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Stephen King's The Shining - Parts 1 And 2 [VHS] [1997]

VHS ~ Rebecca De Mornay
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, Courtland Mead, Melvin Van Peebles, Wil Horneff
  • Directors: Mick Garris
  • Writers: Stephen King
  • Producers: Elliot Friedgen, Laura Gibson, Mark Carliner, Stephen King
  • Format: Box set, PAL
  • Language English
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • VHS Release Date: 8 Jun 1998
  • Run Time: 273 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CWL0
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,510 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Stephen King's The Shining is a new adaptation from the author himself, made for American television, that bears very little resemblance to the 1980 Stanley Kubrick version. Which is not surprising since Kubrick practically threw out most of King's novel and presented his own version of the story. Here King redresses the balance in a mini-series that follows his original almost to the letter, and manages to be effectively creepy despite the budget and censorship limitations of the TV format.

Stephen Weber takes over the role of Jack Torrance, the caretaker who slowly descends into madness in the haunted Overlook Hotel. His performance is as far from Jack Nicholson as you could get, with his insanity building slowly and menacingly rather than being virtually mad from the get-go. Rebecca de Mornay is superb as Wendy Torrance, struggling to hold her fragile family together amid the spooky goings on. Young Courtlan Mead plays Danny, whose unique gifts give the story its title, as one of those infuriating TV brats who overacts left right and centre. Fortunately, there are enough creepy moments and a fair few frights to hold the whole thing together: the woman in the bathtub scene being a stand out shocker. Sure, there is nothing quite like Nicholson's "Here's Johnny!" moment, but this is the story King wanted to tell and it still shines brighter than most of the other recent screen adaptations of his work.

On the DVD: Stephen King's The Shining is a nicely packaged set, with the film spread over two discs complete with a commentary featuring Stephen King himself, instantly making this set a must-have for his fans. There are also several deleted scenes which add some interest to parts of the movie. The transfer is good, considering its TV origins, and the crisp sound captures every spooky moment on this well-thought-out and presented set. --Jonathan Weir



Synopsis

A man takes his family to a hotel where he has taken the job of caretaker for the winter months. Evil forces take control of him and he begins to see his family as a threat.... Based on a book by Stephen King.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Acting!!, 22 Mar 2001
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I've watched Steven Weber in the sitcom "Wings," and was so impressed by his acting that I decided to follow his work to this movie. Wow! He needs more credit for this movie because he was better than Jack. I'm a big fan of both, but I think he captured his role better. Everyone else was also amazing in the movie. The music was wonderful as well as the scenery. A hit! I was on the edge of my seat the entire time!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars The Shining, 22 Dec 2004
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This review is from: Stephen King's The Shining [DVD] [1997] (DVD)
This was a little long in places but this was necessary as the whole story was much closer to the original book, with the development of the story and the gradual build up to the end of the story. The actors all slightly underplayed their roles making the whole situation more believable. The parts when the topiary animals creep up on unsuspecting members of the family is especially creepy.
Personally I preferred it to the film version starring Jack Nicholson as that version seemed to just use the most dramtic parts of the book to make a horror film while missing out the background leading to situations.
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Terrifyingly Good!, 17 Feb 2003
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This review is from: Stephen King's The Shining [DVD] [1997] (DVD)
The original movie of 'The Shining' was my favourite movie for a long time, until I finally got round to reading the Stephen King book. Then I realised that the movie had very little in common with the novel. Apparently, Stephen King himself thought this too. This version, Stephen King's version, is basically a page to film adaption that leaves very little out. It is how the author wanted it and, in my opinion, is much better than Kubrick's adaption. Great performances from the lead actors, good special effects, and the fact that it has a long running time lets you slowly and gently slide into the terrifying story. I'd deffinately reccomend this to any Stephen King fans, and also to any horror fans.
It was, after all, penned by the master!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stephen King's The Shining [DVD] [1997]
Excellent ! You got to hand it to Stephen King.
Certainly remaked this movie into another one of
his masterpiece's. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Roman

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad!
I havn't read the novel but from what I have heard about it this sounds the more faithful out of the two movies. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. A. J. Ralph

4.0 out of 5 stars The real Shining adaption
If it weren't for the clear problem with budget limits and censorship for TV this would easily be getting a 5 Star rating because unlike the film version of the Shining by Stanley... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Adam Gardiner

1.0 out of 5 stars tedious
boring, boring, boring! I had to force myself to watch the whole thing.The topiery moving was the least creepy thing I've ever seen and even though it was closer to the book, I... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Karen Morrison

4.0 out of 5 stars The haunting cruelty has been flushed away
Stephen King never liked Kubrick's adaptation of his eponymous novel. Granted. Then he finally did it himself in the form of a mini series for TV. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jacques COULARDEAU

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
I was hoping after enjoying the book that the film would be good to,but i found that alot of the contents that was in the book was rushed in the film. Read more
Published 14 months ago by lucy port

5.0 out of 5 stars Much more accurate
The Shining is one of my favourite books and to be honest, it deserved a better attempt that Kubrick's version. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Azlak

5.0 out of 5 stars The "real" Shining
being a huge fan of the shining, i loved the stanley kubrick version, however on a long train journey i decided to purchase the novel for the trip. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2007 by Mr. R. R. J. Hooper

3.0 out of 5 stars Faithful.
Stephen King's The Shining is drastically different to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. He sticks to the book as much as possible, even at the expense of pacing. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2005 by Martin I. Smith

2.0 out of 5 stars True enough to the book yet not a notch on Kubrick's classic
After having read the book and being a fan of Kubrick's adaptation, I was of course curious to see this 'King approved' version of the story. Read more
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