Stanley kubricks adaptation of stephen kings novel about a haunted hotel and. A tribute trailer i put together for one of my alltime favorite directors and movies, stanley kubriks the shining. However, today i realize that transferring a book to a movie is always going to involve a certain number of compromises. Stanley hotel in estes park, co offers 4 types of hotel accommodations including historic rooms, bed and breakfast boutique hotel, modern hotel rooms, and 1 to 3 bedroom condominiums perfect for groups. The shining to be shown at the overlook hotel filming location. The hotel interiors shown in the film which were not actual hotel interiors, but studio sets are not based on the stanley, but are instead based on a number of diverse hotels across the country, especially the ahwahnee hotel above in yosemite national park, california.
You can watch the shining in the hotel used in the movie. In the doctor sleep movie, the hotel returns once again as the main. The shining novel, however, has a very different ending, and one that even made way for a sequel. Open 360 photos on the right to view and explore all of our indoor and outdoor spaces and hotel rooms.
He then mentions the prestigious history of the hotel, saying it was a stopping place for the jet set, for four presidents, movie stars and all the best people. Though the stanley is often referred to as the hotel from the shining, this is a misnomer. Welcome to timberline lodges truetour digital brochure. The muse for stephen kings the shining, a colonial revival landmark built by an entrepreneur seeking a healthier life in the rocky mountains, a property on the national register of historic places situated in estes park amid some of colorado s most iconic mountain scenery. Sadly, the hedge maze from the movie was filmed at the studio, but the. The national timberline lodge in government camp, oregon, was used for the outside shots of the overlook hotel in director stanley kubricks adaptation of the classic stephen king book. The shinings overlook hotel the shinings overlook hotel remains one of the most disturbing locations in horror. When you think of that hotel from the shining, any number of memorable images might cross your mind.
The muse for stephen kings the shining, a colonial revival landmark built by an entrepreneur seeking a healthier life in the rocky mountains, a property on the national register of historic places situated in estes park amid some of colorado s most iconic mountain scenery the stanley hotel is no ordinary place to stay. The shining 1980 movie props, costumes and wardrobe from the movie. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Jack nicholson, shelley duvall, scatman crothers, tony burton jack torrance accepts a caretaker job at the overlook hotel, where he, along with his wife wendy and their son danny, must live isolated from. In the novel, the shining, the overlook was destroyed when the hotels winter caretaker.
The stanley was not used in kubricks 1980 movie starring jack nicholson. King renamed the stanley the overlook hotel, and his novel, the shining, became his first bestseller. The movie, starring ewan mcgregor, will hit theaters nov. How to visit the reallife overlook lodge from the shining. The stanley hotel served as the inspiration for the overlook hotel in stephen kings 1977 bestselling novel the shining and as the filming location for the 1997 tv miniseries, also written by king.
For nearly 40 years now, the shining has reigned as one of the most acclaimed and terrifying horror films ever made. Has it ever occurred to you that i have agreed to look after the overlook hotel until may the first. Jack torrance jack nicholson arrives at the overlook hotel to interview for the open position of winter caretaker. Having read the book, i went with great anticipation. Hallorann, worried by the lack of news and communication, arrives at the hotel just in time to be attacked by the crazy man and to help the other two. The exteriors for the hotel in the movie version were filmed at the timberline lodge on the slopes of mount hood in oregon. The hotel from the shining and other iconic, wellpreserved hollywood film settings by ryan bort on 102515 at 11. The shining is considered one of the most significant films in history. T he shining stands as one of the most beloved horror properties, but fans of the haunted colorado hotel known as the overlook are often torn between stephen kings original 1977 novel and. At the little hotel, everything is like disney, all kitsch wood on the outside but the interiors dont make sense. Moreover, if every room in the hotel is as brightly lighted as it appears to be in the nocturnal sequences of the shining, the management must be prepared to pay a fortune in offseason.
The shining is a 1980 pyschological horror film directed by filmmaker stanley kubrick, and based on the 1977 stephen king book of the same title. Inside the spooky hotel that inspired the shining today. Even though kings inspiration for the shining is the stanley hotel, the stanley kubrick film based on his novel starring jack nicholson was filmed at the timberline lodge in mt hood, oregon for its exterior scenes. Near the end of the film, on a frigid night, jack chases danny into the labyrinth on the hotel grounds. Recreating the labyrinthine overlook hotel for doctor sleep, director mike flanagans followup to stanley kubricks 1980 classic the shining, was a task the filmmakers. This is super apparent in the shining, stephen kings novel which was adapted. This would be the the stanley hotel, the place that actually inspired stephen king to write the shining. Discover the filming locations of stanley kubricks horror masterpiece the shining in oregon, california and montana. Perhaps you see a snowcovered hotel made of grey stone, or a. At first, it feels like a traditional horror setup a guy gets hired to spend the winter in an enormous hotel, secluded from civilization, where obviously something will go very wrong. The hotel is most recognized as the hotel that was used for the exterior hotel shots for the stanley kubrick version of the shining starring jack nicholson and shelly duvall.
