Jack nicholson seems to be all work, although his actual output leaves a lot to be desired. Based on the novel of the same name by stephen king, the shining follows jack torrance jack nicholson, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who takes a job as the offseason caretaker of the overlook hotel. King took issue with nicholsons characters lack of interiority. Why stephen kings complaints about the shining actually have. The original book is close enough to the movie in story that when i began to reread it i honestly couldnt. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed.
Nicholson is well known for playing villainous roles such as jack torrance in the shining, frank costello in the departed, and the joker in 1989s batman, among many other roles. In terms of film fundamentals, the shining should be one of the worst movies ever made, and jack nicholsons performance should have failed miserably. Jack nicholson actor, shelley duvall actor, stanley kubrick director, writer 4. Jack nicholson and shelley duvall have expressed open resentment against the reception of this film, feeling that critics and audiences credited stanley kubrick solely for the films success without considering the efforts of the actors, crew, or the strength of stephen kings underlying material. His depiction by jack nicholson presented him as a onedimensional alcoholic, annoyed by his familys presence while trying to finish his play. I am thankful that i read the book when it came out, therefore before the film, because the film was horrible i am sorry, all you shining and jack nicholson fans, but it was not representative of the brilliance that this story presents. Available on vhs and dvd editions of the shining from the 1999 release of the stanley kubrick collection. The shining jack nicholson and shelley duvall overview opening with spectacular aerial shots of a beautiful, mountainous landscape, stanley kubricks horror classic the shining sucks the viewer into his frightening tale with quiet, relaxing visualsbut the ominous soundtrack warns that all is not right at the gorgeous overlook hotel. Oct 27, 2016 shelley duvall, danny lloyd and jack nicholson in the shining, directed by stanley kubrick, 1980. May 23, 2020 jack nicholson s character had to be crazy and angry all the time. Catapult catapult the shining, domestic violence, and.
Jack nicholson, an american actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a threetime academy award winner and twelvetime nominee. Jack heads up to the overlook hotel for his first job interview with stuart ullman. Shining haufig auch the shining ist ein usamerikanischer horrorfilm des regisseurs. This is one of the scariest books i have ever read, period. Home entertainment the shining is perfect quarantine.
What did stephen king think about jack nicholsons portrayal. Amazons choice recommends highly rated, wellpriced products available to ship immediately. I met him for the first time when i went into stanleys office one morning to deliver some urgent. John daniel edward jack torrance is the main character of stephen king s horror novel the shining 1977. In my opinion, the shining which was adapted from a steven king novel remains one of the most haunting and disturbing supernatural thrillers ever. Oct 02, 2019 in terms of film fundamentals, the shining should be one of the worst movies ever made, and jack nicholson s performance should have failed miserably. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next. However, in kings 1981 nonfiction book danse macabre, he listed kubricks film among those. Apr 18, 2020 jack nicholson, one of the most prominent american motionpicture actors of his generation, especially noted for his versatile portrayals of unconventional, alienated outsiders. This is what horror movie actors look like in real life. May 17, 2016 jack nicholson, one of the biggest stars in hollywood, played the leading role in the shining. Jack nicholson practically growling his sons name as he succumbs to the evil forces harbored by the overlook hotel and sets out to slaughter his family is one of the more terrifying scenes in a. The horror begins and the story unfolds once jack torrance jack nicholson has accepted the position of offseason caretaker of an elegant isolated hotel and brings his wife and son to live there.
Jack nicholson, one of the biggest stars in hollywood, played the leading role in the shining. I listened to an interview with dan brown, author of the da vinvi code on npr a few years ago. Its probably a good idea that jack nicholson didnt revive his role as jack torrance in the, frankly pretty ropey, sequel to the shining that many of us endured last year the old boy just. Mar 20, 2020 shelley duvall, danny lloyd, and jack nicholson star in the shining 1980. Murray closesygma via getty images the astonishing opening shots of jack wending his way up the colorado mountains are a sign of things. The movie the shining, directed by the great stanley kubrick and starring the terrifying jack nicholson, is very different from the stephen. Home entertainment the shining is perfect quarantine viewing. At the beginning of the novel, jack is hired as the caretaker of the remote overlook hotel for the winter offseason. Feb 23, 2015 the shining is a rare horror classic that is famous both as a book and a film. Nicholson is one of only two actors who john joseph jack nicholson born april 22, 1937 is an american actor, film director, producer and writer. The interview goes pretty well except jack finds out that one of the last guys to hold his job at the hotel went nuts and murdered his family. The shining by stanley kubrick jack nicholson, shelley.
