Warner Bros released The Shining to theaters on June 13, 1980. Stanley Kubrick directed the film which starred Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. ‘The Shining’ Movie Synopsis The master of verbal diarrhea, Stephen King teams up with Stanley Kubrick, to take us on a long and winding road up the Colorado Rockies, far from Chinatown, where a tormented Jack Torrance, played by a very young Christian Slater, approaches the Overlook Hotel for an interview as its winter caretaker. It’s a job that will allow him plenty of time to write and maybe draw up a few sinister plans to rid the world of Batman forever. During the interview, the hotel manager tells Jack of a previous caretaker who came down with a terrible case of cabin fever and chopped up his family into tiny cubes quicker than an Iron Chef, and then pulled a Kurt Cobain on himself across the bedroom floor. This doesn’t deter Jack and he takes the job, but back home, his son, Danny, is afraid to go with him. Danny has learned from his mystical finger, Tony, played by the Thing from the Aadams Family, that there is something sinister at the hotel. Danny freaks out and when his mother, Wendy, played by Popeye’s Olive Oyl, can’t calm him down with a stirring rendition of the song, “He’s Large,” she calls a doctor for help.  Read Full Synopsis (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Disclaimer This podcast is for entertainment and information purposes only. The theme music for Lunchtime Movie Review, Fireworks is provided courtesy of Alexander Nakarada at serpentsoundstudios.com under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. All original content of this podcast is the intellectual property of Lunchtime Movie Review, the MHM Podcast Network, and Fuzzy Bunny Slippers Entertainment LLC unless otherwise noted. This post contains affiliate links that will take you to Amazon.com and/or the iTunes Store. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission. Advertisers and affiliate partnerships do not influence our content. For more information, please read our Terms of Use about the inclusion of affiliate links on this site.