“Are you scared of this place?” The shot immediately switches to wide angle where you can see both Haloran and Danny with knives hanging directly over Danny’s head. Kubrick was a genius.
It would have been cool to see Danny ask this as he finished his ice cream. When Halloran said no, Danny could have turned back to his ice cream and in Tony's voice said, " You lie poorly old man."
Hmmmmm but is he? He warns Danny not to go into the room, why? Because of the scary women? What about the scary girls in the corridor, or the other room where a bear is blowing a man etc. or the crazy bartender. He also took it personally when Danny raided his mind for the info, was it because he was responsible for what happened to the woman in the Room and he didn't want Danny to find out?
@@boredfartless4221 My impression was that the room was the main source of evil in the Hotel, like the Hotel's "brain". The room would trap and possess anyone who entered it, and was an entryway to the past ghosts/inhabitants of the hotel. So once you went to Room 237, you were doomed to stay in the hotel forever and just become one of the many ghosts that inhabited it. It was also a Pandora's box of sorts, so the ghosts come spilling out if it's opened, both figuratively and literally. The picture at the end could be a clue to this (237=12 and the year in the Photo is 1921. After 237 is opened and Jack enters, he's trapped in the hotel forever, and becomes apart of the photo). It was where Danny encountered the woman who tried to strangle him (and where the hotel seduced Jack and would possess him for the remainder of the film). Like Tony tells Danny, the girls aren't real or a threat to Danny, it's just fake.
@@nycstreetqueen1540 Doesn't sound likely, unless the room is off limits for everybody even during the Holiday season. There'd be an awful lot of dead guests otherwise.
After thinking it over, you're right that it's not going to possess every person who walks in. I did some more reading (I love how everyone has different theories about this movie) and Kubrick said that Jack Torrace was "reincarnated". There was a youtube comment that pointed out that he was the hotel as well, sent out into the world to collect more "guests", or just one of the many extentions of the hotel. This jives with what Grady said about how he was always the caretaker. The hotel doesn't just choose who becomes a caretaker, everyone in that role is some reincarnated figure of the hotel's past and a reflection of their true ID. Jack is confronted not just by the things he had done in this life but in his previous lives. So if they go through Room 237, it is like they're going through a portal, an opposite world, where they become apart of the hotel's many reflections of the past, and is never meant to leave. I think when the door opens the first thing you see is a Mirror. In actually thinking about my comment, 21 is a reflection of 12 and there are tons of things that "reflect" each other through the movie. The Grady twins being a good example of this. Anyway, those are my theories. But nothing is definitive.
I think that out of all the book-vs.-film comparisons, 'The Shining' is the one I feel most conflicted about. Kubrick chose a hotel common rooms that were grand, yet somehow 'cold'. He made Ullman into a friendly manager, so there were no hard feelings between powerful boss and 'lowly' caretaker. He turned the book's nervous yet reasonably intelligent Wendy into a neurotic uneducated and very passive Wendy. He omitted the hedge animals, the elevator, and the boiler explosion (which echoed Jack's internal pressure gauge perfectly). He had Hallorann killed off, and too soon. Yet Kubrick casted Jack Nicholson and Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers, and I can't imagine anyone else playing their roles as effectively. I didn't much care for the 1997 miniseries, except that Wendy's character was more likeable (if not quite so memorable), and the hedge animals and the boiler made it in. And Jack Torrance's moments of compassion balanced out his bad temper and other character flaws. Stephen King has said that he really didn't like Kubrick's film. The book characters are more complex, and the roots of Jack's alcoholism and reasons behind his failures are explored. So are his mixed feelings about the Overlook and its sordid history. Kubrick's adaptation is a straight-up horror movie, though a good creepy one.
the part where he said "there aint nothing in room 237...so stay out!" made the hairs stand up on my neck the first time i watched it. it's just so cryptic and out of left field. the way his demeanor changed so suddenly and strongly at the mention of the room added to it.
Halloran had indeed seen the weird creepy shit in room 237 (217 in the book) earlier in that season. In the book, a maid (who had "a little to shine to her, but didn't know it") had seen something that freaked her out in that room, and had come running to Halloran about it. He investigated and also saw it - it freaked him out, but he was fairly sure it couldn't hurt him (like pictures in a book)...But not 100% sure...That's why he was so concerned for Danny
@Shao Yu Mai Wang Yes. Watch Halloran sort of mull over how he is going to answer Danny's question. He wants him to stay away from the room, but also to be on guard.
^ Probably true. I mean, it is the only time that Danny is, save for when he's around his mother, around a positive and well-meaning energy. Everyone else we meet in the film either doesn't particularly care about him or is out to kill him (his father and the evil of the hotel).
Casting Scatman Crothers in this movie was pure genius. It's said that many comedians get into comedy due to something really bad that happened to them in the past, often as kids. So they have a lot of emotional resources to call on when doing drama.
I love this scene. The way Halloran carefully chooses his words, never outright says the hotel has a malevolent mind of its own. The Overlook is not holy ground, not even close, but you still have to tread carefully.
In the sequel, the spirit of Hallorann returns to talk to grown Danny & says he underestimated the Overlook's evil & also how badly it would want Danny's 'shine'.
When Danny ask’s, “are you scared of this place?” The camera view changes and it shows the knives above Danny’s head at 2:50 as a reminder it will be used later in the movie.
Only one knife held by Wendy! Wendy was also using a knife earlier in the movie cutting up vegetables for cooking. Jack uses an axe (a tree axe and not an Indian hatchet). That is only when he was disturbed and snooped by Wendy, who incidentally had been carrying a bat mysteriously in her own "shining" or for self defense moments.
When I stood right beside the fridge in a friend's home and listened carefully, I heard a dog bark somewhere out there, quite far away and quite periodically.
@@watermelonlalala This wasn't the first instance of the whisper SHONE occurring. You can actually here SHONE whispered right after Ullman the caretaker explains the Grady incident. Took me a while to figure it out. Apparently, both times were supposed to be an allegorical moment of enlightenment. Jack was just informed about the grizzly mess that occurred at the Overlook. Once the caretaker informs Jack, you can hear the whisper. It basically gets a visual representation in both scenes. The much debated office window is actually the light of God briefly shining on Jack. Informing him of what's to come, notice how Jack has the sunlight towards him. Ullman and his associate next to Jack never acknowledged the window. Just like the knives over Danny in the wideshot. Once the danger of Overlook is established, we can see the danger hanging over him. Danny has just been enlightened with the knowledge that there are others like him. You can here the whisper after Holleran first questioned him. When the audience automatically sees the wideshot, there goes the ominous knives pointed down at Danny. Hope this explains the whisper for you.
