"THE SHINING."
 
 
 Post Production Script.
 
 
 
 
 
 A STANLEY KUBRICK FILM
 
 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
 JAN HARLAN
 
 PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY:
  STANLEY KUBRICK
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 July, 1980
 
 
 
 
 "THE SHINING."
 
EXT. COLORADO MOUNTAIN (U.S.A.) - DAY - L.S.
 
Lake and Mountains. CAMERA TRACKS FORWARD past island in
lake.
 
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EXT. ROAD - DAY - L.S.
 
High Angle V.W. Car moving along road - CAMERA TILTS UP with
it.
 
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EXT. COLORADO MOUNTAINS & ROAD - DAY - L.S.
 
Mountains and Road - V.W. Car moves away along road - CAMERA
TRACKS after it.
 
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L.S. V.W. Car moving away along road - CAMERA TRACKS after
it and passes car - TRACKING FORWARD to Mountains in b.g.
 
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M.L.S. High Angle V.W. Car moves away along road - CAMERA
TILTS UP with it. Car goes into tunnel and comes out other
side. CAMERA TRACKS after car.
 
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L.S. V.W. Car moves along road. CAMERA TRACKS after it.
Mountains in b.g.
 
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L.S. High Angle V.W. Car moving away along road. Mountain
in b.g. CAMERA TRACKS after car.
 
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L.S. Mountain - CAMERA TRACKS IN on Hotel.
 
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Black Frames.
 
 THE INTERVIEW.
 
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 2.
 
 
INT. OVERLOOK HOTEL/LOBBY - DAY - M.L.S.
 
Jack walks L-R across Lobby. CAMERA TRACKS BACK & PANS with
him to RECEPTIONIST behind desk.
 
 JACK
 Hi, I've got an appointment with Mr.
 Ullman. My name is Jack Torrance.
 
 RECEPTIONIST
 His office is the first door on the
 left.
 
 JACK
 Thank you.
 
JACK moves away R-L. CAMERA PANS with him and TRACKS IN
after him through Secretary's office to open door of ULLMAN's
office - revealing ULLMAN seated at desk with SECRETARY
standing beside him.
 
 JACK
 Mr. Ullman?
 
 ULLMAN
 Yes?
 
 JACK
 I'm Jack Torrance.
 
 ULLMAN
 Oh, well - come on in Jack.
 
ULLMAN stands up and hands book to SECRETARY, walking round
side of desk. JACK moves into office. CAMERA TRACKS IN
after him. He shakes hands with ULLMAN.
 
 ULLMAN
 Very nice to meet you.
 
 JACK
 Nice to meet you, Mr. Ullman.
 
ULLMAN points to SECRETARY.
 
 ULLMAN
 This is my secretary, Susie.
 
 SECRETARY
 Hallo.
 
 JACK
 Susie, how do you do?
 
  3.
 
 
 ULLMAN
 Have any trouble finding us?
 
 JACK
 Oh, no problem at all. I made the
 trip in three and a half hours.
 
 ULLMAN
 Well, that's very good time, very
 good. Please sit down a minute.
 
ULLMAN points to chair cam.R. JACK sits cam.R.f.g. ULLMAN
walks behind desk.
 
 ULLMAN
 JAck, just make yourself at home.
  Would you like some coffee?
 
 JACK
 Well, if you are going to have
 some, I wouldn't mind. Thanks.
 
 ULLMAN
 Susie.
 
 SECRETARY
 Sure.
 
 ULLMAN
 Oh, and would you ask Bill Watson
 to join us?
 
 SECRETARY
 Yes, I will.
 
ULLMAN sits behind desk. SUSIE walks forward to R.f.g.
 
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EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING/BOULDER - DAY - L.S.
 
Apartment Building - cars parked in front of it. Mountain
in b.g. CAMERA TRACKS IN on Apartment Building.
 
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INT. JACK & WENDY'S APARTMENT IN BOULDER (USA) / LIVING
ROOM - DAY - M.L.S.
 
DANNY is sitting at table eating a sandwich. WENDY sitting
cam.R reading book.
 
