The Shining (4K+2D Blu-ray SteelBook) (Best Buy Exclusive) [USA]

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Release date: October 1, 2019
Purchase link: Best Buy
Price: $29.99

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I hope it includes the extended version.
US Theatrical Cut (143:46) is the longer version and is what would be considered the extended cut outside of USA
All USA Blu-ray releases always been US Theatrical Cut

UK cinema and home media releases was the International Theatrical Cut is (119:38) and was cut on purpose by Stanley Kubrick and his is preferred cut of the film


The only UK release to have USA Theatrical Cut is the HMV exclusive premium collection release all other UK Blu-ray/DVD releases is International Theatrical Cut


USA 4K/2D Blu-ray release is the USA Theatrical Cut (144 min) also known as the extended cut
Both 4K and 2D Blu-ray
 
France 4K amaray release is listed as the USA Theatrical Cut 144 min TBC

The 4K restoration was done on the US Theatrical Cut only so I expect UK 4K amaray or steelbook when released most likely will be be USA cut 144 min
 
IMDb:-
"Three days after the release of the film, Stanley Kubrick and Warner Bros. ordered all projectionists to cut about 2 minutes from the end of the film, and send the footage back to the studio. Starting after the closeup of frozen Jack, the camera goes to a pullback shot with part of a state trooper's car and the legs of troopers walking around in the foreground. We then cut to the hotel manager Stuart Ullman (Barry Nelson) walking down a hospital hallway to the nurse's station to inquire about Danny and Wendy. He's told they're both doing well and proceeds to Wendy's room. After some gentle conversation, he tells Wendy that searchers have been unable to locate any evidence of the apparitions she saw. Additionally, Jack's body cannot be located. We then cut to the camera silently roaming the halls of the Overlook Hotel for about a minute until it comes up to the wall with the photographs, where it [back to the ending as it is now known] fades in on the photo of Jack in the 1921 picture.

When released theatrically in the United States, the film ran approx. 146 minutes. However, as explained above, three weeks into its release, Kubrick cut the 2 minute coda from the end of the film, reducing its length to 144 minutes. After meeting with poor reviews and erratic box office, Kubrick decided to further edit the film for its theatrical release outside the US. He cut approximately 31 minutes of footage, reducing the length to 113 minutes. The 144 minute 'US version' is often erroneously called the director's cut when in fact director Kubrick regards both the 119 minute version and the 144 minute version as director's cuts. Nevertheless, the longer version is the version now most commonly available. The following is a list of all the scenes or parts of scenes not present in the shorter 'European version' ..."

As for the Saul Bass poster and all the trouble it took to come to agreement on 'the one':-
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It's quite interesting to see the back and forth between two creative geniuses like Stanley Kubrick and Saul Bass working on the movie poster of The Shining. It wasn't an easy one for Bass, thanks to Kubrick's infamous obsessive perfectionism. The poster went through 300 versions before getting final approval.

These are five of the concepts that Bass presented initially—Kubrick's comments are hand written on the pages:
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The one chosen:-
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Also, the documentary on THE SHINING - ROOM 237 clearly influenced by ^:-
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Would be refreshing to have original poster art for a change for this release considering we've already had the two Iconic Moments (OK, 1 1/2) ...
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... and speaking about original poster art wouldn't mind seeing either of these two on the steelbook front:. . . the print artwork spot-glossed of course-
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Original concept was for the red but Mr. Kubrick and WB decided otherwise changing the primary colour to yellow. . . before that the designer Saul Bass had the red silkscreen poster printed at the Art Krebs Studio in Los Angeles.
 
I always thought the casting of Shelley Duvall was a mistake. Her performance was serviceable but
I was never convinced she is someone that the Jack Torrance character would have chosen as a
partner. Then again, maybe that's why he eventually lost his marbles. I am still not getting this steelbook.
 
What's with the bright yellow? Surely they could have pulled off some pattern that goes well, such as the carpet or the maze within a snow scene. Hell, even a map of the hotel. This is Awful. Obviously there's text there and I'm guessing it's "...makes Jack a dull boy" etc?