I was so sad when he died. His death scene was never easy to watch he was a good man with a HUGE heart and he loved Danny it must have been nice for the both them to finally find someone who understood their talent again since he probably hasn't had that since his grandmother. He took a plane and went threw the storm, he did everything he could just to make sure that Danny was safe. It was so sad when he died but the end of the day he did save the mother and son bc they were able to use the snow truck to get out of there. Even though he didn't make it he made a difference and saved 2 lives.
@@markfry4304 They killed him off to throw off people who read the book. Besides, seeing Jack actually kill someone makes him more dangerous to the audience.
@@markfry4304 Be glad Kubrick didn't go with one of his alternate ideas. For awhile he considered having him show up at the hotel, and then becoming possessed by it, and it's Halleron who ends up killing Jack and chasing Danny around and trying to kill him.
When Scatman Crothers made Bronco Billy with Clint Eastwood directing. Eastwood did 2 takes with Crothers for the first time he was filming and that was it...Scatman Crothers broke down and cried thanking Clint Eastwood for being merciful.
I have to agree! I get that he wanted Danny to know he was serious, but he should have been......more specific? Or maybe said "That room is full of poison." or "The Monster That Lives Under The Bed" is in there." lol
@douglasjohn1803 That's because he was Hong Kong Phooey😊. I loved that cartoon so much I always wanted Scatman's autograph (never got it I'm sorry to say).
Anyone who loves films and film making this scene is so good. All about the dialogue. No camera movement. Static, concentrated and so riveting. A brilliant film.
Scatman Crothers, yes. Same thing happened while filming another scene, except he outright snapped and screamed "DAMN IT, STANLEY, WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" (paraphrased)
You can tell from how sleepy the little boy playing Danny looks too. He barely has enough energy to shrug and mumbles his lines. It’s an amazing movie but took a lot out of the cast.
@@cactusmalone So like people go on about Kubrick and his perfectionism and why doing an insane number of takes helped, but I'm sorry that's just bullshit. I bet you loads of the takes ended up getting used were only after a few. Kubrick was definitely a piece of shit human.
This is pure speculation on my part, but I've often wondered if Hallorann secretly took it upon himself to use his abilities to protect the people at the hotel from the sinister forces in it, and when he left, they sensed his absence and attacked. Maybe he figured that with only three people there, they wouldn't be in any danger. Again, just somethjng I've thought about.
Well, in the book, when Hallorann explains the shining to Danny, he is surprised, almost fearful about how powerful Danny's abilities seem to be. Then, going by what Hallorann says in this scene about "other folks" that can shine, although "they don't know it or don't believe it", I am not sure if Hallorann can provide, say, a blanket protection to the guests from the hotel's evil spirits in general. If indeed, in the universe of The Shining, that "some [people] shine, and some don't", then the non-shining individuals may be either oblivious to the Overlook's paranormal torments, or attribute them to something other, more mundane phenomena. However, if Hallorann has encountered prior guests or staff members who can "shine," so to speak, he may have been able to communicate to them and warn them of the hotel's sinister presence and power, just as he talks about it with Danny, or gave them tips and advice on how to deal with the apparitions. So he might have helped protect others on a more individualized, case-by-case basis. Sorry to ramble; this is just my own interpretation. I'm just a big fan of Kubrick's films, and i am fascinated with great cinema in general.
"But there are other folks, though mostly they don't know it, or don't believe it" most important line in the ENTIRE movie if you wish to understand the ending or indeed many of the subsequent scenes.
Bob Bill perhaps so in the movie based on what happens, but in the novel Wendy has it more than Jack which makes the movie a really good companion to the novel, and visa versa =D
I keep watching this video over and over again. Mr. Scatman Crothers has an amazingly soothing voice, and I feel ashamed to not have known he passed away....
I think Halloran knows room 237 is the heart of the evil presence in the hotel & he senses Danny's abilities have the power to awaken that presence, hence his strong fear when Danny mentions that room..brilliantly done.
I think he was just concerned for Danny's safety....like you said, that was the heart of evil and he didn't want Danny exposed to that because Danny was able to pick up on that stuff
In the novel Hollorann is still alive at the end after coming back to the hotel to save Danny and Wendy. It was an injustice having him killed in the movie.
I think it was a good creative decision by Kubrick. He did it because he felt that a horror film in which no one got killed wouldn't ultimately be that frightening to the audience. At least one character needed to die to show viewers what the stakes really were here.
Its a pretty good move from a movie point of view. Usually the character comes in to "save the day" or at least give the people in a fighting chance. He walks in and is immediately killed, which is as upsetting as it should be, and makes the characters feel even more hopeless
I kinda wanted him to live but the fact that he created enough diversión for danny and wendy to escape was good so he kinda became like a martyr he wanted to save dan y after all.
I love how the shy , quiet , untrusting traits of Danny almost instantly fade as he is able to freely open up to Hallorann. His trust in Dick even goes beyond his own parents as he tells him all about his "Shine". Probably the best relationship in horror movie history between The Shining and Doctor Sleep. With Dick Hallorann we get to see the true embodiment of a Guardian Angel.
Always thought Scatman Crothers did some really terrific work here - he even pulls off the famous signature "Kubrick stare" beautifully. A lovely actor with genuine screen presence, Crothers was almost driven to tears with Kubrick's obsessive multiple takes. But this, of course, is one of the key scenes in the film, and you can almost feel the intense concentration coming from behind the camera. And Crothers really sells it.
SPOILER ALERT. See the movie first! It's so worth the watch several times! For those who have seen it, read on.... Pause it at 2:56 Kubrick was a genius. Look how he framed this shot. First he shows Hallorann and Danny mirroring each other with interlocked hands and posture. Then he shows us entire elements into the movie in this one scene. The most obvious one is the long knives pointing towards Danny. Then the freezer door (Jack freezes to death) and they are all kind of "locked up" in this hotel and finally at the top right...and EXIT sign. They need to exit...fast!
@John Wayne Fair point. Many people look deep into the meaning of his films. However. we can all agree he spends time finding the perfect angle for his shots, just as a good photographer does.
@John Wayne Me too, especially conspiracy theorists. I like art and culture period. I have no time for people who feel the need to conjure up far deeper meaning that really isn't there. It's just an artfully amazing movie, no hidden meanings.
Telecommunication disturbs ghosts for some reason, so they decide to mess with the telepathoid's father, convincing him that finishing business will make him the succesful person he had always decided to be. This is all because of The Shining.