Jack takes his wife, wendy shelley duvall, and their son, danny danny lloyd, with him, but little do they know, the overlook has some dark secrets of its own, and triggered by. What stanley kubrick got wrong about the shining stephen king has always disliked stanley kubricks film of the shining, and he has a point. Never really liked the jack nicholson shining movie, despite all the praise it got, exactly because i felt it didnt really manage to capture all the subtle touches of the book, didnt manage to really replicate the full depth of the characters. Apr 16, 2020 shelley duvall, danny lloyd, and jack nicholson star in the shining 1980. He was portrayed by jack nicholson in the novels 1980 film adaptation, by steven weber in the 1997 miniseries, by brian mulligan in the 2016 opera and by henry thomas in the 2019 film adaptation of doctor sleep. John joseph jack nicholson born april 22, 1937 is an american actor and filmmaker, who has performed for over 60 years. The movie the shining, directed by the great stanley kubrick and starring the terrifying jack nicholson, is very different from the stephen kingpenned book from which it is adapted. Although the stories of the two are surprisingly different, horror aficionados have long loved both. See more ideas about the shining, stanley kubrick and scary movies. He is informed by the hotel manager that the previous caretaker, delbert grady, killed. Nicholson is known for playing a wide range of starring or supporting roles, including satirical comedy, romance and dark portrayals of antiheroes and psychopathic characters. Allstarwarner brossportsphoto ltd e veryone remembers their first stephen king. And in my character i had to cry 12 hours a day, all day long, the last nine months straight, five or six days a week.
Plot jack torrance, an alcoholic former teacher and writer, takes a job as a custodian for the winter season of the deserted and immense hotel overlook in the rocky mountains, hoping to find himself and his lost inspiration again. Among his notable films were chinatown, one flew over the cuckoos nest, the shining, batman, a few good men, and as good as it gets. The 18 best jack nicholson movies, from the shining to. When considering gaslighting tactics and how they operate, it seems unsettling to consider the treatment of duvall on set. John daniel edward torrance is the main character of stephen kings horror novel the shining 1977. Jack nicholson through the years 3 horror movies of the 1980s 2 the shining 2 creepy, spooky kids 2 our favorite stephen king adaptations 2 visually stunning movies to stream now 2 good and evil twins 1 classic horror photo gallery 1 tony burton 1 horror movies based on books 1 movies that became tv shows 1. Stephen king fan publishes shinings jack torrances novel books. May 25, 2020 a video showing jack nicholson gearing up to perform the iconic heres johnny.
The film is based on stephen king s 1977 novel of the same name and stars jack nicholson, shelley duvall, scatman crothers, and danny lloyd. The shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by stanley kubrick and cowritten with novelist diane johnson. I tried to convince stanley kubrick not to cast jack. The past intrudes, and soon jack is knocking them down at the bar, suddenly peopled. An employee and the little boy of the couple share the shining which is some sort of esp. The main characters in the story are jack nicholson, shelley duvall, and danny lloyd. Eliminating most of the supernatural episodes from the original stephen king novel, stanley kubricks version of the shining is at once a coolly ironic nearparody with a jack nicholson performance that defines over the top and a genuinely chilling dissection of how a family breaks down when the father cannot or does not want to perform his duties as provider and protector. What jack nicholson was actually doing in the shining. Jack nicholson jack torrance is a complex character, as fans of the book know that despite his struggle with his alcoholism, he has genuine love for his family. The shining has lost its shine kubrick was slumming it in a. What stanley kubrick got wrong about the shining salon. King was unhappy with the casting of nicholson, with his over the top style of acting and association with playing crazy characters. Tormented, alcoholic jack torrance, his wife wendy, desperately trying to do the right thing and always failing. I am jacks ax read the detailed book about the shining.
Warner home video though kubrick had a good relationship with nicholson, the director was notoriously brutal on shelley. A clip from the movie the shining with jack nicholson and shelley duvall. Oct 01, 20 jack nicholson in the shining warner bros. Stephen king is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Buy products related to jack nicholson shining products and see what customers say about jack nicholson shining products on. In kings mind, jack torrance, in the movie, seems crazy from the jump. Im just gonna bash your brains in jack nicholson in. In many of his films, he has played the eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter, someone who. The film is based on stephen kings 1977 novel of the same name and stars jack nicholson. Whether speaking of the novel or the film, if you are in a crowd and mention you have never read it, never watched it, you will be pelted with outraged expressions of disbelief and exasperation from nearly everyone else within earshot. Adapted from stephen kings bestseller, the shining was released 40 years ago in may, but it is spookily relevant to the worlds predicament today. Jul 11, 2017 one of the most popular pieces of trivia from the shining s production is that the iconic scene where shelley duvall swings a baseball bat at jack nicholson on the stairs was filmed an excruciating 127 times. What digital items do customers buy after viewing this item.
Jan 12, 2009 the shining how did jack escape the store room 5 theories, you decide duration. The american film institute rated the character as played by nicholson the 25th. Based on stephen kings bestselling novel, the film stars jack nicholson at his eyebrowraising best in his portrayal of jack torrance, a vermont schoolteacher. The shining, jack torrance jack nicholson is hired as the winter caretaker of the cavernous overlook. The book is named as such because the leading character jack turns from a good person to a paranormal and tries to kill everyone with his axe. Id give my goddamned soul for just a glass of beer. The film is based on stephen kings 1977 novel of the same name and stars jack nicholson, shelley duvall, scatman crothers, and danny lloyd. The novel by horror master stephen king was adapted for the screen by no less a genius than stanley kubrick. He wanted an actor like john voight, who would deliver a more subtle and nuanced performance, a sympathetic charac.
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