 DANNY
 Mom...
 
  4.
 
 
 WENDY
 Yeah.
 
 DANNY
 Do you really want to go and live
 in that hotel for the winter?
 
 WENDY
 Sure, Danny, it will be lots of fun.
 
 DANNY
 Yeah, I guess so. Anyway, there's
 hardly anybody to play with around
 here.
 
 WENDY
 Yeah, I know. It always takes a
 little time to make new friends.
 
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M.S. DANNY eating sandwich.
 
 DANNY
 Yeah, I guess so.
 
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M.S. WENDY
 
  WENDY
 What about Tony? He's looking
 forward to the hotel, I bet.
 
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M.S. DANNY while eating sandwich wiggles forefinger of his
L.hand and speaks with different voice.
 
 TONY
 NO, I ain't Mrs. Torrance.
 
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M.S. WENDY
 
 WENDY
 Oh come on, Tony. Don't be silly.
 
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M.S. DANNY wiggles forefinger of L.hand and speaks with
different voice.
 
 5.
 
 
 TONY
 I don't want to go there, Mrs.
 Torrance.
 
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M.S. WENDY
 
 WENDY
 Well, how come you don't want to go?
 
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M.S. DANNY wiggles forefinger of L.hand and speaks with
different voice.
 
 TONY
 I just don't.
 
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M.S. WENDY.
 
 WENDY
 Well, let's just wait and see.
 We're all gonna have a real good
 time.
 
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INT. OVERLOOK HOTEL/ULLMAN'S OFFICE - DAY - M.L.S.
 
JACK over ULLMAN seated at desk. BILL WATSON enter office.
JACK rises and shakes hands with him.
 
  ULLMAN
 Bill, I'd like you to meet Jack
 Torrance.
 
 WATSON
 How do you do?
 
 JACK
 Bill, how do you do?
 
 WATSON
 Pleased to meet you.
 
 JACK
 Pleasure to meet you.
 
 ULLMAN
 Grab a chair Bill, and join in.
 
 6.
 
 
WATSON & JACK sit down.
 
  ULLMAN
 Jack is going to take care of the
 Overlook for this winter. I would
 like you to take him around the
 place as soon as we are through.
 
 WATSON
  Fine.
 
 ULLMAN
 Jack is a schoolteacher.
 
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M.C.S. JACK.
 
 JACK
 Eh - formerly a school-teacher.
 
 WATSON (OFF)
 What line of work are you in now?
 
 JACK
 I'm a writer um... Teaching has
 been more or less a way of making
 ends meet.
 
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M.C.S. WATSON.
 
 WATSON
 Well this ought to be quite a
 change for you.
 
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M.C.S. JACK
 
 JACK
 Well, I'm looking for a change.
 
 ULLMAN (OFF)
 Our people in Denver recommended
 Jack very highly, and, for once, I
 agree with them.
 
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M.S. ULLMAN
 
 7.
 
 
 ULLMAN
 Let's see, where were we? Yes. I
 was about to explain that eh... our
 season here runs from oh May 15th
 to October 30th and then we close
 down completely until the following
 May.
 
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M.C.S. JACK
 
 JACK
 Do you mind if I ask why you do
 that? It seems to me that the
 skiing up here would be fantastic.
 
 ULLMAN (OFF)
 Oh, it sure would be
 
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M.S. ULLMAN
 
 ULLMAN (CONT'D)
  but the problem is the enormous
 cost it would be to keep the road
 to the Sidewinder open. It's a...
 It's a 25 mile stretch of road -
 gets an average of 20 feet of snow
 during the winter, and there's just
 no way to make it economically
 feasible to keep it clear. When
 the place was built in 1907, there
 was very little interest in winter
 sports, and this site was chosen
 for its seclusion and scenic beauty.
 
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M.L.S. ULLMAN over WATSON & JACK.
 
 JACK
 Well, it's certainly got plenty of
 that.
 
JACK laughs.
 
  ULLMAN
 That's right. And did they give
 you any idea in Denver about what
 the job entails?
 
