The Shining 1997
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
- 90 min episodes
- 1 season
- 3 episodes
- Ended
- TV-14
Some guests never leave!
A new caretaker moves with his family into the mysterious Overlook Hotel for the winter.
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Grave, intimate, earnest and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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- Andres Gomezon TMDB · Nov 20125/10
Stephen King's version of his own Novel. Clearly addressed for the TV. The cast is not really good, although the father performs well when he is drunk and scary. The story is more explained and easier to follow than in Kubrick's. Interesting, but not a moview to watch twice.
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Cast
- Rebecca De MornayWendy Torrance
- Steven WeberJack Torrance
- Wil HorneffTony
- Courtland MeadDanny Torrance
- Cynthia Garris217 Woman
Crew
- Stephen KingNovel
- Shelly JohnsonDirector of Photography
- Nicholas PikeOriginal Music Composer
- Patrick McMahonEditor
- Mark CarlinerProducer
- Elliot FriedgenProducer
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Seasons
- Miniseries3 eps · 1997
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