The Shining [P&S]

In legendary director Stanley Kubrick's chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel, Jack Nicholson stars as Jack Torrance, a struggling writer who accepts a job as caretaker of The Overlook Hotel, a luxurious but remote resort closed for the winter, where Jack, his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and their son Danny (Danny Lloyd) will be the only residents for several snowy months. Jack hopes that the solitude will give him a chance to focus on his writing; problems with alcohol have m...