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?Heeeeere?s Johnny!? In a macabre masterpiece adapted from Stephen King?s novel Jack Nicholson falls prey to forces haunting a snowbound mountain resort with a macabre history.Running Time: 144 min.System Requirements:Running Time: 144 Mins.Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 085391157106 Manufacturer No: 115710

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Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is less an adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling horror novel than a complete reimagining of it from the inside out. In King's book, the Overlook Hotel is a haunted place that takes possession of its off-season caretaker and provokes him to murderous rage against his wife and young son. Kubrick's movie is an existential Road Runner cartoon (his steadicam scurrying through the hotel's labyrinthine hallways), in which the cavernously empty spaces inside the Overlook mirror the emptiness in the soul of the blocked writer, who's settled in for a long winter's hibernation. As many have pointed out, King's protagonist goes mad, but Kubrick's Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is Looney Tunes from the moment we meet him--all arching eyebrows and mischievous grin. (Both Nicholson and Shelley Duvall reach new levels of hysteria in their performances, driven to extremes by the director's fanatical demands for take after take after take.) The Shining is terrifying--but not in the way fans of the novel might expect. When it was redone as a TV miniseries (reportedly because of King's dissatisfaction with the Kubrick film), the famous topiary-animal attack (which was deemed impossible to film in 1980) was there--but the deeper horror was lost. Kubrick's The Shining gets under your skin and chills your bones; it stays with you, inhabits you, haunts you. And there's no place to hide... --Jim Emerson

Rating : - A flawless trasnsfer. This classic has never looked better.
If you are a Stanley Kubrick fan, or just love the horror genre, you are going to be blown away with this great Blu-Ray transfer. I viewed this title on my Sony XBR4 monitor, calibrated with the Digital Video Essential disk. Playback was acheived with a Sony PS3, using HDMI Monster cables. My audio comes through a Sony DG910 receiver with Axiom speakers.

I cant say enough about the effort to make this the best possible transfer to home theatre viewing. In 1080P, this title truely shines. The picture is near flawless. The color is very, very crisp and sharp. The colors are very vibrant and look to be a that of a new release title. This movie is over 28 years old, yet shows it's age very little. The day scenes are very crisp, the indoor scenes have great depth and vivid colors. The dark scenes hold black very, very well. There are no film grains visible. Nor are there any specs of dirt or scratches on the film negative. Restored to it's source condition, every bit " reference quality" condition. You simply have never seen this movie in this condition.

As for the sound. Very clean. Voices are very clear. Music is very bold and clean. Though it is not the type of movie that shines from audio alone, you will be pleased with it I think.

As far as the movie itself. Some love it, some hate it. If you love it, you will find this to be a wise purchase. Cant knock this one one bit.