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But the point isn't to create suspense around the possibility of violent madness, so much as to set it up as an inevitable destination. From the moment Barry Nelson's hotel owner blithely tells Jack about a previous caretaker who slaughtered his family with an axe, we're under no illusions about where this is going. And so Nicholson's perma-maniacal turn fits right into this sense of predestined doom; his Jack is not an everyman destroyed by circumstance, but a powder keg.

The question, and for many viewers the fascination, lies in whether you want to see the predestination as psychological i. Certainly looking at the new footage, which was always included on the US release but cut in Europe, it's the psychological reading that holds up.

There's more backstory all around on the Torrance family; a child psychologist examines Danny after his first vision, we hear more about both Jack's violent episode and his drinking problem, and Shelley Duvall gets more time to play notes besides shrieking hysteria. After the scene between Jack and Grady Philip Stone , a sequence has been cut in which Wendy is seen crying and talking to herself, musing about the possibility of getting down the mountain in the Sno-cat, and of calling the Forest Rangers.

She then hears Danny calling out "red rum" over and over, but when she tries to talk to him, she is only 'answered' by Tony, who tells her that Danny can't hear her. A scene has been cut in which Hallorann tries to get through to the Overlook by calling the Ranger station. They tell him that they've tried to get through several times but there has been no answer, and they offer to try again later. Prior to the shot of Hallorann's plane, the title 8AM has been deleted. On the plane, Hallorann asks a stewardess what time they are due to land in Denver and she tells him at 8.

Jack is then seen typing in the lounge of the Overlook. Hallorann's plane lands at the airport and he calls Larry Durkin Tony Burton , a garage owner, to rent a Sno-cat so as to get up to the Overlook. Durkin says the mountain roads are completely blocked off, and Hallorann explains that the people looking after the hotel turned out to be "completely unreliable assholes". Hallorann estimates that it will take him five hours to drive from the airport to collect the cat, and Larry says the Snow-cat will be waiting for him when he arrives.

The beginning of the scene in which Wendy finds Jack's type-written pages has been cut. She and Danny are watching television and she looks at her watch, telling Danny that she is going to talk to his father for a few minutes and that he should stay there.

She picks up the baseball bat before leaving. In the final scene, when Jack is pursuing Danny through the maze and Wendy is being confronted by some of the Overlook spooks, a short scene where she encounters a group of skeletons sitting at a table with a champagne bottle and glasses has been cut. Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page. Top Gap. See more gaps ». The Shining Did You Know? Create a list ». Based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, The Shining follows Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who takes a job as off-season caretaker of the Overlook Hotel.

Jack takes his wife, Wendy, and their son, Danny, with him to the hotel, but the place has some evil forces living in it. In Kubrick fashion, The Shining is packed with symbolism and metaphors, and he deliberately left many things unexplained. But something many viewers might not know is that there are two different cuts of The Shining , and one works better than the other simply because it got rid of some footage almost a half-hour's worth that, upon watching the shorter version, turned out to be unnecessary and messed with the vibe of the film.

Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining is one of those films people obsess over. There's an entire documentary — Room — specifically about how obsessed people are with the film, so much so that they've conjured up wild theories about nearly every scene. If you're like me, you've watched the film dozens upon dozens of times, and you know nearly every single scene by heart. I'd love to experience The Shining in a fresh, new way. The Playlist has pointed out that there's an auction going on right now for a rare alternate cut of The Shining.