View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Oct 23 2007
•1h 30m
•Documentary
An overview of the making of, and a look at the continuing popularity of, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.
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Jack Nicholson
Self
Jan Harlan
Self
Paul Duncan
Self
John Baxter
Self
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