The shining was a fictional tale but the setting was inspired by the true hauntings within colorados stanley hotel. Today, the hotel features a restaurant, spa and bedandbreakfast, and provides guided tours. A dude named jack torrance gets out of the car and heads to a meeting with the manager of the hotel, stuart ullman. He retreats there with his wife and son during the offseason but becomes gradually mad under.
The film was based on stephen kings novel of the same name. Watch the shining at the overlook hotels filming location. Stephen kings the shining novel novel was the basis for stanley kubricks 1980 masterpiece film. The whole thing would be beautiful if it werent for the super creepy music playing in the background. The writer detested the kubrick adaptation, which junked most of his plot in favour of atmosphere, and sanctioned a tv movie remake, which did indeed use the stanley. Check into the reallife hotel of horrors that inspired. Jack, his wife, wendy shelley duvall, and their son, danny danny lloyd, moved into the overlook hotel deep in the colorado rockies. One of the most iconic locations in horror history is the overlook hotel from director stanley kubricks version of the stephen king story the shining. Jingle bells, bend of the river, all the young men and lost horizon have all used it as a location. The timberline lodge aka the overlook hotel from the shining. A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
But there is a deleted scene from the shining 1980 that casts wendys reliability in a curious light. Though it deviates from stephen kings novel, stanley kubricks the shining is a chilling, often baroque journey into madness exemplified by an unforgettable turn. Made even more famous by legendary film director stanley kubricks 1980 movie adaptation, the overlook isnt just one place. Stanley kubrick used oregons timberline lodge for the exterior shots of the shinings overlook hotel. I first saw this movie when it was released to theaters. Jan harlan, an executive producer on the shining, was. According to vivian kubrick in her commentary on making the shining 1980, margaret adams listed in the credits as the directors secretary, and also the production manager on eyes wide shut 1999 was the person who typed up all the hundreds of various dull little boy pages that are used in this movie. The stanley hotel historic stanley estes park hotel. Ryan looks over its history, and how it tells kubricks story. Timberline lodge sits in mount hood national forest in the state of oregon. The hotel the shining is based on is actually haunted. The shining summary we watch a car drive up a long and windy road to a fancylooking hotel way up in the mountains.
The shining isnt the only film to have featured the lodge. The shining hotel the scary building that inspired stephen king. Timberline lodge overlook hotel from the shining 2020. With jack nicholson, shelley duvall, danny lloyd, scatman crothers. What the hotel from the shining looks like today looper. This is the hotel in which king stayed in 1973, and which inspired the original story. In 1997, the author adapted his famous novel into a television miniseries and filmed it. At the end of the shining, why is jack in the photo of.
On set cinemas next destination is government camp, oregon, the location of the infamous overlook hotel exteriors from stanley kubricks adaptation of stephen kings the shining. Open menu on the left to view more timberline lodge photos, videos, our partnerlist, and to experience a 3d tour of the lodge. Inside colorados stanley hotel, the inspiration for the. But the hotel that inspired stephen kings story is the stanley hotel in colorado. The hotel that inspired stephen king to pen the novel is the stanley in estes park. A sequel to the film and based on the book of the same name, doctor sleep, is set to hit theaters in november. Although the film was shot almost entirely in the studio at elstree studios in hertfordshire, england, where the hotel interior was constructed, the exterior of the.
Perhaps when you think of the shining you envision a smaller white building with a red roof. Visitors there often ask if it is the shining hotel. As the film develops, it becomes more mysterious, ambiguous, threatening, and hallucinatory. The movie stars jack nicholson as jack torrance, a blocked writer who takes a job in an isolated hotel hoping to find inspiration. Kubrick actually used exteriors from a different hotel for the film starring jack nicholson and shelley. The timberline lodge was built in the 1930s as a government sponsored project during the depression. A visit to the historic hotel that spawned the shining. In the novel, jack manages to fight the hotels possession long enough for him to tell danny to run for his life.
Just as the ghostly apparitions of the films fictional overlook hotel would play tricks on the mind of poor jack torrance, so too has the passage of time changed the perception of the shining itself. King has said he wrote the shining after staying at the stanley with his wife in 1974 and finding inspiration in its creepy. The hotel itself is built on the site of an indian burial ground and becomes completely snowbound during the long winters. King was not happy with the kubrick adaptation it wasnt true to his book. The shining 1980 movie props, costumes and wardrobe.