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In 1980 Stanley Kubrick released his classic horror film, THE SHINING. Over 30 years later, viewers are still struggling to understand its hidden meanings. Loved and hated by equal numbers, the film is considered a genre standard by many loyalists, while other viewers dismiss it as the lazy result of a legendary director working far below his talent level. In between these two poles, however, live the theories of ardent fans who are convinced they have decoded THE SHINING's secret messages regarding genocide, government conspiracy, and the nightmare that we call history. Ascher's ROOM 237 fuses fact and fiction through interviews with the fans and scholars who espouse these theories. Ideas of five devotees of the film with wildly different ideas about its true meaning arebraided together in a kaleidoscopic deconstruction of the horror classic.
Original Release
10/26/2012
US Release
12/07/2012
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Bill Blakemore | Himself / Self |
Geoffrey Cocks | Himself / Self |
Juli Kearns | Herself / Self |
John Fell Ryan | Himself / Self |
Jay Weidner | Himself / Self |
Stephen Brophy | Cast |
Ash Brophy | Csst |
Buddy Black | Cast |
Buffy Visick | Cast |
Sam Walton | Cast |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bill Blakemore | Himself / Self |
Geoffrey Cocks | Himself / Self |
Juli Kearns | Herself / Self |
John Fell Ryan | Himself / Self |
Jay Weidner | Himself / Self |
Stephen Brophy | Cast |
Ash Brophy | Csst |
Buddy Black | Cast |
Buffy Visick | Cast |
Sam Walton | Cast |
Scatman Crothers | Dick Hallorann |
Tom Cruise | Dr. William Harford |
Barry Dennen | Bill Watson |
Kirk Douglas | Spartacus |
Keir Dullea | Dr. Dave Bowman |
Shelley Duvall | Wendy Torrance |
Christoph Eichhorn | Hans Castorp |
Thomas Gibson | Carl |
Adolf Hitler | Self |
Emil Jannings | Mephisto |
Producers
Name | Role |
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P. David Ebersole | Executive Producer |
Todd Hughes | Executive Producer |
Andrew Herwitz | Producer |
Tim Kirk | Producer |