View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

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View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

2007

0h 30m

7.4(7 votes)

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An overview of the making of, and a look at the continuing popularity of, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

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Jack Nicholson

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Jan Harlan

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Paul Duncan

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John Baxter

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Diane Johnson

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Roy Walker

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Ernest R. Dickerson

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Caleb Deschanel

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Milena Canonero

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Sydney Pollack

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Steven Spielberg

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Charles Champlin

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William Friedkin

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Hugh Hudson

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