Yea, 'disturbs' is a good way to put it. As if day-to-day there's a natural balance between people and ghosts, but the presence of 'telapathoid's' offsets that. Perhaps their presence reminds them of the fact that they're dead, and the circumstances surrounding their deaths.
2:54 you see the knives above the kid? That's not there by accident. The director/producers put that there to let the audience know of the danger looming in the hotel for the family. Greatest horror movie of all time.
I believe it. I read an interview Scatman gave when the movie premiered. He said even scenes that are generally mundane (ie: walking down the hallway) required many takes because Kubrick wanted the film to be "perfect." Kubrick was also interviewed: he claimed that he rushed in making "Paths of Glory" - often regarded as a masterpiece. He recently viewed it and found it "full of mistakes."
The look on Halloran's face when Danny first askes him about 237. Scatman did a remarkable job. The tone of the conversation totally switches. His face drops without moving at all.
In the book this conversation between Mr. Hallorann and Danny happened in Hallorann's car in the parking lot. It was also a more in-depth convo. I guess this is why people often say the books are better than the movies. You get so much more in-depth explanations.
pointless to compare different mediums. What works in prose doesn't necessarily transpose well to film. You also have to realize that a film is usually anywhere from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours at most. Reading the Shining takes quite a bit longer than that.
MP R Have you even read the book??? You don't think the psychological horror parts like the hedge animals or the child at the playground is needed??? The book and the movie are different not because he removed "needless" things. It's all because he wanted to tell a different story. Common sense can tell you that, had you read the book
Thank you for providing a different view on this movie , I never looked at it this way to be honest . I love both versions but you've given me some new food for thought on Kubricks take .
just as books sometimes need extra thoughts and conversations to tell a story (due to the fact that you can't see what's happening with your own eyes), movies should have less of that imo. in a movie you don't need to "tell" as much, you need to show. bad movies tell when they should just show. (think a villain monologuing their whole evil plan). actually now that i think of it, ledger's joker was a good twist on the monologuing arch-villain. yeah he talked a lot and even talked about his "plan," but what he said wasn't as important as what it revealed about him. you realized his story would keep changing and his words showed more and more how crazy but insanely smart and cunning he was. that's a good example of a character who talks a lot, but is still very compelling because you aren't able to really quantify what he's really about entirely. (until wise alfred gives his insight into him)
This is so real. Oscar caliber both of them. So powerful and perfectly underplayed. Best kid performance ever. These 2 stole the film I think. lovable.
I decided to re-read the book starting last week, simply because it was the scariest book, beside Salem's Lot, that scared the crap out of me in the early 1980's. So, I have a love/hate relationship with the film. It's so far removed from what King was driving home, page after page of the most frightening behaviors, but Kubrick's film still has a place in my heart. For one thing, the score is so good. He just twisted it into a modern day horror story and did well. THE Tv movie wasn't good but, at least it stayed with the brilliant imagery of the novel. THIS HERE Halloran scene, in the novel is SO MUCH BETTER than this scene in Kubrick's film. Halloran has Danny in the passenger seat of his car. Wendy see's it through the window of the Hotel and freaks out. Then she realizes that they're just talking together. Halloran asks Danny to give him his biggest psychic shout out, Danny does and Halloran almost has a brain tumor. In the book, Halloran tells Danny to shout out at him,. as loud as he can while he's in Florida, if any trouble happens at the Hotel. Missing from the film, along with other endearing horror scenes. Like Jack, near death comes back into consciousness, and he tells Danny that he loves him, and calls him "Doc." Then he tells "Doc" to run and transforms back into a murderer. Missing from the film.
In the novel, the Overlook takes control of all powers of anyone that dies in the hotel. That's why it wanted Danny murdered so bad in the hotel, so it can assume his powers. It could care less what happened to Wendy or Jack.
2:46 i like how Hallorann pauses before answering when Danny asks if he's scared of the overlook (again at 3:14 when Danny asks "is there something bad here" and one other time re: room 237 4:21). we see so little of Halloran but to me he's in a sense the most interesting character... the most mysterious. like he's some mystical guardian. though he seems visibly disturbed - in a state of disbelief i think - by what Danny has been able to sense about the hotel through shining. i should probably read the book to get a better sense of what Hallorann is all about
In the book, Danny can't really remember his premonitions, but he does remember redrum but he doesn't know what it means. When he tries to tell people about his premonitions, it's sort of useless since he can't really remember them but he knows it was something bad cus he always peed himself or felt scared when he woke up from them
Old glory how the hell is that spoiling anything? Everyone here has seen the movie. It just makes things more clear as to why Danny hadn't said anything sooner or told him mom he didn't like it there. She babied the shit out of him. I'm pretty sure she would have found a way to leave if Danny continuously told her he didn't like it in the hotel
The Legendary Scatman Crothers was brilliant here as Mr Halloran,Hard to believe this was the same man who did the voice for The Transformers Character Jazz,R I P Scatman🥺💐🙏🌹💔🥀
This movie the shining came out the year before I was born in 1981 and it came in 1980 this one of the best classic movie this movie me and my brother Philip watch I remember my brother would say I'm ain't supposed to the way my brother said it that Danny had said but sadly i lost my brother Philip 😢 a year ago last October of 2021 was 44 I sure miss my brother 😢 rest in peace to my brother 😢
Gotta love the long pause and the double take that Halloran gives Danny at 3:23 after he says "Mr. Halloran, is there something bad here?" You can practically SEE him thinking "holy shit...just how much does this kid already know about this place and how much do I tell him without scaring him?"
That is the director, Stanley Kubrick, who has strategically placed that word subliminally throughout the movie, in places where instances of psychic behavior has just been used or mentioned by the characters onscreen at that time.
You must have extended hearing. I would never have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out. Yes this movie is quite scary. I would rank it among my personal top 5 most frightening.
@@canadianfortrump4057 Look for the video "Kubrick The Shone Report" and you can find the sixteen different instances of where Kubrick inserted that word subliminally throughout the movie. Since I first saw it in the theater it had always bugged me that I was hearing it and no one else seemed to have noticed.
2:47. It’s Danny asking if he’s scared of this place, followed immediately by knives above Danny’s head that show how perfect and horrific this movie is. I find it hard to believe that a lot of directors today say are inspired by Kubrick, and yet resort to using jump scares and cgi to try to illicit fear.