 8.
 
 
 JACK
 Only in a very general way.
 
 ULLMAN
 Well...
 
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M.S. ULLMAN
 
 ULLMAN (CONT'D)
 ...the winters can be fantastically
 cruel, and the basic idea is
 to...to cope with the very costly
 damage and depreciation which can
 occur. And this consists mainly of
 running the boiler, heating
 different parts of the hotel on a
 daily rotating basis, repairing
 damage as it occurs and doing
 repairs, so that the elements can't
 get a foothold.
 
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M.C.S. JACK
 
 JACK
  Well, that sounds fine to me.
 
ULLMAN grunts off.
 
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M.S. ULLMAN
 
 ULLMAN
 Physically, it's not a very
 demanding job. The only thing that
 can get a bit trying up here during
 the winter is eh... the tremendous
 sense of isolation.
 
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M.C.S. JACK
 
 JACK
 Well, that just happens to be
  exactly what I'm looking for. I'm
 eh... I'm outlining a new writing
 project, and eh...
 (MORE)
 
 9.
 
 
 JACK (CONT'D)
  five months of peace is just what I
 want.
 
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M.S. ULLMAN
 
 ULLMAN
 That's very good Jack, because eh...
 for some people eh solitude and
 isolation...
 
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M.C.S. JACK.
 
 ULLMAN (OFF) (CONT'D)
 can of itself be a problem.
 
 JACK
 Not for me.
 
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M.S. ULLMAN.
 
 ULLMAN
 How about your wife and son? How
 do you think they'll take to it?
 
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M.C.S. JACK.
 
  JACK
 They'll love it.
 
 ULLMAN (OFF)
 Great...
 
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M.S. ULLMAN
 
 ULLMAN
 Well, before I turn you over to
  Bill, there is one other thing I
 think we should talk about. I
 don't want to sound melodramatic,
 but it is something that's...
 (MORE)
 
  10.
 
 
 ULLMAN (CONT'D)
 been known to give a few people
 second thoughts about the job.
 
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M.C.S. JACK
 
 JACK
 I'm intrigued.
 
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M.S. ULLMAN.
 
 ULLMAN
 I don't suppose they eh told you
 anything in Denver about the
 tragedy we had up here during the
 winter of 1970?
 
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M.C.S. JACK shakes his head.
 
 JACK
 I don't believe they did.
 
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M.S. BILL WATSON.
 
  ULLMAN (OFF)
 Well, my predecessor in this job
 
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M.S. ULLMAN.
 
 ULLMAN (CONT'D)
 hired a man named Charles Grady, as
 the winter caretaker. He came up
 here with his wife and two little
 girls of about eight or ten. And
 he had a good employment record,
 good references and from what I've
 been told, I mean, he seemed like a
  completely normal individual. But
 at some point during the winter, he
 must have suffered some kind of a
 complete mental breakdown.
 (MORE)
 
  11.
 
 
 ULLMAN (CONT'D)
 He ran amok and eh... killed his
 family with an axe,
 
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M.C.S. JACK
 
 ULLMAN (OFF) (CONT'D)
  stacked them neatly in one of the
 rooms in the West Wing, and then he
 um... then he put eh both barrels
 of his shotgun in his mouth.
 
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M.S. ULLMAN sitting behind desk.
 
 ULLMAN (CONT'D)
 The police eh... they thought that
 it was what the old-timers used to
 call cabin-fever, a kind of
 claustrophobic reaction which can
 occur when people are
 
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M.C.S. JACK
 
 ULLMAN (OFF) (CONT'D)
 shut in together over long periods
 of time.
 
 JACK
 Well, that is eh quite a story.
 
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M.S. ULLMAN laughs.
 
 ULLMAN
 Yes, it is. Oh, it's still hard
 for me to believe that it actually
 happened here, but it did and eh...
  I think you can appreciate why I
 wanted to tell you about it.
 
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M.C.S. JACK.
 
 12.
 
 
 JACK
 Ah, I certainly can, and eh... I
 also understand why your people in
 Denver left it for you to tell me.
 
JACK laughs.
 
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U.S. ULLMAN laughing.
 
 ULLMAN
  Well, obviously some people can be
 
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M.C.S. JACK.
 
 ULLMAN (OFF) (CONT'D)
 put off by the idea of staying
 alone in a place where something
 like that actually happened.
 
 JACK
 Well, you can rest assured Mr.
 Ullman, that's not going to happen
 with me, and eg as far as my wife
 is concerned, I am sure she'll be
 absolutely fascinated when I tell
 her about it. She's a confirmed
 ghost story and horror film addict.
 
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INT. BOULDER APARTMENT/BATHROOM - DAY - M.S.
 
Shooting through open door - DANNY standing on stool at basin.
 
 DANNY
 Tony, do you think Daddy will get
 the job?
 
 TONY (OFF)
 Yeah, he did. He's gonna phone
 Wendy up in a few minutes to tell
 her.
 
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INT. BOULDER KITCHEN/LIVING ROOM - DAY - M.S.
 
WENDY back to camera washing dishes at sink. PHONE RINGS
OFF. She dries her hand and puts carton in fridge. Then
moves L-R into Living Room - CAMERA PANS with her.
 
 13.
 
 
She picks up telephone receiver.
 
 WENDY
 (into phone)
 Hello.
 
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INT. HOTEL - LOBBY - DAY - M.L.S.
 
JACK leaning on counter at reception desk, speaking into
phone.
 
 JACK
 (into phone)
 Hi, babe.
 
 WENDY
 (over phone)
 Hi, hon. How's it going?
 
 JACK
 (into phone)
 Great. Look, I'm at the hotel and
 I still have an awful lot to go
 through. I don't think I can get
  home before nine or ten.
 
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INT. BOULDER APARTMENT/LIVING ROOM - DAY - M.S.
 
WENDY sitting on back of chair phone to ear.
 
 WENDY
 (into phone)
 Sounds like you got the job?
 
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INT. HOTEL - LOBBY - DAY - M.L.S.
 
JACK leaning on reception desk with phone to ear.
 
 JACK
 (into phone)
 Right it's a beautiful place. You
 and Danny are gonna love it.
 
INT. BOULDER APARTMENT/BATHROOM - DAY - M.S.
 
DANNY standing on stool by basin. He is reflected in mirror.
CAMERA TRACKS IN on his reflection in mirror.
 
  14.
 
 
 DANNY
 Tony, why don't you want to go to
 the hotel?
 
DANNY wiggles forefinger.
 
 TONY (OFF)
 I don't know.
 
 DANNY
  You do too know, now come on tell me.
 
DANNY wiggles forefinger.
 
 TONY (OFF)
 I don't want to.
 
 DANNY
 Please...
 
DANNY wiggles forefinger.
 
 TONY (OFF)
  No.
 
 DANNY
 Now Tony, tell me.
 
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INT. HOTEL - LOBBY - M.L.S.
 
Shooting towards doors of lifts. Blood gushes in from
L.side of lift and in from corridors L. and R. of lift
doors - surging towards camera.
 
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INT. HOTEL/CORRIDOR - M.S.
 
Two Little GRADY girls holding hands.
 
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INT. HOTEL/LOBBY - M.L.S.
 
Blood gushing in from corridors L-R of lift doors and
surging towards camera.
 
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 15.
 
 
INT. BOULDER APARTMENT - M.C.S.
 
DANNY screaming.
 
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INT. HOTEL/LOBBY - M.L.S.
 
Blood gushing in from corridors L-R of lift doors and
surging forward. The blood gushes up into camera lens
causing black out.
 
  DOCTOR (OFF)
 Now hold your eyes still so that I
 can see.
 
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INT. BOULDER APARTMENT/DANNY'S BEDROOM - DAY - M.S.
 
DOCTOR bending over DANNY lying on top of his bed. She is
examining his eyes. WENDY standing at foot of bed.
 
 DOCTOR
 That's good, now the other one.
 Good boy.
 
