What is the name of the hotel in the 1980 film ‘The Shining’, starring Jack Nicholson?
The Shining (film) The Shining (film) The Shining is a 1980 horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name". "The Shining" is about Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Wintering over with Jack are his wife Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) and young son Danny Torrance (Danny Lloyd). Danny possesses "the shining", psychic abilities that enable him to see into the hotel's horrific
The Shining (film) Johnny!", is taken from Ed McMahon's famous introduction to "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", and was improvised by Nicholson. Kubrick, who had lived in England for some time, was unaware of the significance of the line, and nearly used a different take. Carson later used the Nicholson clip to open his 1980 anniversary show on NBC. During production, Kubrick screened David Lynch's "Eraserhead" (1977) to the cast and crew, to convey the mood he wanted to achieve for the film. "The Shining" was among the first half-dozen films (after the 1976 films "Bound for Glory", "Marathon Man", and "Rocky"),