Short storyline
A man, his son and wife become the winter caretakers of an isolated hotel where Danny, the son, sees disturbing visions of the hotel's past using a telepathic gift known as "The Shining". The father, Jack Torrance, is underway in a writing project when he slowly slips into insanity as a result of cabin fever and former guests of the hotel's ghosts. After being convinced by a waiter's ghost to "correct" the family, Jack goes completely insane. The only thing that can save Danny and his mother is "The Shining".
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Runtime: 142 min (cut) | 119 min (cut) (European version) | 146 min (original version)
Release Date: 23 May 1980 (USA)
Country: UK, USA
Box office: Budget: $22,000,000 (estimated). Opening Weekend: $622,337 (USA) (26 May 1980) (10 Screens). Gross: $44,017,374 (USA) (31 December 1980)
Soundtrack: It's All Forgotten Now