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The 4th of July Ball at the Overlook Hotel, 1921 (Original Post) Heartstrings Jul 2020 OP
yep. know the film Demovictory9 Jul 2020 #1
Supposedly the idea for the story... wcmagumba Jul 2020 #2
"Honey, I'm home" favorite moment. patricia92243 Jul 2020 #3
Kubrick told Shelly Duvall that everyone on the set hated her ZZenith Jul 2020 #4
And after the abuse he heaped on her, Ohio Dem Jul 2020 #5
Probably true, according to the DVD commentary ZZenith Jul 2020 #6
Great photos, look at the attire & faces. The guy in the front, appalachiablue Jul 2020 #7
"Here's Johnny!" pressbox69 Jul 2020 #8

wcmagumba

(3,160 posts)
2. Supposedly the idea for the story...
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 02:18 AM
Jul 2020

came during a stay at The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO. I visited there back in the 1980's but just looked around the lobby and front area...kind of spooky...The hotel was owned by the designer of the Stanly Steamer car...they had one in the lobby...

ZZenith

(4,321 posts)
4. Kubrick told Shelly Duvall that everyone on the set hated her
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 02:28 AM
Jul 2020

hoping to instill a sense of loneliness and desperation, which her character would certainly be feeling. Probably went a little too far with it, as Duvall’s performance is often ranked in the top-ten worst acting lists.

Ohio Dem

(4,357 posts)
5. And after the abuse he heaped on her,
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 04:04 PM
Jul 2020

I have read that the little boy who played Danny didn't even know he was in a horror movie until years later because Kubrick took great pain to not scare him. Not sure how true that is, but that's what I read.

ZZenith

(4,321 posts)
6. Probably true, according to the DVD commentary
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 04:12 PM
Jul 2020

“He was led to believe that he was just acting in a drama film about a family who lives in a hotel.“

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Lloyd

Not really a lie, because it is a drama about a family who lives in a hotel, albeit a strange one.

appalachiablue

(42,913 posts)
7. Great photos, look at the attire & faces. The guy in the front,
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 10:13 PM
Jul 2020

ringer for Jack Nicolson, eerie. What an Independence Party.

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