Stephen King's The Shining

Director: Mick Garris Mick Garris

Overview

This second filmed version of Stephen King's best-selling horror novel credits King as the scriptwriter as well. The 4 1/2-hour long made-for-TV epic takes a more subtle approach to the horror and spends more time on the human elements than the now legendary Stanley Kubrick predecessor

Product Details

Release Date:	10/23/2018
UPC:	0888574725082
Original Release:	1997
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	4:33:00
Sales rank:	13,351

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Rebecca De Mornay	Actor
Steven Weber	Actor
Courtland Mead	Actor
Melvin Van Peebles	Actor
Wil Horneff	Actor
Stuart Ullman	Actor

Technical Credits

Mick Garris

Director

Editorial Reviews

Movie buffs are quick to point out that Stephen King's novel The Shining was adapted for the screen once before by none other than the great Stanley Kubrick. King, however, was not thrilled by the enormous liberties Kubrick took with one of his best books, and in 1997 he wrote and executive-produced this four-hour-plus TV miniseries. Shot at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado (the hotel that had inspired the novel in the first place), The Shining tells the story of a struggling writer who spends a winter as the caretaker of a haunted resort hotel. Snowbound there with his wife and telepathic son, he comes down with one hell of a case of cabin fever. Steven Weber takes over the role that Jack Nicholson made so famous and leads a truly faithful King adaptation that dispenses with Kubrick's existential angst and black humor. Weber's more accessible performance is central to this newer version's success, which emphasizes one of the original story's strengths: the horrifying descent of a truly likable family man into rage and violence. Rebecca De Mornay portrays the terrorized wife, and here again the performance is earthbound and human, a sharp contrast to Shelley Duvall's weepy foil in the Kubrick film. The miniseries' extended length helps as well, allowing for thorough character development that gives it a distinctive King feel. The author also restores important story elements, including the harried climax amid topiary animals, which Kubrick replaced with a hedge maze. While none of this will make movie fans forget Kubrick's 1980 masterpiece, this Shining is all King and stands on its own as an effective adaptation of a horror classic.

Barnes & Noble - Gregory Baird