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Stephen King's The Shining (DVD)

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5 Mar 2nd, 2006 

24 Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful

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great horror

Disadvantages:
abit long

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hi my names donna i live in howdon .thanks for all the comments as you can see i am new to this bear...

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i ve only just bought this film and think it is great it has got two discs with it and the story is writing by stephen king.I have seen the old shining with jack nicolson in and thought that was a great film.heres a bit about the film its about a family who are looking after a hotel for the winterJack torrente and his wife and son who can see and hear ghosts move into the hotel for the winter and strange things start happening and jack starts going crazy and he tries and kills his family but they get a way from him.
The only thing is its a bit long the film.

actor(s) Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, Courtland Mead, Wil Horneff, Melvin Van Peebles, Elliott Gould, John Durbin
Director(s) Mick Garris
Genre
Classification 15 years and over
Production Year 1997
Running Time 4 hours 33 minutes

release Details
DvdRegion Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s) Warner Home Video; The Entertainment Network
Release date 10/02/2003
No of Discs 2
arthour Stephen King

Languages
Main Language English

Technical Information
Special Features Audio Commentary - 1. Stephen King - Screenwriter and Key Cast Members, Additional Footage - 11 Scenes
Sound Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound Dolby Digital 5.1 English
 

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DoubleFantasy11 15.05.2006 13:52

You should try the book - I thought the Kubrick film was good, but it's nothing compared to the book, which has a twist which wasn't used in the film. I would've liked a little more info in your review too, such as how you interpretted the film and what worked and what didn't. Leigh :-)

darkangelwing 11.05.2006 12:25

Huge fan of the shining Kubrik version and yeah i know he followed the plot of the book really badly i've heard great things about this but the idea of buying the shining again on dvd does'nt please me may check it out , good review(-:

Boothegoose 10.05.2006 15:50

I am sorry for SH rating, but the review was too short, and did not give your personal opinion. If you can remedy this, I will be more than happy to give you a far more generous rating

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