The Shining (1980 film)

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film horror film psychological horror film supernatural horror film

The Shining (1980 film) is Stanley Kubrick’s iconic psychological horror movie, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, about a family’s terrifying descent into madness at an isolated, haunted hotel.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Shining	3
Doctor Sleep (2019 film)	0
The Shining (novel)	0
film The Shining (exterior shots of the Overlook Hotel)	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ film ⓘ horror film ⓘ psychological horror film ⓘ supernatural horror film ⓘ
author	Stephen King ⓘ
basedOn	Doctor Sleep ⓘ surface form: Doctor Sleep (novel) The Shining ⓘ surface form: The Shining (novel)
certificate	BBFC X (original UK release) ⓘ
character	Danny Torrance ⓘ Dick Hallorann ⓘ Jack Torrance ⓘ Wendy Torrance ⓘ
cinematicTechnique	Steadicam tracking shots ⓘ long takes ⓘ symmetrical compositions ⓘ
cinematography	John Alcott ⓘ
colorProcess	color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Stanley Kubrick ⓘ
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
editor	Ray Lovejoy ⓘ
famousLine	All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. ⓘ Here’s Johnny! ⓘ
filmingLocation	Elstree Studios ⓘ Timberline Lodge ⓘ
follows	three-act structure ⓘ
genre	horror ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ supernatural ⓘ
hasCultFollowing	true ⓘ
includedIn	many greatest films lists ⓘ
influenced	Doctor Sleep ⓘ surface form: Doctor Sleep (2019 film)
musicBy	Rachel Elkind ⓘ Wendy Carlos ⓘ
narrativeDevice	title cards indicating time ⓘ
notableProp	Room 237 door ⓘ typewriter with repeated manuscript ⓘ
notableScene	Here’s Johnny! scene ⓘ blood elevator scene ⓘ maze chase climax ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	The Shining franchise ⓘ
producer	Stanley Kubrick ⓘ
productionCompany	Hawk Films ⓘ Peregrine Productions ⓘ Producers Circle ⓘ
rating	R ⓘ
releaseDate	1980-05-23 ⓘ
releaseYear	1980 ⓘ
runtime	119 minutes (US theatrical cut) ⓘ 146 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Diane Johnson ⓘ Stanley Kubrick ⓘ
setting	Colorado ⓘ Overlook Hotel site ⓘ surface form: Overlook Hotel
starring	Danny Lloyd ⓘ Jack Nicholson ⓘ Scatman Crothers ⓘ Shelley Duvall ⓘ
theme	family breakdown ⓘ isolation ⓘ madness ⓘ supernatural possession ⓘ
title	The Shining (1980 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Shining
visualMotif	maze imagery ⓘ patterned hotel carpets ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Shining → adaptedInto → The Shining (1980 film) ⓘ

Timberline Lodge → appearsIn → The Shining (1980 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: film The Shining (exterior shots of the Overlook Hotel)

The Haunting → influenced → The Shining (1980 film) ⓘ

subject surface form: The Haunting (1963 film)

Stephen King → notableAdaptationOfWork → The Shining (1980 film) ⓘ

Jack Nicholson → notableWork → The Shining (1980 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Shining

Doctor Sleep → precededBy → The Shining (1980 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Shining

The Shining (1980 film) → title → The Shining (1980 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Shining