His admission is interrupted though when Wendy, frightened, rushes in and tells him that Danny was attacked by a "crazy woman" in room 237. Nursing a bourbon, Jack confesses to hurting his son once when he'd been drinking.
Related: Stephen King explains why Doctor Sleep 'redeems' original The Shining movie He then stumbles across an empty ballroom and sits down at the bar, prompting the 'arrival' of a lone bartender. At first, Wendy accuses Jack of beating Danny, which enrages him and causes him to storm off. Things take a turn when Danny emerges bruised from a room he was instructed not to enter by the hotel's head chef Dick Hallorann (Scatman Crothers), who possesses the same supernatural skills as the littl'un. He rarely interacts with Danny, who, due to his psychic and telepathic abilities, starts experiencing terrifying visions of two twin girls and a decomposing, naked old woman. Convinced that the hotel's solitude will inspire his creativity, Jack accepts the position anyway, and he, his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and their son Danny (Danny Lloyd) head up to the vast venue for the off-season.ĭuring the first month of their stay, Jack becomes increasingly irritable about his lack of focus and chastises Wendy often, accusing her of distracting him. © Warner Bros.ĭuring his interview, the manager informs Jack that the last guy who looked after the place, Charles Grady, killed his family and then himself. And it's established fairly early on that this Jack has a snide streak he's not all that bothered about suppressing, unlike his literary counterpart. Like the book, the movie begins with writer and recovering alcoholic Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) putting himself up for a job as the winter caretaker of the historic Overlook Hotel. Kubrick's take is slightly less straightforward, culminating in a mind-bending final shot that has sparked many a 'what do you think it means?' debate over the past four decades. We'd like to hear from borrowers on how the freeze has impacted them.King's original version reads (and most notably, ends) like a fairly standard ghost story about a father and husband who succumbs to personal demons and poltergeist-like forces before attempting to murder his family. The Washington Post is covering the freeze on federal student loan payments, which was first imposed in March 2020 because of the pandemic.
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