The shining

Blu-ray 2007

Jack Torrance is a writer who, along with his family, comes to the elegant, isolated Overlook Hotel. He is the off-season caretaker. Torrance has never been there before, but maybe he has. The answer lies in a ghostly time warp of madness and murder.

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Description:

1 videodisc (144 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM 5.1
video file Blu-ray video region A
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A
MPAA rating: R

Other Title:

Stanley Kubrick's The shining

Notes:

Title from container
Based on the novel by Stephen King
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980
Special features: Commentary by Steadicam inventor/operator Garrett Brown and historian John Baxter; Vivian Kubrick's documentary "The making of The shining" with optional commentary; "View from the Overlook: crafting The shining" featurette; "The visions of Stanley Kubrick" featurette; "Wendy Carlos, composer" featurette; theatrical trailer
Photographed by John Alcott ; film editor, Ray Lovejoy
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel, Anne Jackson, Tony Burton
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM 5.1
For private home use only
In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish with English, French or Spanish subtitles ; English SDH

Control Number:

2827435

UPC:

085391293859

Other Authors:

Alcott, John, 1930-1986, director of photography
Burton, Tony, actor
Crothers, Scat Man, actor
Duvall, Shelley, 1949- actor
Jackson, Anne, 1925-2016, actor
Johnson, Diane, 1934- screenwriter
King, Stephen, 1947- Shining
Kubrick, Stanley, film director, film producer, screenwriter
Lloyd, Danny, 1973- actor
Lovejoy, Ray, 1939-2001, editor of moving image work
Nelson, Barry, 1920-2007, actor
Nicholson, Jack, actor
Producer Circle Company, production company
Stone, Philip, 1924-2003, actor
Turkel, Joe, 1927-2022, actor
Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), presenter
Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher, film distributor

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