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Where was The Shining filmed?

1980 film, directed by Stanley Kubrick.

  • Colorado

The story is set in Colorado, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Colorado
Filmed in
Colorado
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About The Shining

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Released
1980
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Cast
Jack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydScatman CrothersBarry NelsonPhilip StoneJoe TurkelTony BurtonBarry DennenManning Redwood
Genre
HorrorPsychological HorrorDramaMysteryGhost
Based on
The Shining

Jack Torrance takes a caretaker position to look after the remote Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rocky Mountains while it is closed for the winter.

Before leaving for the seasonal break, the Overlook's head chef, Dick Hallorann, informs Danny of a telepathic ability the two share, which Hallorann's grandmother called "shining".

Danny gets lured to room 237 by unseen forces, and Wendy later finds him with signs of physical trauma, for which she blames Jack.

Famous lines from The Shining

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  • Not for me.Jack
  • I just don't.Danny
  • Yeah, I guess so.Danny
  • No I ain't, Mrs. Torrance.Danny
  • Well, that sounds fine to me.Jack

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