Scatman was awesome, and I'm glad he got a good part in a Kubrick film. He got the part because he and Nicholson worked together in 'Cuckoo's Nest' and Nicholson recommended him. He did have a near-breakdown while shooting the scene when he lists everything that's in the pantry (Kubrick called for 60 or 70 takes causing Scatman to scream "For God's sake Mr. Kubrick, what do you WANT?!") but in the documentary about The Shining he tears up when talking about Kubrick and says "I love that man!" probably because he knew Kubrick was making him deliver a performance beyond anything he'd done before.
I like how Hollorann tries to prep Danny fast for what is to come since he will be leaving soon. He knows what can happen with Jack and Danny will be the only one to protect his mom.
One of my favorite movies of all time- I saw this movie when I was WAAAAAYYY too young to be watching it on cable tv as a kid, haha. It wasn't until I was in high school that I watched it and finally understood the whole story. I went right out, got the Stephen King book and read it.....was even better than the movie!
Wonderful performances by Mr. Crothers and Prof. Lloyd. Great chemistry between the two actors. And kudos to the writers, Mr. Kubrick, Ms. Johnson and Mr. King.
@@vernshein5430 Oh yes I think I remember seeing that somewhere. It's nice when you see how some child actors turned out okay and didn't become a victim of Hollywood's dark side. Especially when they now just lead normal lives. Coincidentally the little girl who played Newt in Aliens is also a teacher now and just lives a regular life like the rest of us. Although she still attends comic and sci-fi conventions for fans.
Something warming about Scatman crothers character in this movie he's like the fun and kind uncle you had as a child who would allow you to have ice cream and all the fun stuff you wanted he makes this character come to life and without him in this film it just would t be the same R.I.P scatman legend ⭐️
Scatman Crothers is awesome in this of course but so is the young man Danny Lloyd. Not only his words but I'd say especially his expressions. Doesn't even look like he's acting.
The top of his head is shining.
He "shines" 😂
Hahaha lol
Hahaha lol
It's sad to see schizophrenia can start at the time off losing it.
😂😂😂😂😂 lol
This man was like the anti-Jack. So good to have this balance in the movie.
Who exactly was Mr. Halloran and what was he even doing in the hotel.
Your neighborhood friend Mr. Halloran was the cook in the hotel
That's what spiritual war is like
@@DC-zi6se Halloran was the head chef.
Question-- how is he anti jack???.
“Are you scared of this place?” The shot immediately switches to wide angle where you can see both Haloran and Danny with knives hanging directly over Danny’s head. Kubrick was a genius.
nice catch...
It would have been cool to see Danny ask this as he finished his ice cream. When Halloran said no, Danny could have turned back to his ice cream and in Tony's voice said, " You lie poorly old man."
He was a master at that.
Corny AF 😂😂🤡
@@tadpetrie3464 Hahahaha.
Mr. Hallorann was a nice man
Hmmmmm but is he? He warns Danny not to go into the room, why? Because of the scary women? What about the scary girls in the corridor, or the other room where a bear is blowing a man etc. or the crazy bartender. He also took it personally when Danny raided his mind for the info, was it because he was responsible for what happened to the woman in the Room and he didn't want Danny to find out?
He was also quite good at playing "kick the can".
@@boredfartless4221 My impression was that the room was the main source of evil in the Hotel, like the Hotel's "brain". The room would trap and possess anyone who entered it, and was an entryway to the past ghosts/inhabitants of the hotel. So once you went to Room 237, you were doomed to stay in the hotel forever and just become one of the many ghosts that inhabited it. It was also a Pandora's box of sorts, so the ghosts come spilling out if it's opened, both figuratively and literally. The picture at the end could be a clue to this (237=12 and the year in the Photo is 1921. After 237 is opened and Jack enters, he's trapped in the hotel forever, and becomes apart of the photo). It was where Danny encountered the woman who tried to strangle him (and where the hotel seduced Jack and would possess him for the remainder of the film). Like Tony tells Danny, the girls aren't real or a threat to Danny, it's just fake.
@@nycstreetqueen1540 Doesn't sound likely, unless the room is off limits for everybody even during the Holiday season. There'd be an awful lot of dead guests otherwise.
After thinking it over, you're right that it's not going to possess every person who walks in. I did some more reading (I love how everyone has different theories about this movie) and Kubrick said that Jack Torrace was "reincarnated". There was a youtube comment that pointed out that he was the hotel as well, sent out into the world to collect more "guests", or just one of the many extentions of the hotel. This jives with what Grady said about how he was always the caretaker. The hotel doesn't just choose who becomes a caretaker, everyone in that role is some reincarnated figure of the hotel's past and a reflection of their true ID. Jack is confronted not just by the things he had done in this life but in his previous lives. So if they go through Room 237, it is like they're going through a portal, an opposite world, where they become apart of the hotel's many reflections of the past, and is never meant to leave. I think when the door opens the first thing you see is a Mirror. In actually thinking about my comment, 21 is a reflection of 12 and there are tons of things that "reflect" each other through the movie. The Grady twins being a good example of this. Anyway, those are my theories. But nothing is definitive.
People with the "it was all in Jack's head" theory def missed this scene in the movie.
They also missed the part where jack is lock in the storage room and the ghost unlock the door
Sorry you missed it. Hallorann is a trauma victim too.
He loved that boy. His fear of that room was palatable. He wanted to protect Danny...bless him
Sure babe I had not you in that room that time pray for you to be but you could not heard me because he covered my mouth and then got my neck .
It hurts so much that he dies IMMEDIATELY as he arrives to help. Now that's some mean film making...
@@craigmurdock4740 He didn't die in vain tho. The mother and child were able to escape on the snowcat he brought.
I think that out of all the book-vs.-film comparisons, 'The Shining' is the one I feel most conflicted about. Kubrick chose a hotel common rooms that were grand, yet somehow 'cold'. He made Ullman into a friendly manager, so there were no hard feelings between powerful boss and 'lowly' caretaker. He turned the book's nervous yet reasonably intelligent Wendy into a neurotic uneducated and very passive Wendy. He omitted the hedge animals, the elevator, and the boiler explosion (which echoed Jack's internal pressure gauge perfectly). He had Hallorann killed off, and too soon. Yet Kubrick casted Jack Nicholson and Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers, and I can't imagine anyone else playing their roles as effectively. I didn't much care for the 1997 miniseries, except that Wendy's character was more likeable (if not quite so memorable), and the hedge animals and the boiler made it in. And Jack Torrance's moments of compassion balanced out his bad temper and other character flaws. Stephen King has said that he really didn't like Kubrick's film. The book characters are more complex, and the roots of Jack's alcoholism and reasons behind his failures are explored. So are his mixed feelings about the Overlook and its sordid history. Kubrick's adaptation is a straight-up horror movie, though a good creepy one.
