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Before writing The Shining, King had written the novel Roadwork and the novella The Body. The first draft of The Shining took less than four months to complete and he was able to publish it before the others. [6] The title was inspired by the 1970 John Lennon song "Instant Karma!", which contained the line "We all shine on". [12]
But, Stephen King's bestselling book of all time is The Shining, published in 1977. To date, it's estimated that The Shining has sold a whopping 700,000 copies .
The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film [7] produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson.It is based on Stephen King's novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers.
The Shining is a 1980 American psychological horror film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Stephen King.The film tells the story of Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies.
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With filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, Johnson co-authored the screenplay to The Shining (1980), adapted from the horror novel of the same name by Stephen King. [ 1 ] In 2003, Le Divorce , a film adaptation of her 1997 comedy of manners novel of the same name , was released, directed by James Ivory and starred Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts .
Although Kubrick was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director, [27] The Shining is now widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films of all time. [26] [28] [29] Seven years later, he released the Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket. [30] It remains the highest rated of Kubrick's later films according to Rotten Tomatoes and ...