Which is my favorite movie?
The Shining
The Shining is a 1980 horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson.
It is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson, Danny Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, and
Scatman Crothers. Nicholson plays Jack Torrance, a writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a new position as the
off-season caretaker of the Overlook Hotel.
Lloyd plays his young son Danny, who has psychic abilities ("the shining"),
which he learns about from head chef Dick Hallorann (Crothers). Danny's imaginary friend Tony warns him the hotel is
haunted before a winter storm leaves the family snowbound in the Colorado Rockies. Jack's sanity deteriorates under the
influence of the hotel and the residents, and Danny and his mother Wendy (Duvall) face mortal danger.