Oct 01, 20 jack nicholson in the shining warner bros. The final shot is a photograph of our lead protagonist jack torrence jack nicholson, impossibly photographed as a resident of the overlook hotel at the july 4th ball in 1921, some sixty years before the shining is set, where jack is now the caretaker of the hotel during a winter break. Which means it was playing to people who didnt give a fuck about stanley kubrick, and were only going to go see the shining because of the trailer. A lot of those things can easily be explained away. Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. We recently shared some interesting information regarding stanely kubricks the shining in which we learned some of the original alternate endings that were explored by the director and his creative team.
Either way, the end result is jack becoming part of the hotel. The novel ends with wendy and halloran sitting on either side of danny while he catches fish beneath the afternoon sun 58. It also allows him to see past, present, and future events through hisguide, tony. Movie endings dont get any more iconic or enigmatic than the final 15 minutes of stanley kubricks 2001.
As it stands, the ultimate fate of the lost ending remains as indeterminate as the shining itself. The unmasking will happen at the stroke of midnight. Find a summary of this and each chapter of the shining. The novel was adapted into a 1980 film of the same name and later followed by a sequel, doctor sleep, published in 20. The book was followed in 20 by the sequel doctor sleep. Lets scrape together the shining epilogue that stanley. Ending spoiler for the shining 1980, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. As the offseason caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, hell have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his. Differences between the shining book vs movie page 1. One of the most frequent questions ive received about the shining is what does the guy in the bear costume mean. The shining is considered by many critics and readers to be one of kings best works. Masseys rotting corpse in the shining is unsettling whether youre reading the book, watching kubricks film, or checking out kings miniseries where.
The film version made big changes to the character of jack overall, and subsequently, many elements of the story were completely modified to better represent the character the picture was working with. At the end of the shining, why is jack in the photo of the. What stanley kubrick got wrong about the shining stephen king has always disliked stanley kubricks film of the shining, and he has a point. The tension felt when jack jack nicholson chases danny danny lloyd through the hotel grounds is incredible. The shining is the third book published by stephen king. I already knew that the television set in the overlook hotel has no cord. Strangelove will exist only in photos and memories. How doctor sleep movie connects stephen king with stanley. The doctor sleep ending bridges the gap between stephen kings book the shining and stanley kubricks movie, which king famously hated. Even though the reincarnation theory came directly from kubrick, the absorption theory is still plausible. Many references from the book and movie have left their mark on popular.
Room 237, out friday, dissects the oddest ideas about kubricks classic. Haunted by a persistent writers block, the aspiring author and recovering alcoholic, jack torrance, drags his wife, wendy, and his gifted son, danny, up snowcapped colorados secluded overlook hotel after taking up a job as an offseason caretaker. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Near the end of the film, on a frigid night, jack chases danny into the labyrinth on the hotel grounds. Mar 10, 2016 the other was the olympia up on 100 and something street, friedkin said. Jack lets the boiler explode to destroy the hotel while the.
It was the last novel king released under the richard bachman pseudonym until the release of the regulators in 1996, and the last released prior to bachman being outed as being stephen kings pseudonym. Stephen kings the shining, published in 1977, is a horror novel. Shutter island the book shows such a treatment failing. His latest feature, doctor sleep, adapted from the novel by stephen king, is both a sequel to kings celebrated novel, the shining, and stanley. Its time to return to the overlook hotel, as the ending of the shining sequel doctor sleep finds dan torrance, now a grown man, back in the decaying remains of the building that almost killed him as a child. Thats why king statements like this arent to be trusted. Moving his wife, wendy, and their son, danny, into it for the. The shining s 1980 hedge maze chase is one of the most iconic endings in horror history.
When you think of that hotel from the shining, any number of memorable images might cross your mind. For more than three decades, people have been obsessed with the shining. But as the shining progresses and the madness sets in with greater intensity, the dissolves grow ever more infrequent, such that by the end, as jack, axe in hand, chases his beloved wife and child through the byzantine hotel and adjoining maze, these mesmerizing transitions are essentially gone. Differences between the shining book vs movie page 2. The characters are interesting and well rounded, especially jack, an essentially decent man battling not. But for many people, its all about the hidden messages of. Nov 01, 2012 born from a bad dream experienced during a onenight stay at a colorado hotel that was closing for the season, the shining is the first book stephen king wrote from a position of financial stabilit. The cast list that appeared in the beginning of the previous two books has mostly been removed, aside from two pages listing out the michelle wests sun sword series is a six book long epic fantasy series starting with the broken crown. The true story behind the legendary lost ending of the shining. Jack torrances new job at the overlook hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start.