@@carmenmarryshow3164 Word salad.
the part where he said "there aint nothing in room 237...so stay out!" made the hairs stand up on my neck the first time i watched it. it's just so cryptic and out of left field. the way his demeanor changed so suddenly and strongly at the mention of the room added to it.
swish007 i agree! Great acting and great writing.
Halloran had indeed seen the weird creepy shit in room 237 (217 in the book) earlier in that season. In the book, a maid (who had "a little to shine to her, but didn't know it") had seen something that freaked her out in that room, and had come running to Halloran about it. He investigated and also saw it - it freaked him out, but he was fairly sure it couldn't hurt him (like pictures in a book)...But not 100% sure...That's why he was so concerned for Danny
Fear of the unknown is fascinating
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Such a coincidence to see this comment after the video above in my recommended.
@Shao Yu Mai Wang Yes. Watch Halloran sort of mull over how he is going to answer Danny's question. He wants him to stay away from the room, but also to be on guard.
Danny is so cute. The way he just stares at him all quiet and innocent.
danny is the creepiest little child ever...he looks like a demon
@The Exterminator he was a kid. You like punching children?? LOL
@The Exterminator THAT'LL LEARN EM
@Jeff The Killer Mynamejeff
Danny is very cute.
Music could have absolutely killed the tension of this scene. This might be the most effective scene in the film.
^ Probably true. I mean, it is the only time that Danny is, save for when he's around his mother, around a positive and well-meaning energy. Everyone else we meet in the film either doesn't particularly care about him or is out to kill him (his father and the evil of the hotel).
i would shit my pants at night listening to this music omg
That’s Kubrick for you. An all-time great at using music in film also knows exactly when to not use it.
Casting Scatman Crothers in this movie was pure genius. It's said that many comedians get into comedy due to something really bad that happened to them in the past, often as kids. So they have a lot of emotional resources to call on when doing drama.
He owned this scene and every other he was in.
I read that he was recommended by Jack Nicholson after having worked with him on "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
He really is phenomenal.
Agreed. He was great. Just the perfect amount of calm and tension. Redrum.
@@null3707 I'm not that old. lol
“Is there something bad here”?
The way he says that gives me chills.
"Is there something bad here?" danny is so intelligent
His intelligence is stressed in the book more than the film.
I love this scene. The way Halloran carefully chooses his words, never outright says the hotel has a malevolent mind of its own. The Overlook is not holy ground, not even close, but you still have to tread carefully.
In the sequel, the spirit of Hallorann returns to talk to grown Danny & says he underestimated the Overlook's evil & also how badly it would want Danny's 'shine'.
I'm 43 I can remenber Scatman from all that timr a ago. What a beautiful man
When Danny ask’s, “are you scared of this place?” The camera view changes and it shows the knives above Danny’s head at 2:50 as a reminder it will be used later in the movie.
Only one knife held by Wendy! Wendy was also using a knife earlier in the movie cutting up vegetables for cooking. Jack uses an axe (a tree axe and not an Indian hatchet). That is only when he was disturbed and snooped by Wendy, who incidentally had been carrying a bat mysteriously in her own "shining" or for self defense moments.
Sword of Damocles, but okay.
0:10 and 1:07 you can hear someone whispers “SHONE!!”
Past tense of Shine .
Kubrick was a freaking genius
When I stood right beside the fridge in a friend's home and listened carefully, I heard a dog bark somewhere out there, quite far away and quite periodically.
But why is he a genius to put a voice saying "Shone!" in a movie? Nobody has ever explained this.
@@watermelonlalala This wasn't the first instance of the whisper SHONE occurring. You can actually here SHONE whispered right after Ullman the caretaker explains the Grady incident.
Took me a while to figure it out. Apparently, both times were supposed to be an allegorical moment of enlightenment. Jack was just informed about the grizzly mess that occurred at the Overlook. Once the caretaker informs Jack, you can hear the whisper. It basically gets a visual representation in both scenes. The much debated office window is actually the light of God briefly shining on Jack. Informing him of what's to come, notice how Jack has the sunlight towards him. Ullman and his associate next to Jack never acknowledged the window.
Just like the knives over Danny in the wideshot. Once the danger of Overlook is established, we can see the danger hanging over him. Danny has just been enlightened with the knowledge that there are others like him. You can here the whisper after Holleran first questioned him. When the audience automatically sees the wideshot, there goes the ominous knives pointed down at Danny. Hope this explains the whisper for you.
probably some sous said "shawn"
'I'm not a-sposed to.'
Audentes Fortuna Iuvat who said you ain't supposed to
Tony
dayum son A nigga in my mouth lol
BUT HOW WAS I OPPOSED TO KNOW???/
@Alicemudgarden90 LOL
'Mr. Halloran are you scared of this place?' --- chilling
This scene is the heart of the movie.
It explains the entire movie
I was so sad when he died. His death scene was never easy to watch he was a good man with a HUGE heart and he loved Danny it must have been nice for the both them to finally find someone who understood their talent again since he probably hasn't had that since his grandmother. He took a plane and went threw the storm, he did everything he could just to make sure that Danny was safe. It was so sad when he died but the end of the day he did save the mother and son bc they were able to use the snow truck to get out of there. Even though he didn't make it he made a difference and saved 2 lives.
In the book he rescues them from the hotel blowing up and takes them to Maine. I don't know why they had to kill him off in the movie.
@@markfry4304 They killed him off to throw off people who read the book. Besides, seeing Jack actually kill someone makes him more dangerous to the audience.
You are Beautifull Faeries and kind hearted
VIKRAM RAO oh my goodness! Thank you 💝 That was very kind of you. 😊
@@markfry4304 Be glad Kubrick didn't go with one of his alternate ideas. For awhile he considered having him show up at the hotel, and then becoming possessed by it, and it's Halleron who ends up killing Jack and chasing Danny around and trying to kill him.
They filmed this like 75 times and it pays off!
When Scatman Crothers made Bronco Billy with Clint Eastwood directing. Eastwood did 2 takes with Crothers for the first time he was filming and that was it...Scatman Crothers broke down and cried thanking Clint Eastwood for being merciful.
doctorwho0077 😂😂😂
Oh no, MUCH HIGHER than that. It was a whopping 148 takes!
I heard they filmed scenes repeatedly it too forever and ever and ever...
