The Shining DVD (2001) Jack Nicholson, Kubrick (DIR) cert 15 Title: The Shining Leading Actor: Jack Nicholson Region: Region 2 Duration: 115 mins Format: DVD / Special Edition Type: DVD No. of Discs: 1 disc(s) Studio / Publisher: Warner Bros. Home Ent. UK Release Date: 10 Sep 2001 Edition: Special Edition Stanley Kubrick directs this chilling adaptation of the Stephen King shocker. Seeking solitude in order to write a novel, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a job as an off-season caretaker at the remote Overlook Hotel in Colorado. Eager to get started, Jack disregards warnings that the isolation drove a former caretaker mad, and moves into the massive resort with his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and son Danny (Danny Lloyd). But Danny has a supernatural gift which makes him aware of an evil lurking in the hotel, and sure enough, as winter storms cut the hotel off from civilisation, Jack gradually becomes murderously insane.