DOCTOR straightens up. She puts instrument away in case and
closes it. Then she sits on bed beside DANNY.
 
  DOCTOR
 Now Danny, when you were brushing
 your teeth, do you remember if you
 smelled anything funny, or saw any
 bright flashing lights, or anything
 at all strange?
 
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M.C.S. DANNY.
 
 DANNY
 No.
 
 DOCTOR (OFF)
 Do you remember when you were
 brushing your teeth?
 
 DANNY
  Yes.
 
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 16.
 
 
M.S. DOCTOR sitting on bed beside DANNY. WENDY standing at
foot of bed.
 
 DOCTOR
 What's the next thing you remember
 after you were brushing your teeth?
 
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M.C.S. DANNY.
 
 DANNY
 Mommy saying, 'Wake up, wake up,
 wake up Danny, wake up.'
 
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M.S. DOCTOR sitting on bed beside DANNY. WENDY standing at
foot of bed.
 
 DOCTOR
 Now Danny, can you remember what
 you were doing just before you
 started brushing your teeth?
 
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M.C.S. DANNY
 
 DANNY
 Talking to Tony.
 
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M.C.S. DOCTOR
 
  DOCTOR
 Is Tony one of your animals?
 
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M.C.S. DANNY
 
 DANNY
 No. It's the little boy that lives
 in my mouth.
 
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M.C.S. WENDY
 
 WENDY
 Tony is his imaginary friend.
 
 17.
 
 
 DOCTOR (OFF)
 Oh,
 
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M.C.S. DOCTOR
 
 DOCTOR (CONT'D)
 if you were to open your mouth now,
 could I see Tony?
 
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M.C.S. DANNY
 
  DANNY
 No.
 
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M.C.S. DOCTOR
 
 DOCTOR
 Why not?
 
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M.C.S. DANNY
 
 DANNY
  Because he hides.
 
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M.C.S. DOCTOR
 
 DOCTOR
 Where does he go?
 
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M.C.S. DANNY
 
 DANNY
  To my stomach.
 
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M.C.S. DOCTOR
 
 DOCTOR
 Does Tony ever tell you to do things?
 
M.C.S. DANNY
 
 18.
 
 
  DANNY
 I don't want to talk about Tony
 anymore.
 
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M.S. DOCTOR sitting on bed beside DANNY. She pats his leg
and stands up. WENDY at foot of bed.
 
  DOCTOR
 Okay. That's fine. All right Danny.
 
DOCTOR puts case and stethoscope in her shoulder bag.
 
 DOCTOR
 Now I'm going to ask you to do me a
 favor, and stay quietly in bed for
  the rest of the day. Okay?
 
 DANNY
 Do I have to?
 
 DOCTOR
 Yes, I'd like you to.
 
 WENDY
 We're just going to go into one of
 the other rooms for a few minutes
 and talk - then I'll come back and
 check on you, okay?
 
 DANNY
 Okay.
 
 DOCTOR
 Goodbye.
 
WENDY & DOCTOR move R-L to open door. DOCTOR goes into the
corridor.
 
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INT. CORRIDOR/LIVING ROOM - DAY - M.S.
 
DOCTOR standing in corridor. WENDY moves out of DANNY's
room and closes the door. She turns to DOCTOR.
 
 WENDY
 Shall we go into the living room?
 
 DOCTOR
 Yes.
 
 19.
 
 
DOCTOR & WENDY walk forward along the corridor - CAMERA
TRACKS BACK before them and PANS R-L with them to Living
Room. WENDY points to sofa.
 
 WENDY
 Please...
 
 DOCTOR
 Thank you.
 
DOCTOR moves to sofa and sits down - WENDY sits in chair
cam.R.
 
 DOCTOR
 Mrs. Torrance, I don't think you
 have anything to worry about. I'm
 quite sure there is nothing
 physically wrong with Danny.
 
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M.C.S. WENDY.
 
  WENDY
 Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, he seems
 absolutely fine now, but you should
 have seen him.
 
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M.S. DOCTOR over WENDY. DOCTOR leans back on sofa.
 
