The Shining

USA | 1980 | 144 min. | Stanley Kubrick

September 27 - October 2, 2024

Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall star in director Stanley Kubrick's disturbing adaptation of Stephen King's blockbuster horror novel. 4K Remaster.

SIFF year-round passes are not valid for this screening. Vouchers are valid.

When writer Jack Torrance (Nicholson)—who has a history of alcoholism and child abuse—takes a job as winter caretaker for a hotel high in the Rocky Mountains, he, his wife (Duvall) and their psychic young son will be isolated until spring. But once the first blizzard closes the road out, the accumulated power of evil deeds committed at the hotel begins to drive Jack mad. Now there may be no escape for his wife and son in this haunting madness, memory and family violence.

  • Director: Stanley Kubrick
  • Principal Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson
  • Country: USA, United Kingdom
  • Year: 1980
  • Running Time: 144 min.
  • Producer: Stanley Kubrick
  • Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson, based on the novel by Stephen King
  • Cinematographers: John Alcott
  • Editors: Ray Lovejoy
  • Music: Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind