The Shining

A man named Jack Torrance takes a job as a caretaker at an isolated hotel, but his mental state worsens as he starts having disturbing visions and eventually tries to harm his family, while his wife Wendy and son Danny try to escape from him and the sinister past of the hotel. The Shining is a 1980 English-language Drama Horror movie featuring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone and Jennifer O neill. The movie is inspired from The Shining by Stephen King. The Producer Circle Company in association with Peregrine Productions and Hawk Films. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Stanley Kubrick. The Shining is written by Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson and it is directed by Stanley Kubrick. Warner Bros. acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Shining was released on 23rd May 1980 and takes a screen time of 146-144 minutes ,119 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. The Shining was made on a budget of $19 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $47 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson. Cinematography was done by John Alcott and editing by Ray Lovejoy. The music was composed by Wendy Carlos along with Rachel Elkind.