The Shining (1980) 40th Anniversary presented by TCM
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- Jack Nicholson
- Shelley Duvall
- Danny Lloyd
- Scatman Crothers
- Barry Nelson
- Philip Stone
- Joe Turkel
- Anne Jackson
- Tony Burton
- Lia Beldam
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Shelley Duvall's Wendy is so unnerved it's unnerving watching her react to Nicholson's crazy Jack. Even at the beginning of the film she's so tentative and seeming to walk on eggs with Jack. This movie Jack is crazy from the word go, differing from the novel's Jack. It's been 40 years since I've seen this on a big screen, and it holds up very well.
--wow-- love this movie ... greatest of all.... well done !
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Disappointing... Jack Nicholson parodies himself while Kubrick fails to provide any thrills. [11 July 1980, p.8]
It’s the experience more so than the actual content of The Shining that radiates cold, anti-humanly indifferent terror.
The unhurried pace, extended dialogue scenes and those sudden, sinister inter-titles (One Month Later, 4pm) contribute to the insidious unease. Nicholson's performance as the abusive father who is tipped over the edge is a thrillingly scabrous, black-comic turn, and the final shot of his face in daylight is a masterstroke...Deeply scary and strange.