Stephen King's The Shining (Two Disc Special Edition) |  | Actors: Stanley Anderson, Peter Boyles, Dan Bradley, Lou Carlucci, Rebecca De Mornay
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  213 reviews
Sales Rank: 7606
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 273 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD22526D
ISBN: 0790772728
UPC: 085392252626
EAN: 9780790772721
ASIN: B000077VRT
Theatrical Release Date: April 27, 1997
Release Date: January 7, 2003
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Stephen King's The Shining is a new adaptation from the author himself, made for television, that bears very little resemblance to the 1980 Stanley Kubrick version. That's not surprising since Kubrick threw out most of King's novel and presented his own version of the story. Here King redresses the balance in a miniseries that follows his original almost to the letter, and manages to be effectively creepy despite the budget and censorship limitations of the TV format. Stephen Weber takes over the role of Jack Torrance, the caretaker who slowly descends into madness in the haunted Overlook Hotel. His performance is as far from Jack Nicholson as you could get, with his insanity building slowly and menacingly rather than being virtually mad from the get-go. Rebecca De Mornay is superb as Wendy Torrance, struggling to hold her fragile family together amid the spooky goings-on. Young Courtland Mead plays Danny, whose unique gifts give the story its title, as one of those infuriating TV brats who overacts left, right, and center. Fortunately, there are enough creepy moments and a number of frights to hold the whole thing together, the woman-in-the-bathtub scene being a standout shocker. Sure, there is nothing quite like Nicholson's "Here's Johnny!" moment, but this is the story King wanted to tell and it still shines brighter than most of the other recent screen adaptations of his work. --Jonathan Weir
Product Description
The psychic powers of a young boy bring out the evil in an old hotel and drive his father insane, to the point that the father tries to murder everyone with an ax.
Genre: Horror
Rating: R
Release Date: 4-OCT-2005
Media Type: DVD
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 Great dvd for the price! January 31, 2010
zepol
This is a very good movie from beginning to end and follows the book unlike the original 1980 movie.
You get commentaries and extra scenes.
The cast are very good.Of course how can anyone replace Jack Nickelson. But the actor here who does gives a gentle performance that makes the horror that follows scary. If you love the book and the 1980 movie you'll love this remake.
At this low price you have nothing to lose.
 Great movie January 13, 2010
Gayle Bedwell
Had heard about this made for TV movie while visiting the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.
This is much closer to story line from book than movie was.
TV Edition more Scarey then Movie October 16, 2009
Chip duPont (Jm Thorpe, PA)
Want a good scare for you and your TRICK, well this is a Halloween TREAT
The Shinning October 14, 2009
Diane Oliva (colorado)
We purchased it because we love the Stanley Hotel. This is the movie that was filmed in the hotel. Contrary to what many people know the first movie was not filmed at the Stanley in Colorado. This is the one. Good souvenir. Movie is ok
 Don't waste your time July 30, 2009
Thomas Von Zabern (Boston, MA)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I had high expectations of this miniseries, given it's creation under the auspices and consultancy of Mr. King himself. It turned out to be a drawn out melodrama, full of gimmickry and with very little of the artistic panache of the original movie. The hotel itself was attractive enough, but from there on, it went downhill. Neither the malevolent, carnivorous topiaries in the garden, nor the two lame ghost plot participants did much to create a haunted atmosphere in the hotel. The hotel's creaks and groans and auto-swinging doors were trite and none of the characters were truly convincing. Rebecca de Mornay as Wendy is alright, Jack Torrance, played here by Steven Weber is an annoying exercise in waffling, being an aggressive boozer one minute, and a pathetic whimperer the next. He never seems to be able to make up his mind who he is or what he wants, an irritatingly disjointed character who himself seems to have no idea where he is going. Consequently, the whole thing is ultimately a three hour bore. While the original movie may have had it's shortcomings in its abrupt structure of the progression of the story, it was nevertheless far more convincing than this mushy rendition which seemed to be nothing more than the product of the mercantile minds at Warner Brothers, doing their level best to wrest additional revenue from a classic story.
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