Typical of Kubrick. I heard Jack Nicholson nearly lost his mind doing retakes
That kid is a good actor :')
Telling a child to stay out of a certain room is just making it inevitable that he’ll go in.
It's because humans inherited sin from Adam and Eve
I have to agree! I get that he wanted Danny to know he was serious, but he should have been......more specific? Or maybe said "That room is full of poison." or "The Monster That Lives Under The Bed" is in there." lol
40 years later This movie is still Shining and going strong. CLASSIC!!
I absolutely love Danny Lloyd in this.
Scatman crothers absolutely brilliant in this scene. Shining best movie of all time.
*Interesting fact:* The guy who played Hallorann was the voice of Scat Cat in *The Aristocats*
I always think of Hong Kong Phooey when I hear his voice lol
And the night watchman in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (also with Nicholson).
@douglasjohn1803 That's because he was Hong Kong Phooey😊. I loved that cartoon so much I always wanted Scatman's autograph (never got it I'm sorry to say).
He was so nice like a friendly grandfather talking to Danny
Anyone who loves films and film making this scene is so good. All about the dialogue. No camera movement. Static, concentrated and so riveting. A brilliant film.
Those knives though... watch how the background changes after Danny's question "Mr.Halloran.. Are you scared of this place? 2:46 Brilliant!
Wow! Never noticed that b4!
And how they’re pointed at Danny (and to a stretch, Dick) showing that the hotels out to get both of them.
It's so cute the way he speaks with Danny. He's so good with children.
Fun fact: this scene was shot so many times that the actor of dick halloran said to Kubrick “i can’t do it anymore I just can’t do it anymore Stanley”
Scatman Crothers, yes. Same thing happened while filming another scene, except he outright snapped and screamed "DAMN IT, STANLEY, WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" (paraphrased)
You can tell from how sleepy the little boy playing Danny looks too. He barely has enough energy to shrug and mumbles his lines. It’s an amazing movie but took a lot out of the cast.
@@cactusmalone So like people go on about Kubrick and his perfectionism and why doing an insane number of takes helped, but I'm sorry that's just bullshit. I bet you loads of the takes ended up getting used were only after a few. Kubrick was definitely a piece of shit human.
@emirlsanchos6302 lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I don't mean to laugh 😂😂
@@emirlsanchos6302Kubrick was terribly overrated
This is pure speculation on my part, but I've often wondered if Hallorann secretly took it upon himself to use his abilities to protect the people at the hotel from the sinister forces in it, and when he left, they sensed his absence and attacked. Maybe he figured that with only three people there, they wouldn't be in any danger. Again, just somethjng I've thought about.
I was honestly wondering the same thing.
Well, in the book, when Hallorann explains the shining to Danny, he is surprised, almost fearful about how powerful Danny's abilities seem to be. Then, going by what Hallorann says in this scene about "other folks" that can shine, although "they don't know it or don't believe it", I am not sure if Hallorann can provide, say, a blanket protection to the guests from the hotel's evil spirits in general.
If indeed, in the universe of The Shining, that "some [people] shine, and some don't", then the non-shining individuals may be either oblivious to the Overlook's paranormal torments, or attribute them to something other, more mundane phenomena. However, if Hallorann has encountered prior guests or staff members who can "shine," so to speak, he may have been able to communicate to them and warn them of the hotel's sinister presence and power, just as he talks about it with Danny, or gave them tips and advice on how to deal with the apparitions. So he might have helped protect others on a more individualized, case-by-case basis.
Sorry to ramble; this is just my own interpretation. I'm just a big fan of Kubrick's films, and i am fascinated with great cinema in general.
all hail to the crimson king!
"But there are other folks, though mostly they don't know it, or don't believe it"
most important line in the ENTIRE movie if you wish to understand the ending or indeed many of the subsequent scenes.
31193JaH because Jack Torrence has it?
Bob Bill perhaps so in the movie based on what happens, but in the novel Wendy has it more than Jack which makes the movie a really good companion to the novel, and visa versa =D
@@pi_beta7306 oh shit so danny got it from both parets
I keep watching this video over and over again. Mr. Scatman Crothers has an amazingly soothing voice, and I feel ashamed to not have known he passed away....
Keiichiro Murata jazz! From transformers... Prime!!
Shao Yu Mai Wang he seemee like a nicr older man who liked the little boy bc he sensed that he could shine too.
Scat cat
He also did cameos on "Sanford & Son."
Also "Chico & The Man", as the garbage man.
I think Halloran knows room 237 is the heart of the evil presence in the hotel & he senses Danny's abilities have the power to awaken that presence, hence his strong fear when Danny mentions that room..brilliantly done.
Rob J Halloran has been inside the room
I think he was just concerned for Danny's safety....like you said, that was the heart of evil and he didn't want Danny exposed to that because Danny was able to pick up on that stuff
"Just like a ghost ship" Oh the irony....
may edwards foreshadow
When I was a kid, I saw "The Shining " at the show, I was scared to death.
40 years later this movie still gives me the chills and spooks me.
".....what a bout room 237 ??......" chills go up and down my spine EVERY time. 😳😳😳
In the novel Hollorann is still alive at the end after coming back to the hotel to save Danny and Wendy. It was an injustice having him killed in the movie.
It was more like building up false hope for the audience.
“Oh look! He made it! They’re saved!”
“Oh crap!!”
I think it was a good creative decision by Kubrick. He did it because he felt that a horror film in which no one got killed wouldn't ultimately be that frightening to the audience. At least one character needed to die to show viewers what the stakes really were here.
Its a pretty good move from a movie point of view. Usually the character comes in to "save the day" or at least give the people in a fighting chance. He walks in and is immediately killed, which is as upsetting as it should be, and makes the characters feel even more hopeless
Not entirely, he technically saved Wendy’s life.
I kinda wanted him to live but the fact that he created enough diversión for danny and wendy to escape was good so he kinda became like a martyr he wanted to save dan y after all.
This scene ends absolutely terrifying with nothing more than a simple conversation between two people.
I love how the shy , quiet , untrusting traits of Danny almost instantly fade as he is able to freely open up to Hallorann. His trust in Dick even goes beyond his own parents as he tells him all about his "Shine". Probably the best relationship in horror movie history between The Shining and Doctor Sleep. With Dick Hallorann we get to see the true embodiment of a Guardian Angel.
"Stay out! You understand, stay out!"
Weeks later
Danny goes into room 237 and almost gets strangled
Nice listening skills, Danny! ...
megamovieman101 217*
Hugo Marquez 237*...
oh come on, he was a little kid. that's all curiosity.
