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The Shining Extended cut

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  • 26-09-2018 8:49pm
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    Pero_Bueno
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    Hi,
    Just noticed there is a Shining extended edition (about 25 min extra).
    I saw the BluRay there for sale - is it worth the watch or is the original TR better ?


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    homerun_homer
    Registered Users Posts: 7,024 ✭✭✭homerun_homer


    Pero_Bueno wrote: »
    Hi,
    Just noticed there is a Shining extended edition (about 25 min extra).
    I saw the BluRay there for sale - is it worth the watch or is the original TR better ?

    I saw this cut once years ago, it's worth a watch out of curiosity but I don't think it makes a better film.


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    mikhail
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    It's not extended per se. It's the US theatrical cut. It wasn't well received there, and Kubrick edited it again before the European release. I have only seen it once, but I enjoyed it. I'm a big fan of the movie.


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    Frank O. Pinion
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    I much prefer the longer version, it makes it a much better film for me.


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    holly8
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    Pero_Bueno wrote: »
    Hi,
    Just noticed there is a Shining extended edition (about 25 min extra).
    I saw the BluRay there for sale - is it worth the watch or is the original TR better ?

    It might be the US version


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    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    The shorter cut was Kubrick's preferred cut. It's better paced and the hotel feels more isolated. He often recut films after seeing them with an audience, destroying the original version in the process. But because The Shining got a wide release in the US it was already in distribution by the time he recut it, so he made do with international viewers getting his final cut.


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