Production Year: 1992 - Thriller - Director: David Seltzer - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: John Gielgud, Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson more
In 1940, a half-Irish, half-Jewish woman from Queens (Melanie Griffith) takes a posh secretarial job for an attorney who turns out to be a US government spy (Michael Douglas).... more
Shining Through DVD
Circa 1940 a half-Irish half-Jewish woman from Queens takes a posh secretarial job for ... more
an attorney who turns out to be a US government spy. Despite her lower-class status the two become lovers and the lawyer reluctantly allows her to go to Berlin t...
Shining Through
In 1940, Linda Voss, a secretary from Queens, New York, captures the attention of her ... more
handsome and mysterious boss, Ed Leland. Linda immediately suspects that Ed is a spy, but it isn't until America enters WWII that she discovers he's a Colonel in American Intelligence. When Ed's key operative in Berlin is killed, Linda convinces him to let her go undercover. Transformed from secretary to secret agent, Linda is dropped behind enemy lines and, with the help of a fellow spy, she penetrates the household of a high-ranking enemy official. Now, the true test of courage begins as Linda tries to accomplish her mission and get out of Germany alive.
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Plot: Linda Voss an employee of the US War Department in 1940 volunteers for a mission behind enemy lines. When her life is threatened her 'boss' Edward Leland attempts to come to her rescue...
DVD Description
In 1940, a half-Irish, half-Jewish woman from Queens (Melanie Griffith) takes a posh secretarial job for an attorney who turns out to be a US government spy (Michael Douglas). Despite her lower-class status, the two become lovers, and the lawyer reluctantly allows her to go to Berlin to spy on a high-ranking Nazi.
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; Deluxe Video Service - Fox
Review: "...Joely Richardson brings a luminous, avid-eyed glamour to the role....It has pace, colorful performers, and a pleasing period-piece vastness..." (Entertainment Weekly, p.38-9, 07/02/1992)
"...Griffith displays an extremely engaging combination of vulnerability and sass..." (Los Angeles Times, p.F1, 31/01/1992)
"...Griffith is just about perfect....SHINING THROUGH is an awful lot of fun..." (Rolling Stone, p.47-49, 20/02/1992)
...he forgets (until later) that going through snow leaves a track!
However, all in all it’s a happy ending – with Nicholson frozen in the snow!
The film is based on a novel by Stephen King, and adapted by Stanley Kubrick. Understandably, it certificate 18.
The film runs for about 115 minutes. The DVD has extras of:
· Behind the scenes documentary (40 minutes)
· Trailer
· Interactive menu
· Scene selector
Overall:
I really enjoyed this film, despite its age (although it has been digitally remastered and restored). It is gripping from start to end, and although after the initial stage, there are only three (or four) actors involved in the film it never gets you that “I want to switch it off” feeling! Lloyd gives an excellent performance as the little boy Danny, as do the other two...
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...The Shining is a 1980 horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick which is based a Stephen King novel of the same name. It stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd.
Jack Torrence (Nicholson) is a writer who accepts the job as a caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, which always gets snowed in during the winter, and so becomes completely isolated. He is warned that the last caretaker got cabin fever and killed his family and himself, but Jack just wants some peace and quiet in order to write. So he takes his wife Wendy (Duvall) and his son Danny (Lloyd) up to the hotel on the closing day, where they meet the elderly cook, Dick Halloran (Scatman Crothers). He surprises Danny by talking with him telepathically and asking him if he wants an ice cream. When alone, he explains that he and his grandmother shared this incredible gift...
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Advantages: The cinematography, the storyline, the acting, the direction... Disadvantages: Not a single one in my opinion
...of her son. Will any of them get out alive?
I would imagine/hope that there are few people who haven't heard of The Shining. Based on the novel by Stephen King and directed by Stanley Kubrick, it was made back in 1980, and yet for me and many others, remains a film that has stood the test of time. It is my all-time favourite film and has been for some time - it is one of the few films that I can watch over and over again, and yet I never get bored of, despite knowing precisely how it is going to end. For me, it has everything that I want in a film - great acting and visuals, a creepy atmosphere with a bit of supernatural thrown in, a bit of gore, beautiful visuals and wonderfully appropriate music. I should note here that I have never read the book, so cannot comment on how well it translated onto the screen, although I have read...
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