This classic novel is arguably kings most famous story and piece of literature. At first, it feels like a traditional horror setup a guy gets hired to spend the winter in an enormous hotel. I dont blame them, its a ridiculously good, truly scary film. Find summaries for every chapter, including a the shining chapter summary chart to help you understand the book. The novel ends with danny and wendy spending the summer at a resort in maine where hallorann works as head chef. The shining court the sun sword, book 3 michelle west on. As somebody who is a massive fan of the movie, i was certain that i. In the film adaptation, which is also a sequel to kubricks film, horace. The shining is a gothic horror novel by stephen king, first published in 1977. Dannys ordeal and the bear costumed man, exploring hidden abuse theme in the movie. Theres the sense that a great talent has been wasted. Doctor sleep ending explained in detail screen rant. Movie, hell be taking a critical look at movie adaptations of horror novels.
He puts the invitation back in the book and starts reading the scrapbook. Because he has the shining, it allows him to detect spirits and thus makes him a target of the overlook hotel. I love the film the shining but i feel i need a better explanation. Maybe a vision of blood pouring from slowly opening elevator doors comes into view. The book is more psychologically disturbing, thrilling, and all of those are sprinkled with touches of spooks. The final, terrible shot of jack on the ground, his frozen face forever stuck in its maniacal, upwardlooking openmouth gaze, instantly freezes itself into the brain of anyone who witnesses it. The focus is on jewel as she travels south, the voyani, the shining court, the conspirators, and diora. Note this was also used for the remake 2007 shining movie, where instead of a bee hive its a different insect nest which fills up that night when it was suppose to be empty. Jack rushes to go release the boiler before it explodes, but danny uses his shining to help him see what hes become. Fans of the shining or any of stanley kubricks movies understand the importance the director placed on minor details.
Apr 01, 20 history professor geoffrey cocks is pretty sure the shining is about the nazi extermination. The shining 1979 analysis by rob ager collative learning. The final shot of the shining, its ambiguity forever helping stanley kubricks most popular film carry on its enduring legacy for nearly thirty years. The unsettling theories about the shining that you havent. Until the last minute, the plot seems to be wrapping up in a conventional way. Part of his theory centers on the uncanny number play. The true story behind the legendary lost ending of the.
For years, the prolific horror author has asserted that stanley kubricks 1980 adaptation of the shining is not just a bad adaptation but also a bad movie, a cadillac with no engine in it that you cant do anything with except admire it as sculpture. Stephen king has also written doctor sleep which is the shining book two. Jul 08, 2015 in the final shots of stanley kubricks the shining, the audience sees the corpse of jack torrance jack nicholson frozen to death in the hedge maze where he tried to kill his wife wendy. The shining 1977, psychological horror by stephen king. It deals with many of kings recurring themes, including alcoholism. The main character jack torrance is a violent, recovering alcoholic who has broken his son, dannys arm while drunk before. We recently shared some interesting information regarding stanely kubricks the shining in which we learned some of the original alternate endings that were explored by the director and his creative team the other versions of the ending included wendy killing jack, jack killing danny, and even one in which dick hallorann was one of the real villains of the story. Stanley kubricks the shining has one hell of an ending. The ending of geralds game explained by sezin koehler april 8, 2020 1.
Whether hes on a list of victims or a reincarnation, hes doomed to be stuck within the walls of the overlook forever. How does the ending of the shining differ from stephen. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror stories of all time. Endgame mistakes charmed mistakes the biggest mistakes in the xmen movies the phantom of the opera questions 6 underground quotes unknown ending sex and the city trivia apocalypto.
Drama analysis of the shining the shining is a 1980 psychological horror film directed by stanley kubrick. The shining how a red book could explain everything. Apr 08, 2020 the ending of geralds game explained by sezin koehler april 8, 2020 1. As long as film historians respect his wishes, the alternate ending of the shining like the epic deleted pie fight from kubricks dr. Doctor sleeps ending brings the story of the shining full circle, and brings dan torrance back to the overlook hotel for one last fight. The book reached the first position on the new york times best seller list for print and ebook fiction combined, hardcover fiction, and ebook fiction. In the movie the motivation of the ghosts is to possess jack torrance to get him to kill danny. At the end of the novel, jack had ignored the boiler for too long, and the hotel explodes. Its been a little over 10 years since the mist dropped that huge ending on us, and now its time to unpack it all once again. The overlook hotel where the film is set was built on a native indian burial ground as explained by stuart ullman. The always prolific stephen king is back with in the tall grass, where a brother and sister find themselves lost in a vast field that. The setting and characters are influenced by kings personal experiences, including both his visit to the. Jul 08, 2015 this week, on a reddit thread titled frames from the hospital scene from the original ending of the shining, a fan unearthed three continuity polaroids that show scenes from the films deleted epilogue.
