Check into the reallife hotel of horrors that inspired the shining. Though the stanley is often referred to as the hotel from the shining, this is a misnomer. So to celebrate 20 years of hotel ownership, john w. Part of 8 pages of info for the 1980 movie from the award winning 80s movies rewind. For the film, the hedge maze was filmed far from colorado, on a sound stage in england, but guests still wanted the experience. The shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by stanley kubrick and cowritten with novelist diane johnson. Combined with its cinematography, the viewer is left with the impression of a building that isnt merely. The remake of the shining was filmed at the stanley hotel. 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. Where was the remake of the shining filmed answers.
Filming locations 11 filming dates 1 filming locations. Hood in oregon was used for the front exterior, but all the interiors as well as the back of the hotel were specially built at elstree studios in london, england. The timberline lodge aka the overlook hotel from the shining. Overlook hotel exterior 146 of 147 found this interesting. Goingtothesun road, glacier national park, montana, usa. 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. The shining is the perfect example of the use of set design to enhance a narrative. The ahwahnee hotel yosemite national park, california. The film was based on stephen kings novel of the same name. A visit to the historic hotel that spawned the shining. This is where stephen king got the inspiration for the shining, said operations manager anil singh about the authors 1977 novel. The shining filming location kubrick jack nicholson.
Colorados the shining hotel finally has a hedge maze. The scene being filmed involved about 10 actors camping at the beach with rvs, according to the permit. Kubrick actually used exteriors from a different hotel for the film starring jack nicholson and shelley. Shelley duvalls experience filming the baseball bat scene. Filming of the shining sequel scene takes over portion of east beach. The shining to be shown at the overlook hotel filming location. The film is based on stephen king s 1977 novel of the same name and stars jack nicholson, shelley duvall, scatman crothers, and danny lloyd. The shining is one of the best, if not the best, physiological horror movies ever made. But king didnt like the movie a cadillac with no engine, he famously called it and when he made. When the hotel becomes snowbound, jack torrance is driven mad by the ghosts in the hotel, and he tries to murder his wife and son.
Check into the reallife hotel of horrors that inspired. The directors horror masterpiece deserves its cult status, but now after its motifs have been quoted endlessly. Shelley duvall said filming the shining was almost. The movie stars jack nicholson as jack torrance, a blocked writer who takes a job in an isolated hotel hoping to find inspiration. The shining movie filming locations the 80s movies rewind. In 1974, master of horror stephen king and his wife tabitha spent just one night in room 217 at the stanley hotel in estes park, colo. In the chefs family, this ability is called shining. 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. Construced 19361938, this beautiful lodge was used as the exterior of the overlook hotel in the stanley. Perhaps you see a snowcovered hotel made of grey stone, or a. Near the end of the film, on a frigid night, jack chases danny into the labyrinth on. Timberline lodge sits in mount hood national forest in the state of oregon. Discover the ahwahnee hotel in yosemite national park, california. It means that were worlds apart and would probably never be friends in the.
The movie gettysburg was filmed on the gettysburg national battlefield which is haunted. The shining has lost its shine kubrick was slumming it in a genre he despised. The interior of the shinings overlook hotel was based on this yosemite original. Discover the filming locations of stanley kubricks horror masterpiece the shining in oregon, california and montana. We all know the movie the shining if you dont know the movie the shining im sorry, i just cant help you. The most debated element of the shining s ending is the revelation in the final shot that jack is present in a photo of the overlooks fourth of july party in 1921.
But there is a deleted scene from the shining 1980 that casts wendys reliability in a curious light. Filming of the shining sequel scene takes over portion. By morning, his seminal 1977 novel the shining was born. Although stanley kubricks 1980 cinematic adaptation of the shining wasnt filmed at the hotel, any fan of the movie will have it at the forefront of their mind when staying there. Inside colorados stanley hotel, the inspiration for the. Timberline lodge overlook hotel from the shining 2020. We check out one of the filming locations of the shining, the timberline lodge in oregon. The central character in the shining is jack torrance nicholson, an. Now, this movie was released in 1980 and is considered a classic but dont let the age of this movie deter you. Actress shelley duvall, who recently revealed her mental health battle, once said that filming the shining with director stanley kubrick was unbearable read her quotes.
Today, the hotel features a restaurant, spa and bedandbreakfast, and provides guided tours. 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. When you think of that hotel from the shining, any number of memorable images might cross your mind. Stanley kubricks very free adaptation of the stephen king novel sees blocked writer jack torrance jack nicholson going barmy in a creepy snowbound hotel 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 overlook hotel is the timberline lodge, mount hood in the hood.