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The Shining
Director: Stanley Kubrick (Dir)
Release Date:   1980
Premiere Information:   Los Angeles and New York openings: 23 May 1980
Duration (in mins):   143
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Cast:   Jack Nicholson (Jack Torrance)  
    Shelley Duvall (Wendy Torrance)  
    Danny Lloyd (Danny)  
    Scatman Crothers (Halloran)  
    Barry Nelson (Ullman)  

Production Company: Hawk Films  
Distribution Company: Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Communications, Inc.)
Director: Stanley Kubrick (Dir)
Producer: Stanley Kubrick (Prod)
Writer: Stanley Kubrick (Scr)
  Diane Johnson (Scr)
Photography: John Alcott (Photog)
Art Direction: Roy Walker (Prod des)
Film Editor: Ray Lovejoy (Film ed)
MPAA Rating: R
Country: Great Britain and United States
Language: English

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Songs:
Source Text: Based on the novel The Shining by Stephen King (Garden City, 1977).
Authors: Stephen King

Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number
Warner Brothers, Inc. 31/7/1980 dd/mm/yyyy PA77409

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Genre: Drama
  Horror
Sub-Genre: Psychological
 

Bibliographic Sources:   Date   Page
Hollywood Reporter   23 May 1980   p. 2.
Los Angeles Times   23 May 1980   p. 1.
New York Times   23 May 1980   p. 8.
Variety   28 May 1980   p. 14.

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