  DOCTOR
 Oh I know. Kids can scare you to
 death, but believe me these episodes
 are not at all uncommon, and they
 look much worse than they are.
 
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M.S. WENDY over DOCTOR.
 
 WENDY
 But eh what was the matter with him?
 
 DOCTOR
 Mrs. Torrance, most of the time
 these episodes with kids are never
 explained. They are brought on by
 emotional factors, and they rarely
 occur again.
 
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 20.
 
 
M.S. DOCTOR.
 
  DOCTOR
 They're more akin to auto-hypnosis,
 a kind of self induced trance. If
 it re-occurs which I doubt
 
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M.S. WENDY takes cigarette out of packet.
 
  DOCTOR (OFF) (CONT'D)
 you can always think about having
 some tests done.
 
WENDY holds cigarette packet out towards DOCTOR.
 
 DOCTOR (OFF)
 No thank you.
 
She puts packet down on table.
 
  WENDY
 Oh, I'm...I'm sure you're right.
 
She lights cigarette from lighter.
 
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M.S. DOCTOR.
 
 DOCTOR
 Have you been in Boulder long, Mrs.
 Torrance?
 
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M.C.S. WENDY.
 
 WENDY
 Only about three months. Eh we're
 from Vermont. My husband was
 teaching school there.
 
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M.S. DOCTOR
 
 DOCTOR
 Did the appearance of Danny's
 imaginary friend...?
 
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  21.
 
 
M.S. WENDY over DOCTOR.
 
 WENDY
 Tony.
 
 DOCTOR
 Did Tony's first appearance happen
 to coincide with your arrival here?
 
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M.C.S. WENDY
 
 WENDY
 No, um let's see I guess Danny
 started talkin to Tony about the
 time we put him into nursery school.
 
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M.S. DOCTOR over WENDY.
 
 DOCTOR
 Did he adjust well to school?
 
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M.C.S. WENDY - she shakes her head.
 
 WENDY
 No. He didn't like it too much at
 first, and then he had an injury,
 so we kept him out for a while,
 and, yeah, I...I guess that's about
 the time when I first noticed that
 he was talking to Tony.
 
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M.S. DOCTOR over WENDY.
 
 DOCTOR
 What sort of injury did he have?
 
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M.C.S. WENDY
 
 WENDY
 Ah he dislocated his shoulder.
 
WENDY inhales.
 
 22.
 
 
 DOCTOR (OFF)
 How did he manage to do that?
 
 WENDY
 Well it's just one of those things.
 You know... purely an accident, um.
 My husband had oh... been drinking,
 and he came home about three hours
 late, so he wasn't exactly in the
 greatest mood that night. And well
  Danny had scattered some of his
 school papers all over the room...
 and my husband grabbed his arm, you
 know, and pulled him away from them.
 It's...it's just the sort of thing
 you do a hundred times with a
 child - you know, in a park or on
 the streets - but on this particular
 occasion my husband just... used
 too much strength and he injured
 Danny's arm.
 
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M.S. DOCTOR
 
 WENDY (OFF) (CONT'D)
 Anyway, something good did come out
 of it all because he said:
 
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M.C.S. WENDY
 
  WENDY (CONT'D)
 "Wendy, I'm never gonna touch
 another drop and if I do you can
 leave me", and he didn't and he
 hasn't had any alcohol in eh five
 months.
 
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BLACK FRAMES.
 
Superimposed Title over:
 
CLOSING DAY.
 
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 23.
 
 
EXT. COLORADO MOUNTAINS - DAY - L.S.
 
High Angle Trees on side of Mountain - CAMERA TRACKS FORWARD
over them to Jack's car moving away along road.
 
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INT. JACK'S CAR - DAY - M.S.
 
WENDY sitting beside JACK as he drives along Mountain Road.
DANNY, between them, is leaning on backs of their seats.
WENDY yawns.
 
 WENDY
 Boy, we must be really high up.
 The air feels so different.
 
 JACK
 Uh...huh.
 
 DANNY
 Dad?
 
 JACK
 Yes?
 
