Trivia

  • Based off the novel by Stephen King. King famously hated the movie.
  • The film took five years to complete
  • To get Jack Nicholson in the right agitated mood, he was fed only cheese sandwiches for two weeks, which he hates.
  • The "Here's Johnny!" scene took three days to film and the use of sixty doors.
  • The snow on set consisted of 900 tons of salt.
  • Kubrick ifamously bullied actress Shelley Duvall on set in order to get her in the proper mindset.
  • The idea for Danny Lloyd to move his finger when he was talking as Tony was his own. He did it spontaneously during his very first audition.