Product Description

?Heeeeere?s Johnny!? In a macabre masterpiece adapted from Stephen King?s novel, Jack Nicholson falls prey to forces haunting a snowbound mountain resort with a macabre history.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1470 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-23
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 144 minutes

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

A masterpiece of the macabre done wonderfully on Blu-Ray.
Jack Torrence (Jack Nicholson) and his wife Wendy (Shelly Duvall) and son Danny (Danny Lloyd) stay for the winter at a isolated hotel called "The Overlook Hotel" in which they become caretakers. Danny has a special ability to see the future with his mind, communicate without opening his mouth and know about danger called Shining. This hotel was once build on a ancient Indian burial ground and long ago, a family who did a similar job to Jack's at the Overlook Hotel but the father went insane as he butchered his family to pieces. The hotel is haunted by spirits from the past that have come to haunt the family and make Jack go insane with madness as he falls off the edge to insanity.

An epic supernatural horror thriller shocker from Stanley Kubrick is a very loose adaptation of the timeless novel from Stephen King which he said that he disliked this movie version. It's a surreal and nightmarish film about madness and supernatural with great acting by the cast especially Scatman Crothers who plays the lovable chef, the music score by Wendy Carlos is chilling for particular and the whole film is atmospheric. I also like how they use special camera tricks and high tension for the film, sure it almost nowhere near the novel but this is a classic horror movie that will remain a masterpiece.

This Blu-Ray gives the movie a perfect look with sharp crystal clear picture and awesome CD-quality sound with interactive extras like audio comemntary, "The Making of the Shining" with optional commentary, theatrical trailer and three new featurettes.

Still a Charmer
Jack,Is Jack,Is Jack. And if you like or respect him and his acting see this one in Bluray.For the first time as a regular movie or with the enhancements this movie holds you to it's conclusion.It amazes me that I still can't believe how seamlessly the character changes and how we go along with him.My only complaint is that I did not realize how much of a woses whose Shely DuVal is. Her character was so anoyingly weak that it was hard to believe she had ANY spine to hold her upright.But this is a small annoyance. Probably Jack's best role alongside "One Flew Over The Cooko's Nest">

A flawless trasnsfer. This classic has never looked better.
If you are a Stanley Kubrick fan, or just love the horror genre, you are going to be blown away with this great Blu-Ray transfer. I viewed this title on my Sony XBR4 monitor, calibrated with the Digital Video Essential disk. Playback was acheived with a Sony PS3, using HDMI Monster cables. My audio comes through a Sony DG910 receiver with Axiom speakers.

I cant say enough about the effort to make this the best possible transfer to home theatre viewing. In 1080P, this title truely shines. The picture is near flawless. The color is very, very crisp and sharp. The colors are very vibrant and look to be a that of a new release title. This movie is over 28 years old, yet shows it's age very little. The day scenes are very crisp, the indoor scenes have great depth and vivid colors. The dark scenes hold black very, very well. There are no film grains visible. Nor are there any specs of dirt or scratches on the film negative. Restored to it's source condition, every bit " reference quality" condition. You simply have never seen this movie in this condition.

As for the sound. Very clean. Voices are very clear. Music is very bold and clean. Though it is not the type of movie that shines from audio alone, you will be pleased with it I think.

As far as the movie itself. Some love it, some hate it. If you love it, you will find this to be a wise purchase. Cant knock this one one bit.