Cinematic background from The Shining 1980 - Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

The Shining

1980

Drama, Horror

Directors:
Stanley Kubrick
Writers:
Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, Diane Johnson
Official poster of The Shining 1980 directed by [object Object]
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man is walking down the hall way of a hotel; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young child is standing in the snow; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A group of people standing around in a room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A person standing in a hallway of a hotel; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – The lobby of a large hotel with a staircase and a chandelier; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man and a woman dressed up as a dog and a bear; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A group of people standing in a hallway; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young boy is opening the door of a hotel room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A boat floating on top of a body of water near mountains; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A person standing in the middle of a field in the dark; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young boy sitting at a table eating a sandwich; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A person holding a axe in the dark; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A bald man in a suit and bow tie in front of a red wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A person laying in a bed watching television; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – Two people sitting at a table in front of a staircase; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A car driving down a road on a mountain side covered in snow; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young boy is looking at a mirror in a living room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A person is walking in the snow at night; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – Two identical twin girls in blue dresses holding hands in front of a mirror; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man in a suit with a bloody face holding a glass of wine; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A little girl riding a bike down a hallway; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man and a boy are looking at each other; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young boy sitting at a table with an older man; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A woman holding a knife in her hand; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man standing in front of a large green maze; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A woman holding a baseball bat in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A person wearing a suit and bow tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A person wearing a suit and bow tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – Two men sitting at a bar talking to each other; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – An older man and a young boy shaking hands in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young boy standing in front of a wall filled with boxes; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A car driving down a road near a body of water and mountains; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A woman with long black hair wearing a purple shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young boy looking at himself in the mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man and a woman and a child in a warehouse; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man sitting in a chair in front of a couch; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young child covering his eyes with their hands; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man sitting at a table in front of an american flag; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A woman holding a knife in her hands; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man , woman , and child in a room filled with boxes; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man and a woman and a child in a car; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man leaning over a counter in a restaurant; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young boy holding a large knife in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man sitting in a bathtub in a bathroom; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A woman and a child in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A group of men standing in a living room talking; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A woman sitting on the ground in front of a door way; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A group of people sitting at a bar; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man walking in a hallway wearing a coat and hat; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man and a woman and a child in a kitchen; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – Two people sitting in a living room with a book shelf in the background; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A woman is holding a knife in her hand and making a funny face; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A woman sitting next to a young boy at a table; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young child looking at the camera in the dark; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young boy is sitting in front of a bowl of cereal; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man and a boy sitting in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man and a child walking down a path through a hedge; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man sitting at a table talking to a child; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A woman holding a baseball bat in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man holding a glass of wine in his hand; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A woman sitting on top of a wooden bench in front of a window; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A person wearing a green sweater; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A person laying on the stairs of a house; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young boy wearing a sweater in the hallway of a hotel; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A woman standing in front of an open door; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man and a woman standing in front of boxes of food; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man sitting on a couch in a room filled with boxes; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – An aerial view of a mountain with a road going up the side of it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man and a woman and a child in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A woman holding a pen in her right hand; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A woman sitting in front of a piano keyboard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A man with long hair and a red shirt is laughing; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – An older man and a young boy are in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – Two little girls standing next to each other in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young boy is holding a bowl of cereal; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Shining” (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick – A young boy is being held up by a man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle