Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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]
The Shining opened on the same weekend as The Empire Strikes Back but was released on 10 screens and grossed $622,337 for the four-day weekend, the third highest-grossing opening weekend from fewer than 50 screens of all time, behind Star Wars (1977) and The Rose (1979). [108]
The Shining (stylized as Stephen King's The Shining) is a 1997 three-episode horror television miniseries based on the 1977 Stephen King novel of the same name.Directed by Mick Garris from King's teleplay, it is the second adaptation of King's book after the 1980 film by Stanley Kubrick and was written and produced by King based on his dissatisfaction with Kubrick's version.
The success of their A Nightmare on Elm Street film allowed them to produce the first script they had originally written, The Blob. [6] By then considered a successful writer for hire, Darabont was commissioned to write The Fly II, an early draft of The Rocketeer, and an unproduced sequel to Commando. [8]
Michael Jackson Biopic Team Touts ‘Unbiased’ Look at Pop Star; ‘Leaving Neverland’ Director Calls Script Draft ‘Startlingly Disingenuous’ Adam B. Vary March 13, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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. [2]
Dana Fox, whose writing credits include Debra Messing's The Wedding Date and 2022's The Lost City, with Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, rewatched the movie before her conversation with Yahoo ...