 DANNY
 I'm hungry.
 
 JACK
 Well you should have eaten your
 breakfast.
 
 WENDY
 We'll get something as soon as we
 get to the hotel, okay?
 
 DANNY
 Okay, Mom.
 
 WENDY
 Hey, wasn't it around here that the
 Donner party got snowbound?
 
  JACK
 I think that was farther west in
 the Sierras.
 
 DANNY
 What was the Donner party?
 
 24.
 
 
 JACK
  There were a party of settlers in
 the covered wagon times. They got
 snowbound one winter in the
 mountains. They had to resort to
 cannabilism in order to stay alive.
 
 DANNY
  You mean they ate each other up?
 
 JACK
 They had to, in order to survive.
 
 WENDY
 Jack...
 
 DANNY
 Don't worry, Mom. I know all about
  cannabilism, I saw it on T.V.
 
 JACK
 See, it's okay. He saw it all on
 the television.
 
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EXT. COLORADO MOUNTAINS - DAY - L.S.
 
High Angle JACK's car moving away along road on side of
mountain - CAMERA TRACKS after it.
 
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EXT. OVERLOOK HOTEL - DAY - L.S.
 
Cars parked in front of Hotel.
 
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INT. OVERLOOK HOTEL/LOBBY - M.L.S.
 
Man cleaning floor. CAMERA TRACKS L-R. WATSON & ULLMAN
walk forward from b.g.
 
 ULLMAN
 What time does the plane leave?
 
 WATSON
 Eight thirty.
 
  ULLMAN
 Well, that still gives up plenty of
 time to go over everything first.
 
 25.
 
 
Two Girls carrying luggage enter cam.R and walk away to b.g.
 
  GIRLS
 Goodbye Mr. Ullman.
 
 ULLMAN
 Goodbye.
 
ULLMAN & WATSON walk L-R to JACK sitting in chair.
 
 ULLMAN
 Good morning Jack. I hope you
 haven't been waiting too long.
 
 JACK
 No problem. In fact we had time to
 grab a bite to eat.
 
JACK stands up.
 
 ULLMAN
 Good. Glad you made it before they
 shut down the kitchen. Is your
 family having a look around?
 
 JACK
 No, my son's discovered the games
 room.
 
 ULLMAN
 Oh... Has your luggage been brought
  in?
 
JACK points to luggage.
 
 JACK
 Right there.
 
 ULLMAN
 Oh fine. Well in view of all the
 ground that we to cover today, I
 suggest we go and have a quick look
 at your apartment and then get
 started straight away.
 
ULLMAN turns to WATSON.
 
 ULLMAN
 Bill, would you have the Torrances'
 things brought in their apartment.
 
  WATSON
 Fine.
 
 26.
 
 
WATSON walks out cam.L.
 
 JACK
 I'd better collect my family first.
 
 ULLMAN
 Oh...
 
ULLMAN laughs and they move out cam.L.
 
 DISSOLVE TO:
 
INT. HOTEL/COLORADO LOUNGE - DAY - M.L.S.
 
ULLMAN, followed by WENDY, JACK & WATSON, moves out of lift
cam.R. They walk R-L across Lounge. CAMERA TRACKS with them.
 
 ULLMAN
 This is our Colorado Lounge.
 
 WENDY
 Oh, it's beautiful.
 (to Jack)
 My God, this place is fantastic,
 isn't it hon?
 
  JACK
 Sure is.
 
 WENDY
 God, I've never seen anything like
 this before. Are all of these
 Indian designs authentic?
 
 ULLMAN
 Yes, I believe they are based
 mainly on Navajo and Apache motifs.
 
 WENDY
 Oh well they're really gorgeous.
 As a matter of fact this is probably
 the most gorgeous hotel I've ever
 seen.
 
ULLMAN laughs.
 
 ULLMAN
 Oh this old place has had an
 illustrious past. In its heyday it
 was one of the stopping places for
 the jet set,
 
They reach corner and turn, walking towards camera.
 
 27.
 
