Timberline lodge overlook hotel from the shining 2020. The stanley hotel historic stanley estes park hotel. Lloyd the bartender was never a real person as part of doctor sleep, flanagan set out to recreate many famous visual elements of the shining s overlook hotel, and did well enough that many thought hed just reused footage from kubricks film when seeing the sequels trailer for the first time. The timberline hotel provided external shots for the shining source. Jan harlan, an executive producer on the shining, was. The stanley hotel served as the inspiration for the overlook hotel in stephen kings 1977 bestselling novel the shining and as the filming location for the 1997 tv miniseries, also written by king. The film was based on stephen kings novel of the same name. Kubrick filmed the exteriors at timberline lodge in oregon the overlook hotel was a secluded hotel located in the rocky mountains and the main antagonist in the shining. When you think of that hotel from the shining, any number of memorable images might cross your mind. The hotel interiors shown in the film which were not actual hotel interiors, but studio sets are not based on the stanley, but are instead based on a number of diverse hotels across the country, especially the ahwahnee hotel above in yosemite national park, california. Director mark romanek one hour photo, never let me go explores the horrific history of the overlook hotel in warner bros. Differences between the book and the movie run deeper than changes to just room. Stanley hotel in estes park, co offers 4 types of hotel accommodations including historic rooms, bed and breakfast boutique hotel, modern hotel rooms, and 1 to 3 bedroom condominiums perfect for groups. Kubrick actually used exteriors from a different hotel for the film starring jack nicholson and shelley.
Luckily for director mike flanagan, he came into recreating the overlook hotel in doctor sleep with a secret weapon. The film will tell the origin story of the overlook hotel through the eyes of its first owner, bob t. Stanley kubrick used oregons timberline lodge for the exterior shots of the. In 1974, master of horror stephen king and his wife tabitha spent just one night in room 217 at the stanley hotel in estes park, colo. Open 360 photos on the right to view and explore all of our indoor and outdoor spaces and hotel rooms. The timberline lodge aka the overlook hotel from the shining. Stephen king the overlook the stanley hotel and ghosts. Near the end of the film, on a frigid night, jack chases danny into the labyrinth on the hotel grounds. The blueprints were still in the possession of warner bros.
Stanley hotel in estes park, co offers 4 types of hotel accommodations including historic rooms, bed and breakfast boutique hotel, modern hotel rooms, and 1 to. The shining hotel the scary building that inspired stephen king. Mar 16, 2020 t he shining stands as one of the most beloved horror properties, but fans of the haunted colorado hotel known as the overlook are often torn between stephen kings original 1977 novel and. Nov 02, 2017 the shining is set in the fictional overlook hotel, with oregons timberline lodge used for filming credit. Aug 14, 2015 the hotel interiors shown in the film which were not actual hotel interiors, but studio sets are not based on the stanley, but are instead based on a number of diverse hotels across the country, especially the ahwahnee hotel above in yosemite national park, california. An alternate adaptation written by king himself, the. The overlook hotel 2017 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. At the end of the shining, why is jack in the photo of. Timberline lodge, a mountain lodge and resort hotel, is a fourstory structure of about 40,000 square feet. Perhaps you see a snowcovered hotel made of grey stone, or a grand redroofed building with a. They stay overnight as they explore the paranormal. The shining was inspired by these events and the overall experience of being secluded in the grand resort hotel alone.
The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Sam and colby combine their haunted stanley hotel docuseries into one full horror movie. Watch the shining at the overlook hotels filming location. The shining was a fictional tale but the setting was inspired by the true hauntings within colorados stanley hotel. As the film develops, it becomes more mysterious, ambiguous, threatening, and hallucinatory. The stanley hotel is a 142room colonial revival hotel in estes park, colorado, united states. The actual hotel was used in the 1997 television miniseries the overlook in stanley kubricks the shining. The story takes place in a very haunted hotel named the overlook. The stanley hotel, which inspired stephen kings 1977 novel the shining.
