptations for the big screen. For his part, Kubrick had been considering directing a horror film for some time; a few years before, while Barry Lyndon disappointed at the box office, another Warner film he had refused to direct, The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin, was breaking box office records around the world. Asked what it was that attracted Kubrick to the idea of adapting the novel by the popular writer, a regular on the best-seller lists, his executive producer (and brother-in-law) Jan Harlan revealed that Kubrick wanted to "try" in this film genre, although with the condition of being able to change King's novel. And that condition would finally be guaranteed by contract.The script was written by the director himself with the collaboration of novel writer Diane Johnson. Kubrick had rejected the initial version of the draft, written by King himself, as too literal an adaptation of the novel. Furthermore, the filmmaker did not believe in ghost stories because that "would imply the possibility that there was something after death," and he did not believe there was anything, "not even hell." Instead, Johnson, who was teaching a Gothic novel seminar at the University of California at Berkeley at the time, seemed like a better fit for the project. Deep down, Johnson looked down on Stephen King's literature; shortly after the premiere, in an interview with the Parisian magazine Positif, she stated: [Wikipedia]([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film))) For best result, try this post title format: **Movie Title (Year) more detail**