# The Shining (re-cut trailer) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shining-re-cut-trailer/338781 "2006-01-06T19:42:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shining-re-cut-trailer/338781/1 "2006-01-06T19:42:17Z")
From the collaborative effort of Stephen King, Stanly Kubrick, and Academy Award winning actor Jack Nicholson comes the hartwarming tale of a family get-together. The Shining. [http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/shining.html](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/shining.html) 🙂 aww…so sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shining-re-cut-trailer/338781/2 "2006-01-06T20:26:36Z")
I read an article about this some mnths ago when it first hit. Apparently it’s the winner of a Editor’s Guild compeition that they have every year. The editors (actually IIRC assistant editors or apprentice editors) get a list of movies and have to edit a trailer for them changing the genre. A runner up was West Side Story as a zombie movie. It was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shining-re-cut-trailer/338781/3 "2006-01-06T20:29:00Z")
As **Push You Down** said, [you’re a little late](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=337893&highlight=shining). ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shining-re-cut-trailer/338781/4 "2006-01-06T21:47:06Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > As **Push You Down** said, [you’re a little late](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=337893&highlight=shining). Oh sure, dredge up that old embarrassment, whydon’tcha? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shining-re-cut-trailer/338781/5 "2006-01-06T21:49:59Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Oh sure, dredge up that old embarrassment, whydon’tcha? Sir, I belive your embarrassment has been usurped. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shining-re-cut-trailer/338781/6 "2006-01-06T22:27:52Z")
The modified title is just _Shining_, which sounds a lot happier. There is one bit I think was added (aside from the cheery “Meet Jack Torrance” trailer narration), because I can’t remember it in the movie: Jack saying “I’m your new foster father” a few seconds into the opening notes of _Solsbury Hill_. I can imagine this was added by a moderately-good Nicholson impersonator to tie the modified trailer together, but it feels a little like cheating. We see Danny tentatively opening the double doors of room 237, but it changes to a single door when they cut to the interior. _That_ kind of cheating is par for the course in trailers. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shining-re-cut-trailer/338781/7 "2006-01-07T00:06:23Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > There is one bit I think was added (aside from the cheery “Meet Jack Torrance” trailer narration), because I can’t remember it in the movie: Jack saying “I’m your new foster father” a few seconds into the opening notes of _Solsbury Hill_. I can imagine this was added by a moderately-good Nicholson impersonator to tie the modified trailer together, but it feels a little like cheating. It’s from “About Schmidt”. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shining-re-cut-trailer/338781/8 "2006-01-07T04:54:05Z")
If you’ll look under “related articles” they also have another one for “Big” and I must say, that version looks really good. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shining-re-cut-trailer/338781/9 "2006-01-07T05:16:40Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > It’s from “About Schmidt”. I’ll admit that’s clever, but it’s still cheating. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shining-re-cut-trailer/338781/10 "2006-01-07T07:26:39Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > If you’ll look under “related articles” they also have another one for “Big” and I must say, that version looks really good. That’s terrific! It’s [here](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/bigtrailer.html), for a direct link. And after a quick search, [here](http://www.ps260.com/elfollador/Scary%20Titanic.mov) is “Titanic” done as a horror flick, and [here](http://www.alldumb.com/item/15976/) is “West Side Story” as a zombie flick. The latter would be my favorite, but it relies a little too much on quick cuts, even for a zombie movie trailer. I’d never noticed before, though, how much the cinematography in “West Side Story” resembles that of Dario Argento (the Italian horror director).