Room 237 (2012)

NR10/26/2012Documentary1h 42m
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Some movies stay with you forever... and ever... and ever.

Overview

A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Bill Blakemore

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  2. Geoffrey Cocks

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  3. Juli Kearns

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  4. John Fell Ryan

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    Jay Weidner

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"At the end of The Shining, he's reduced to a screaming ape, just like in the beginning of 2001 there are screaming apes." - John Fell Ryan Astonishingly, the above statement, as bizarre, irrelevant and as bereft of any further analysis as it is (and I haven't taken it out of context; there really IS no further analysis or conclusion mined from that sentence), is possibly the sanest, most rational sentence uttered in Room 237, a documentary film by Rodney Asher lending a platform to some of the whackier interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's terrifying but relatively straightforward adaptatio...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

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Revenue $259,765.00

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