Stephen king is brilliant, but hes also sometimes wrong. Jun 18, 2006 but there is a deleted scene from the shining 1980 that casts wendys reliability in a curious light. You must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between. The shining is a horror novel by american author stephen king. Check out his first column below, exploring the shining. Perhaps you see a snowcovered hotel made of grey stone, or a grand redroofed building with a large front porch. What stanley kubrick got wrong about the shining salon. The part that confuses me is at the ending when they show the picture of jack nicholson, but its in the 1970s and hes the same age. The black and white photo at the end is in some ways presented as like a eureka moment. At the end of the shining, why is jack in the photo of. Chapter summary for stephen kings the shining, part 1 chapter 1 summary.
Jack torrance takes a job as a caretaker of the isolated overlook hotel in the colorado mountains. Oct 21, 2017 its been a little over 10 years since the mist dropped that huge ending on us, and now its time to unpack it all once again. The shining is a tragedy, and wed be remiss to classify the ending otherwise. The death is also nothing like jacks fate in the novelization of the shining, written by stephen king. The 6 weirdest theories about the shining mother jones. Director sam hargrave on what really happened the best comedies of the 21st century so far every nonthor chris. Jan 07, 2008 can someone explain the end of the shining for me. Jun 22, 2012 the shining is the story of jack torrance, who is employed as the caretaker of the gargantuan overlook hotel in colorado one winter. Thinner is a 1984 novel by stephen king, published under his pseudonym richard bachman. The shining, even though might not be the one to deliver an extremely frightening tale, it manages to provide us a pool of drama, thrills, disturbance, and everything you could think of in a good horror story for us to dive into. He moves with his family, son danny and wife winnie, into the hotel for the winter.
The shining court is the third book in the series, and you most definitely need to have read the previous books. I havent read the book, so maybe someone who has can explain this. History professor geoffrey cocks is pretty sure the shining is about the nazi extermination. Theres plenty of speculation surrounding hidden meanings and conspiracy theories of the shining a featurelength documentarys worth, to be exact but the strangest part of the film may forever be wendys sudden discovery of a man in a work suit receiving fellatio from a man in a bear suit stanley kubrick famously tried to distance. How does the ending of the shining differ from stephen king. The photograph at the end of stanley kubricks the shining. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The other was the olympia up on 100 and something street, friedkin said. The shining posted in the filmsexplained community. Published in 1977, it is kings third published novel and first hardback bestseller. As the cavernous hotel shuts down for the season, the manager gives jack a grand tour, and the.
Read on to find out what happened in the shinings original ending, and why kubrick made the lastminute decision to axe it. Why that bear performed fellatio on that guy in the shining. This is a sharp time, now, a precise timewe live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world. Shutter islands ending explained david cox film the. Noah baumbachs marriage story is one of the most acclaimed films of the year, as the netflix exclusive takes on the gutwrenching topic of divorce. The book was published by doubleday in january 28, 1977. This is also suggested in the sequel film doctor sleep. Stanley kubricks the shining was released in 1980, and since has been hailed as one of the greatest horror movies ever made.
At the end of the shining, why is jack in the photo of the overlooks july 4th, 1921 party related. Ive read more books about the shining than ive read about any other movie. Jack is blown away, imaging the scene of wealth and splendor. With ghosts, visions and psychological horror, the shining by stephen king is a very good horror story, i would say one of his best, right up there with the likes of salems lot which is another sk novel that i recommend if you enjoy horror. The popular interpretation is that the scene is a throwback to a subplot of stephen kings book, in which a party guest in a dog costume has a homosexual relationship with one of the hotels former owners. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of the shining by stephen king. Well look at both angles, and contrast the novels ending with the ending of stanley kubricks iconic film. How the book ended the novella the mist ends pretty similar to the movie, with a daring escape being made by david, his son, and two others. At first, it feels like a traditional horror setup a guy gets hired to spend the winter in an enormous hotel, secluded from civilization, where obviously something will go very wrong. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. The story of this film is based off the book, the shining by stephen king. Now, by gods grace, the shining sun is up, and them that fear not light. The craziest theories on the shining in room 237 heres johnny.
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