Most folks have either seen the movie, the shining or read stephen kings book of the same title one of kings best and scariest books. The hotel was also seen onscreen in peter farrellys 1994 dumb and dumber. For nearly 40 years now, the shining has reigned as one of the most acclaimed and terrifying horror films ever made. The stanley appeared in the 1990s kingsanctioned madefortv series version, as he wasnt a fan of stanley kubricks atmosphereheavy, plotlight take on his material. Ryan looks over its history, and how it tells kubricks story. Nov 03, 2011 the shining s overlook hotel remains one of the most disturbing locations in horror. However, today i realize that transferring a book to a movie is always going to involve a certain number of compromises. Visitors there often ask if it is the shining hotel. One example would be the shining the jack torrance character is the protagonist at the beginning of the movie but once the evil forcesentity that haunts or indeed is the overlook hotel he becomes the nemesis and from then on were rooting for wendy and danny. Stanley kubricks the shining movie, based on stephen kings bestselling novel, is one of those rare horror movies that transcended its genre to be. Whilst the cast and first crew stayed in england to shoot the film, kubrick dispatched a second unit to oregon to get some outside. How doctor sleep recreated the shinings overlook hotel.
The overlook hotel was a secluded hotel located in the rocky mountains and the main antagonist in the shining. T he shining stands as one of the most beloved horror properties, but fans of the haunted colorado hotel known as the overlook are often torn between stephen kings original 1977 novel and. The hotel from the shining and other iconic, wellpreserved. A sequel to the film and based on the book of the same name, doctor sleep, is set to hit theaters in november. Having read the book, i went with great anticipation. Today, the hotel features a restaurant, spa and bedandbreakfast, and provides guided tours.
The shinings overlook hotel remains one of the most disturbing locations in horror. Scrapped the shining prequel details delve into the. Open menu on the left to view more timberline lodge photos, videos, our partnerlist, and to experience a 3d tour of the lodge. While his family looks around the hotel during closing day, the psychic hotel chef discovers the psychic abilities of jacks son danny, and dannys ability. The hotel that inspired stephen king to pen the novel is the stanley in estes park, co just outside rocky. The stanley was not used in kubricks 1980 movie starring jack nicholson. Jan 29, 2019 for nearly 40 years now, the shining has reigned as one of the most acclaimed and terrifying horror films ever made. The hotel is most recognized as the hotel that was used for the exterior hotel shots for the stanley kubrick version of the shining starring jack nicholson and shelly duvall. Though it deviates from stephen kings novel, stanley kubricks the shining is a chilling, often baroque journey into madness exemplified by an unforgettable turn. During its history, it was the site of many unsavory activities, including suicides, gangland hits, and many suspicious changes of ownership, yet the hotel remained a luxurious destination known for its sumptuous grounds and spectacular mountain view. At the end of the shining, why is jack in the photo of the. Hallorann, worried by the lack of news and communication, arrives at the hotel just in time to be attacked by the crazy man and to help the other two. The shining is set in the fictional overlook hotel, with oregons timberline lodge used for filming credit. Stanley kubricks adaptation of stephen kings novel about a.
A visit to the historic hotel that spawned the shining. How to visit the reallife overlook lodge from the shining. I first saw this movie when it was released to theaters. In the novel, the shining, the overlook was destroyed when the hotels winter caretaker.
United states canadian hotel in the movie the shining if i remember correctly, the movie the shining the original with jack nicholson was partly filmed at. The film, which also serves as a direct sequel to the film adaptation of the shining, directed by stanley kubrick, is set several decades after. The groundlevel exterior walls are heavy rubble masonry, using boulders from the immediate area, and heavy timber is used from the firstfloor up. The title of the novel was inspired by the john lennon song instant karma. Though the stanley is often referred to as the hotel from the shining, this is a misnomer. On set cinemas next destination is government camp, oregon, the location of the infamous overlook hotel exteriors from stanley kubricks adaptation of stephen kings the shining. But the reallife story of stanley hotel is scarier than fiction. The real hotel in colorado that inspired king to write the novel. With jack nicholson, shelley duvall, danny lloyd, scatman crothers. The shining is considered one of the most significant films in history. The shining filming video location 1980 kubrick jack. Aug 23, 2011 while his family looks around the hotel during closing day, the psychic hotel chef discovers the psychic abilities of jacks son danny, and dannys ability to detect ghostly presences in the hotel. The movie, starring ewan mcgregor, will hit theaters nov.
