The Shining
The Shining - was released on: 23 May 1980.
The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:
- Jack Nicholson… - played the character of: Jack Torrance
- Shelley Duvall… - played the character of: Wendy Torrance
- Danny Lloyd… - played the character of: Danny Torrance
- Scatman Crothers… - played the character of: Dick Hallorann
- Barry Nelson… - played the character of: Stuart Ullman
- Philip Stone… - played the character of: Delbert Grady
- Joe Turkel… - played the character of: Lloyd the Bartender
- Anne Jackson… Doctor
- Tony Burton… Larry Durkin
- Lia Beldam… - played the character of: Young Woman in Bath
- Billie Gibson… - played the character of: Old Woman in Bath
- Barry Dennen… Bill Watson
- David Baxt… Forest Ranger #1
- Manning Redwood… Forest Ranger #2
- Lisa Burns… - played the character of: Grady Twin Daughter
Here is a summary of the film’s plot:
A man, his son and wife become the winter caretakers of an isolated hotel where Danny, the son, sees disturbing visions of the hotel’s past using a telepathic gift known as “The Shining”. The father, Jack Torrance, is underway in a writing project when he slowly slips into insanity as a result of cabin fever and former guests of the hotels ghost’s. After being convinced by a waiter’s ghost to “correct” the family, Jack goes completely insane. The only thing that can save Danny and his mother is “The Shining”. Written by ipreach4ever