11. One of the shots in movie, the part where Jack is bouncing a ball against a wall took several days to film. This was because the shot entailed the ball bouncing from the wall onto the camera lens as it filmed. As Stanley Kubrick was so determined to get this precise shot, the camera kept rolling while the ball was continually hit against the wall in the hope of it bouncing back and hitting the lens. It took everyone on the entire unit having a go at it in between other shots before the shot was finally achieved after several days.
- Jack Torrance in The Shining
10. Approximately 5000 people auditioned for the role of Danny Torrance over a six-month period. The interviews were carried out in Chicago, Denver and Cincinnati by Stanley Kubrick's assistant Leon Vitali and his wife, Kersti Vitali. Aspiring actors were asked to send in photographs of themselves, and from the photographs, a list was made of the boys who looked right, who were then called in to interview. Vitali would then have the boys do some minor improvisation on camera, and Kubrick would review the footage, gradually narrowing the list down.
- Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance
9. The movie's line "Here's Johnny!" was voted as the #68 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100), and as the #36 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere magazine in 2007.
- Here’s Johnny
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8. Saul Bass reportedly produced around 300 versions of the film's poster before director Stanley Kubrick was satisfied.
- The Shining 1980
7. The Shinning took over 5 years to complete.
- The Shining
6. Actor Jack Nicholson was Stanley Kubrick's first choice for the role of Jack Torrance.
- Jack Nicholson in The Shining
5. The two tracked vehicles in the movie are the Activ Fischer VW Powered 4 Speed Snow-Trak (referred to and labeled on the vehicle as a "SnowCat") and a Thiokol Imp Snow-Cat (this is the vehicle Wendy and Danny escape in).
- Shelly Duvall and The Vehicle
4. Novelist Stephen King later wrote a book sequel to The Shining, Doctor Sleep. Although written in 2013/2014, it's set initially in the 1980s.
- Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep
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3. Stephen King, the author of the book on which the movie was based, was quite disappointed in the final film. While admitting that Stanley Kubrick's visuals were stunning, he said that was surface and not substance. He often described the film as "A fancy car without an engine."
- The Shining 1980
2. In The Shinning (1980) Danny croaks "Redrum" 43 times before his mother wakes up and Jack starts to break into the apartment.
- The Shining REDRUM
1. The book on which movie is based was written inside the Stanley Hotel. Writer Stephen King stayed in the room that character Danny is told not to go into.
- The Shining Hotel
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