a solid adaptation
Stephen King's The Shining (1997)
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Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: A made-for-TV mini-series based on the classic Stephen King horror novel, STEPHEN KING'S THE SHINING is a tense psychodrama about a man named Jack (Steven Weber) whom accepts a caretaker job at a... A made-for-TV mini-series based on the classic Stephen King horror novel, STEPHEN KING'S THE SHINING is a tense psychodrama about a man named Jack (Steven Weber) whom accepts a caretaker job at a winter resort, relocates his wife (Rebecca De Mornay) and child there, and subsequently goes completely insane. Jack, already in a slumbering state of depression, seems to be taken over by supernatural beings within the resort, leading him to threaten the lives of his family. More of a literal adaptation than the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film. [More]
Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, Courtland Mead, Wil Horneff
Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, Courtland Mead, Wil Horneff, Elliott Gould, John Durbin
Director: Mick Garris
Director: Mick Garris
Reviews for Stephen King's The Shining
This version is more faithful to the book -- six hours (with commercials) of lugubrious, slavish faithfulness.
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