Danny you little shit
He’s a willful boy.
This movie is a masterpiece
“i’m not a’pposed to” the little boy playing danny is so precious 😭
i was expecting danny to have made it big in the movies after this role
He didn't want to. He decided not to do anymore acting really and went into teaching
Always thought Scatman Crothers did some really terrific work here - he even pulls off the famous signature "Kubrick stare" beautifully. A lovely actor with genuine screen presence, Crothers was almost driven to tears with Kubrick's obsessive multiple takes. But this, of course, is one of the key scenes in the film, and you can almost feel the intense concentration coming from behind the camera. And Crothers really sells it.
when someone burns TOASsss
Now that's ALL I hear😅
SPOILER ALERT. See the movie first! It's so worth the watch several times!
For those who have seen it, read on....
Pause it at 2:56 Kubrick was a genius. Look how he framed this shot. First he shows Hallorann and Danny mirroring each other with interlocked hands and posture. Then he shows us entire elements into the movie in this one scene. The most obvious one is the long knives pointing towards Danny. Then the freezer door (Jack freezes to death) and they are all kind of "locked up" in this hotel and finally at the top right...and EXIT sign. They need to exit...fast!
Cana Dude Just makes it even scarier
@John Wayne Fair point. Many people look deep into the meaning of his films. However. we can all agree he spends time finding the perfect angle for his shots, just as a good photographer does.
@John Wayne Me too, especially conspiracy theorists. I like art and culture period. I have no time for people who feel the need to conjure up far deeper meaning that really isn't there. It's just an artfully amazing movie, no hidden meanings.
They both have the shining and both know Danny is in danger.
Good comment!
The way Danny says "Is there something bad here?" has always creeped me out!
Always stuck with me the complete and total change in demeanor in Halloran when Doc mentions room 237. Like he looks terrified.
Telecommunication disturbs ghosts for some reason, so they decide to mess with the telepathoid's father, convincing him that finishing business will make him the succesful person he had always decided to be. This is all because of The Shining.
Yea, 'disturbs' is a good way to put it. As if day-to-day there's a natural balance between people and ghosts, but the presence of 'telapathoid's' offsets that. Perhaps their presence reminds them of the fact that they're dead, and the circumstances surrounding their deaths.
I loved this movie as a kid. Every time I wanted to watch it I’d eat hot pockets lol and now it’s tradition
2:54 you see the knives above the kid? That's not there by accident. The director/producers put that there to let the audience know of the danger looming in the hotel for the family. Greatest horror movie of all time.
Poor Scatman. Supposedly Kubrick required =148= takes of this scene!
To disguise his planting of signs relating to the fake moon landings that is.
And poor Danny too..
@@ghsghsuidghuisd The Elite wants you to believe in the fake moon landings story, don't be so easy to manipulate
An adult actor could face that and produce, no way a kid could. Plus it prob wasn’t even legal to work a child actor that much.
I believe it. I read an interview Scatman gave when the movie premiered. He said even scenes that are generally mundane (ie: walking down the hallway) required many takes because Kubrick wanted the film to be "perfect."
Kubrick was also interviewed: he claimed that he rushed in making "Paths of Glory" - often regarded as a masterpiece. He recently viewed it and found it "full of mistakes."
The look on Halloran's face when Danny first askes him about 237. Scatman did a remarkable job. The tone of the conversation totally switches. His face drops without moving at all.
Even this short interlude with Hallorann was enough for Danny to realize he wasn't alone...but that it was ok to be scared sometimes.
This scene is complex and chilling
Love the leftover melted chocolate ice cream around the rim of the saucer.
In the book this conversation between Mr. Hallorann and Danny happened in Hallorann's car in the parking lot. It was also a more in-depth convo. I guess this is why people often say the books are better than the movies. You get so much more in-depth explanations.
That was neat when Danny in a way hurt Holloran when he projected a thought to him
pointless to compare different mediums. What works in prose doesn't necessarily transpose well to film. You also have to realize that a film is usually anywhere from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours at most. Reading the Shining takes quite a bit longer than that.
MP R Have you even read the book??? You don't think the psychological horror parts like the hedge animals or the child at the playground is needed???
The book and the movie are different not because he removed "needless" things. It's all because he wanted to tell a different story. Common sense can tell you that, had you read the book
Thank you for providing a different view on this movie , I never looked at it this way to be honest .
I love both versions but you've given me some new food for thought on Kubricks take .
just as books sometimes need extra thoughts and conversations to tell a story (due to the fact that you can't see what's happening with your own eyes), movies should have less of that imo. in a movie you don't need to "tell" as much, you need to show. bad movies tell when they should just show. (think a villain monologuing their whole evil plan). actually now that i think of it, ledger's joker was a good twist on the monologuing arch-villain. yeah he talked a lot and even talked about his "plan," but what he said wasn't as important as what it revealed about him. you realized his story would keep changing and his words showed more and more how crazy but insanely smart and cunning he was. that's a good example of a character who talks a lot, but is still very compelling because you aren't able to really quantify what he's really about entirely. (until wise alfred gives his insight into him)
One of the most intriguing scenes in the movie.
This is so real. Oscar caliber both of them. So powerful and perfectly underplayed. Best kid performance ever. These 2 stole the film I think. lovable.
One of the best scenes of the movie 👍
Scatman Crothers was such a good underrated actor sad he passed away in the mid 80's from lung cancer
Superb scene.
I decided to re-read the book starting last week, simply because it was the scariest book, beside Salem's Lot, that scared the crap out of me in the early 1980's. So, I have a love/hate relationship with the film. It's so far removed from what King was driving home, page after page of the most frightening behaviors, but Kubrick's film still has a place in my heart. For one thing, the score is so good. He just twisted it into a modern day horror story and did well. THE Tv movie wasn't good but, at least it stayed with the brilliant imagery of the novel. THIS HERE Halloran scene, in the novel is SO MUCH BETTER than this scene in Kubrick's film. Halloran has Danny in the passenger seat of his car. Wendy see's it through the window of the Hotel and freaks out. Then she realizes that they're just talking together. Halloran asks Danny to give him his biggest psychic shout out, Danny does and Halloran almost has a brain tumor. In the book, Halloran tells Danny to shout out at him,. as loud as he can while he's in Florida, if any trouble happens at the Hotel. Missing from the film, along with other endearing horror scenes. Like Jack, near death comes back into consciousness, and he tells Danny that he loves him, and calls him "Doc." Then he tells "Doc" to run and transforms back into a murderer. Missing from the film.