Welcome to timberline lodges truetour digital brochure. Inside colorados stanley hotel, the inspiration for the. Stephen kings the shining novel novel was the basis for stanley kubricks 1980 masterpiece film. Inside the spooky hotel that inspired the shining today. A robber baron at the turn of the 20th century, watson scaled the remote peaks of the colorado rockies to build the grandest resort in america, and a place he and his family would also call home. Oct 24, 2014 though the stanley is often referred to as the hotel from the shining, this is a misnomer.
May 02, 2020 stanley kubricks the shining movie, based on stephen kings bestselling novel, is one of those rare horror movies that transcended its genre to be classed among the greatest films ever made. The muse for stephen kings the shining, a colonial revival landmark built by an entrepreneur seeking a healthier life in the rocky mountains, a property on the national register of historic places situated in estes park amid some of colorado s most iconic mountain scenery the stanley hotel is no ordinary place to stay. The shining 1977 is a novel by american author stephen king. King has said he wrote the shining after staying at the stanley with his wife in 1974 and finding inspiration in its creepy. Timberline lodge sits in mount hood national forest in the state of oregon. At first, it feels like a traditional horror setup a guy gets hired to spend the winter in an enormous hotel, secluded from civilization, where obviously something will go very wrong. One of the most iconic locations in horror history is the overlook hotel from director stanley kubricks version of the stephen king story the shining.
Scrapped the shining prequel details delve into the origins. Canadian hotel in the movie the shining fodors travel. Timberline lodge is a mountain lodge on the south side of mount hood in clackamas county, oregon, about 60 miles 97 km east of portland. Check into the reallife hotel of horrors that inspired the shining. But there is a deleted scene from the shining 1980 that casts wendys reliability in a curious light. In the doctor sleep movie, the hotel returns once again as the main. Timberline lodge was dedicated september 28, 1937, by president franklin d. Flanagan was able to obtain the original blueprints that the shining director stanley kubrick used to construct the overlook hotel interior sets back in 1978. Stanley kubricks adaptation of stephen kings novel about a haunted hotel and. Despite this, 217 remains the hotels most requested booking. Jul 26, 2019 on set cinemas next destination is government camp, oregon, the location of the infamous overlook hotel exteriors from stanley kubricks adaptation of stephen kings the shining.
The shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by stanley kubrick and cowritten with novelist diane johnson. It looks like a kubrick film, bearing the same relationship to horror as eyes wide shut does to eroticism. The writer detested the kubrick adaptation, which junked most of his plot in favour of atmosphere, and sanctioned a tv movie remake, which did indeed use the stanley. At the little hotel, everything is like disney, all kitsch wood on the outside but the interiors dont make sense. This is the hotel in which king stayed in 1973, and which inspired the original story. Doctor sleep marketed as stephen kings doctor sleep is a 2019 american supernatural horror film based on the 20 novel of the same name by stephen king, a sequel to kings 1977 novel the shining. Sep 29, 2019 the shining was a fictional tale but the setting was inspired by the true hauntings within colorados stanley hotel. The film is based on stephen kings 1977 novel of the same name and stars jack nicholson, shelley duvall, scatman crothers, and danny lloyd.
Inside colorados stanley hotel, the inspiration for the shining. Recreating the labyrinthine overlook hotel for doctor sleep, director mike flanagans followup to stanley kubricks 1980 classic the shining, was a task the filmmakers knew they. By morning, his seminal 1977 novel the shining was born. The film is based on stephen kings 1977 novel of the same name and stars jack nicholson, shelley duvall, scatman crothers, and danny lloyd the films central character is jack torrance nicholson, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a. Perhaps you see a snowcovered hotel made of grey stone, or a. A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. Jul 26, 2019 one of the most iconic locations in horror history is the overlook hotel from director stanley kubricks version of the stephen king story the shining. The hotel from the shining and other iconic, wellpreserved hollywood film settings by ryan bort on 102515 at 11. Shining prequel overlook hotel will be its own movie oct 6, 2015 james vanderbilt reveals that he has faith in director mark romanek, and that the overlook hotel will stand apart from the shining. It was adapted for the screen by directorproducer stanley kubrick and novelistacademic diane johnson. Constructed from 1936 to 1938 by the works progress administration, it was built and furnished by local artisans during the great depression. Dec 24, 2018 when you think of that hotel from the shining, any number of memorable images might cross your mind. The shining to be shown at the overlook hotel filming location. In a new interview with collider to promote his work on amazons tales from the loop, romanek said the overlook hotel movie is pretty.