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Happy Birthday Stephen King!!!

Novelist Stephen King says writing is like leaving the ordinary world for a world of his own making: "It's a wonderful, exhilarating experience."

The Shining (1997)

Directed by Mick Garris.  Written by Stephen King (novel and teleplay).  Starring Steven Weber, Rebecca De Mornay, Courtland Mead, Melvin Van Peebles and Cynthia Garris. Plot: a recovering alcoholic and his family move into a haunted hotel so he can work as it's caretaker while in the off-season Filmed at the actual hotel the story … Continue reading The Shining (1997) →

The Shining (1980)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick.  Written by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson.  Based on the novel by Stephen King.  Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers and Danny Lloyd. Plot: a man gets a job in an isolated hotel for the winter and slowly starts to go mad, putting his family in danger I believe there … Continue reading The Shining (1980) →