 
 ULLMAN (CONT'D)
 even before anybody knew what a jet
 set was. We've had four presidents
  who stayed here, lots of movie stars.
 
 WENDY
 Royalty?
 
 ULLMAN
 All the best people.
 
 CUT TO:
 
INT. HOTEL GAMES ROOM - DAY - M.C.S.
 
DANNY throwing darts - CAMERA TRACKS BACK & PANS L-R with
him as he walks to the dartboard. He climbs up on chair and
pulls two darts out. He looks cam.L. CAMERA ZOOMS IN on him.
 
 CUT TO:
 
M.S. Two GRADY girls, holding hands, standing near open door.
 
 CUT TO:
 
M.C.S. DANNY.
 
 CUT TO:
 
M.S. Two GRADY girls, holding hands. They look at one
another, then turn and exit out through open doorway.
 
 CUT TO:
 
M.C.S. DANNY.
 
 CUT TO:
 
INT. HOTEL/CARETAKER'S APARTMENT CORRIDOR - DAY - M.S.
 
ULLMAN leads WENDY & JACK forward along corridor to
Caretaker's Apartment.
 
 ULLMAN
 This is the staff wing of the hotel.
 None of the other bedrooms are
 heated during the winter.
 
 WENDY
 Oh!
 
Two Girls carrying bags enter from cam.L.
 
 28.
 
 
 GIRLS
 Goodbye Mr. Ullman.
 
 ULLMAN
 Goodbye girls.
 
ULLMAN waves to Girls and moves cam.R into JACK's apartment.
WENDY & JACK follow him.
 
 ULLMAN
 And here are your quarters.
 
 CUT TO:
 
INT. HOTEL/JACK'S APARTMENT - DAY - M.S.
 
ULLMAN, followed by WENDY and JACK, move up steps. ULLMAN
points to open door cam.R.
 
 ULLMAN
 Living Room, bedroom, bathroom, and
 a small bedroom for your son.
 
JACK leans forward and looks in small bedroom cam.L. He
turns and looks cam.R. at ULLMAN.
 
 JACK
 Perfect for a child.
 
 WENDY
 Yeah.
 
 ULLMAN
 Yes.
 
They move into apartment. JACK & WENDY move away through
living room into bedroom - CAMERA TRACKS FORWARD after them.
 
 ULLMAN (OFF)
 Well the place is very nicely self-
 contained, easy to keep.
 
JACK feels bed.
 
 JACK
 Cosy.
 
JACK & WENDY move away and enter bathroom - CAMERA TRACKS
after them.
 
 29.
 
 
 ULLMAN (OFF)
 Yes, very cosy for a family, and if
 you feel like spreading out you
 have the rest of the hotel to move
 around in.
 
 JACK
 Well, it's very... homely.
 
 WENDY
 Yeah.
 
  DISSOLVE TO:
 
EXT. HOTEL/THE MAZE - DAY - L.S.
 
ULLMAN leading WENDY, JACK & WATSON R-L along outside of
Maze. CAMERA TRACKS & PANS with them.
 
 ULLMAN
 This is our famous hedge maze.
 It's quite an attraction around
 here. The walls are thirteen feet
 high and the hedges are about as
 old as the hotel itself. It's a
 lot of fun,
 
They walk from end of Maze towards Hotel in b.g.
 
 ULLMAN (CONT'D)
 but I wouldn't go in there unless I
 had an hour to spare to find my way
 out.
 
Laughter.
 
 WENDY
 When was the Overlook built?
 
  CUT TO:
 
M.L.S. ULLMAN leads WENDY, JACK & WATSON L-R along front of
Hotel - CAMERA TRACKS with them.
 
 ULLMAN
 Ah... construction started in 1907.
 It was finished in 1909. The site
 is supposed to be located on an
 Indian burial ground, and I believe
 they actually had to repel a few
 Indian attacks as they were building
 it.
 
ULLMAN points to red Snowcat at entrance of garage.
 
  30.
 
 
 ULLMAN
 That's our Snowcat. Can you both
 drive a car?
 
 JACK & WENDY