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Post #1405108

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SilverWook
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The Shining - 35mm print opportunity (a WIP)
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Date created
22-Jan-2021, 9:20 PM

LaurentLaSalle said:

SilverWook said:

Aside from the hospital scene, (which was cut after the opening weekend in the U.S, and not in any UK version to my knowledge) I’m not aware of any other variations. Are you able to take screenshots?

Some foreign prints had Jack’s typed pages in different languages as well as the title cards.

Restoring every variation of the “All work and no play…” scene in different languages would be an interesting side project (not to mention the foreign title cards as well). Being a native French speaker, I’m especially curious to see pages that read “Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras”.

However, I don’t expect to see these pages in Japanese. It looks like these adaptations (as they are not direct translations) were all done using the latin alphabet with the same typewritter : https://theoverlookhotel.com/post/18776071001/italian-il-mattino-ha-loro-in-bocca-the.

As soon as I am able to grab anything, I will let you know. I bought this LaserDisc off eBay, and it’s shipping directly from Japan, so it will take a while. The LaserDisc player I bought might not work at all (it was surpringly cheap), so I am not holding my breath.

While looking for the Japanese version, I came across this shot of Jack Nicholson in an old tv ad. I know it’s a different take from the final movie, but does the open matte version of your 35mm print has so much headroom?

It’s the entire frame, so lots of headroom. In one or two scenes bits of lighting equipment can be seen, and an overhead microphone can be seen in Jack’s closeup when he talking to Lloyd. Given that the rest of the film seems to have used wireless mikes, (if you’ve seen the making of doc Jack is seen removing one taped to his body) I found that interesting!