They gave Danny Jack's death in Doctor Sleep, as a way to honor the book.
i love scatman and danny so much 🥰🥰🥰
I hated how this character died in the end! He was so likable and didn’t deserve to die.
You ever read the book?
In the novel, the Overlook takes control of all powers of anyone that dies in the hotel. That's why it wanted Danny murdered so bad in the hotel, so it can assume his powers. It could care less what happened to Wendy or Jack.
I never thought of it this way. Great explanation of real meaning of the movie
Interesting, can't believe I still haven't read it
Scatman is the main man! Absolutely love him.
Scary as all hell… without a single special effect.
Is the mark of a great director and cast.
RIP Scatman Crothers, so talented. I loved him as JAZZ in the 80s Transformers cartoon series.
2:46 i like how Hallorann pauses before answering when Danny asks if he's scared of the overlook (again at 3:14 when Danny asks "is there something bad here" and one other time re: room 237 4:21). we see so little of Halloran but to me he's in a sense the most interesting character... the most mysterious. like he's some mystical guardian. though he seems visibly disturbed - in a state of disbelief i think - by what Danny has been able to sense about the hotel through shining. i should probably read the book to get a better sense of what Hallorann is all about
When he sees the ghosts of the two little girls in the hallway hes such a brave little boy.
In the book, Danny can't really remember his premonitions, but he does remember redrum but he doesn't know what it means. When he tries to tell people about his premonitions, it's sort of useless since he can't really remember them but he knows it was something bad cus he always peed himself or felt scared when he woke up from them
shannah smith In the book, stfu because you spoil shit
Old glory how the hell is that spoiling anything? Everyone here has seen the movie. It just makes things more clear as to why Danny hadn't said anything sooner or told him mom he didn't like it there. She babied the shit out of him. I'm pretty sure she would have found a way to leave if Danny continuously told her he didn't like it in the hotel
A Pimp Named Slickback STAY OUT
Danny did mention that in this clip when he talked about "Tony."
My dad showed me this movie for the first time the weekend before my school closed. That was perfect timing.
The Legendary Scatman Crothers was brilliant here as Mr Halloran,Hard to believe this was the same man who did the voice for The Transformers Character Jazz,R I P Scatman🥺💐🙏🌹💔🥀
This movie the shining came out the year before I was born in 1981 and it came in 1980 this one of the best classic movie this movie me and my brother Philip watch I remember my brother would say I'm ain't supposed to the way my brother said it that Danny had said but sadly i lost my brother Philip 😢 a year ago last October of 2021 was 44 I sure miss my brother 😢 rest in peace to my brother 😢
Danny is so cute
The best actor as a child
Such a wonderful scene.
Trying to get that hexagon carpet to buy
Yeah the very end of the scene is powerful.
Danny shot a wave of fear right through Dick's heart with that mention of room 237.
Gotta love the long pause and the double take that Halloran gives Danny at 3:23 after he says "Mr. Halloran, is there something bad here?" You can practically SEE him thinking "holy shit...just how much does this kid already know about this place and how much do I tell him without scaring him?"
We're all dying, the World's just one big Hospice with fresh air.
hey‚ child dan!
Danny isn't here right now Mr. Torrance....
0:10 who's that whispering SHONE in the background..? the hotel? Jesus christ this movie is scary
That is the director, Stanley Kubrick, who has strategically placed that word subliminally throughout the movie, in places where instances of psychic behavior has just been used or mentioned by the characters onscreen at that time.
You must have extended hearing. I would never have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out. Yes this movie is quite scary. I would rank it among my personal top 5 most frightening.
@@canadianfortrump4057 Look for the video "Kubrick The Shone Report" and you can find the sixteen different instances of where Kubrick inserted that word subliminally throughout the movie. Since I first saw it in the theater it had always bugged me that I was hearing it and no one else seemed to have noticed.
at 1:06 too.
@@Davedio Thanks for the info.
Scatman is Brilliant Simply Brilliant!…. So is Danny!👍👍
I love this part of the movie
love this scene..and whole movie :)
Scatman,one of my favorite actors of all time !!!!!!
2:47. It’s Danny asking if he’s scared of this place, followed immediately by knives above Danny’s head that show how perfect and horrific this movie is. I find it hard to believe that a lot of directors today say are inspired by Kubrick, and yet resort to using jump scares and cgi to try to illicit fear.
they're playing to a modern audience who are largely dumb as rocks and have terribly short attention spans
Scatman was awesome, and I'm glad he got a good part in a Kubrick film. He got the part because he and Nicholson worked together in 'Cuckoo's Nest' and Nicholson recommended him. He did have a near-breakdown while shooting the scene when he lists everything that's in the pantry (Kubrick called for 60 or 70 takes causing Scatman to scream "For God's sake Mr. Kubrick, what do you WANT?!") but in the documentary about The Shining he tears up when talking about Kubrick and says "I love that man!" probably because he knew Kubrick was making him deliver a performance beyond anything he'd done before.
I like how Hollorann tries to prep Danny fast for what is to come since he will be leaving soon. He knows what can happen with Jack and Danny will be the only one to protect his mom.
I love his look when Danny says to him, what about Room 237.
Perfect explanation of the shining effect.
One of my favorite movies of all time- I saw this movie when I was WAAAAAYYY too young to be watching it on cable tv as a kid, haha. It wasn't until I was in high school that I watched it and finally understood the whole story. I went right out, got the Stephen King book and read it.....was even better than the movie!
Wonderful performances by Mr. Crothers and Prof. Lloyd. Great chemistry between the two actors.
And kudos to the writers, Mr. Kubrick, Ms. Johnson and Mr. King.
Prof. Lloyd???
@@josebro352 The actor who played the Danny character is now a Professor.
@@vernshein5430 Oh yes I think I remember seeing that somewhere. It's nice when you see how some child actors turned out okay and didn't become a victim of Hollywood's dark side. Especially when they now just lead normal lives. Coincidentally the little girl who played Newt in Aliens is also a teacher now and just lives a regular life like the rest of us. Although she still attends comic and sci-fi conventions for fans.
Something warming about Scatman crothers character in this movie he's like the fun and kind uncle you had as a child who would allow you to have ice cream and all the fun stuff you wanted he makes this character come to life and without him in this film it just would t be the same R.I.P scatman legend ⭐️
love the shining by Stanley Kubrick it is one of my favourite movies
Scatman Crothers is awesome in this of course but so is the young man Danny Lloyd. Not only his words but I'd say especially his expressions. Doesn't even look like he's acting.