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Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn the ’70s and early ’80s, the era that defined him, Stephen King came up with a whole lot of horror-story metaphors for anger. There was Carrie, the angry telekinetic nerd-turned-pranked-prom-demon, and Christine the angry car, and Cujo the angry dog, and the novel that was the greatest of King’s rage mythologies — “The Shining,” published in 1977, which was all about the hidden anger of middle-class men, with the frustrated aspiring writer Jack Torrance (not a domestic abuser but the sort of man who would have a few drinks and then yank his son’s arm too forcefully) standing in for what was at the time a new awareness of the ideology of masculine fury.

Here's Johnny!The axe famously wielded by Jack Nicholson in classic 1980 film The Shining has sold for a whopping price of $175K.Auction site GottaHaveRockAndRoll closed the auction over the weekend as the movie prop brought in about $100K more than expected. The axe famously wielded by Jack Nicholson in classic 1980 film The Shining has sold for a whopping price of $175K.The item from the Stanley Kubrick film had originally been projected to take in anywhere from $60K to 90K.

The Shining is going on auction this Wednesday (April 20).In the 1980 horror movie, Jack Torrance (portrayed by Nicholson) delivers the film’s famous line, “Here’s Johnny!” after breaking through a bathroom door to attack his wife amid a psychotic episode.As TMZ reports, the axe from the Stanley Kubrick-directed film is going up for sale through Gotta Have Rock and Roll auction house in a couple of days’ time.The auction house told the publication that the axe prop is still in very good condition and is displayed in a shadow box frame along with some photos of it in action in the movie. It’s expected to fetch at least $100,000 (£76,693).Meanwhile, in other The Shining news, Ben Stiller is reportedly in talks to play Torrance in a stage adaptation of Stephen King’s novel.The actor and filmmaker is in line to play the role in new play by Ivo van Hove that’s coming to the London West End next year.“We can confirm that we are in negotiations with Ben Stiller about his starring in Ivo van Hove’s theatre production of Stephen King’s The Shining, adapted by Simon Stephens, for the West End with dates tbc,” a spokesperson for Sonia Friedman Productions said in a statement obtained by Variety.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterBen Stiller is in talks to star in Ivo van Hove’s upcoming stage adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic “The Shining,” Variety has confirmed. The play is scheduled to open on the West End next year.Should Stiller’s deal close, he will play the lead role of Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who is hired as an off-season caretaker in a historic Colorado hotel.Stiller has performed on stage before, in 2011’s Broadway revival of John Guare’s “House of Blue Leaves” with Edie Falco and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Ben Stiller is eyeing the lead role in the Ivo van Hove stage adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic The Shining!

EXCLUSIVE: A major new Ivo van Hove stage adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic The Shining is in the works for a 2023 West End debut, with an A-list creative team in place and Ben Stiller in talks to play the role of the crazed, haunted dad Jack Torrance.

Fans of The Shining have long debated what the final photo of the movie meant.

Horror movie fans have been taking to Twitter to celebrate “The Shining” today. 

Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duval led The Shining and it’s still one of the most haunting and masterful films in cinematic history.On May 23, 1980 Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror film The Shining hit theaters for the first time leaving audiences chilled to their bones.The film, which is famously adapted from the Stephen King book of the same name, follows Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) as he becomes the winter caretaker of the vacant but haunted Overlook Hotel. Jack is accompanied by his wife Wendy (Shelley Duval) and their son Danny (Danny Llyod).

showers as Sam was pulled away by about 20 men!” In cult horror movie The Shining, Nicholson’s character Jack Torrance loses his mind in a ghostly hotel after being taken over by supernatural forces.The most famous scene in the Stanley Kubrick flick, which is based on a book by Stephen King, sees Jack going after his wife Wendy, played by Shelley Duvall.He takes an axe to a bathroom door before sticking his head through the broken panels while yelling: “Here’s Johnny!”Leroy said West Brom manager Sam, 66, wasn’t the only defender players were scared of in his day.In new book Thou Shall Not Pass, by Leo Moynihan, he tells how Arsenal star and fellow football pundit Martin Keown, 54, was also a man to be feared.Leroy remembered: “He’d send

Reclusive movie star Shelley Duvall has given a very rare interview where she talks about her iconic role in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, revealing that she would spend days on set of the film crying.Duvall, 71, who was last seen during an appearance on Dr.

Reclusive movie star Shelley Duvall has given a very rare interview where she talks about her iconic role in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, revealing that she would spend days on set of the film crying.Duvall, 71, who was last seen during an appearance on Dr.

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