May 23 1980 

THE SHINING opens. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Written by Diane Johnson and Kubrick, from the novel by Stephen King.. Contentious, much analysed adaptatio of King's psychological creepshow with Jack Nicholson as a blocked writer negotiating an inexorable descent into madness after assuming caretaker duties at shuttered, snowbound hotel. Co-starring Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers and Danny Lloyd.

 

 

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