The Shining
Legends Behind the Lens: Directors Series
We picked the directors, you picked the films. 16 choices, seven weeks, four rounds, and one winner.
Stanley Kubrick's winning film: The Shining (1980)
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980) is a masterpiece of psychological horror that transforms Stephen King's novel into a chilling meditation on isolation, madness, and violence. The film follows Jack Torrance, a struggling writer who takes a job as the winter caretaker of the remote Overlook Hotel, bringing along his wife Wendy and psychic son Danny, only to descend into homicidal insanity as malevolent supernatural forces take hold.
Rated: R
Run Time: 2hr. 26min.
Admission: $8
This organization is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on DelawareScene.com.
Handicap accessible seating is available.
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