The Shining [1980] + Full Metal Jacket [1987] – Stanley Kubrick [2x DVD]

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THE SHINING (1980, 115mins) Think of the greatest terror imaginable. Is it a monstrous alien? A lethal epidemic? Or, as in this harrowing masterpiece from Stanley Kubrick, is it fear of murder by someone who should love and protect you – a member of your own family? From a script he co-adapted from the Stephen King novel, Kubrick melds vivid performances, menacing settings, dreamlike tracking shots and shock after shock into a milestone of the macabre. In a signature role, Jack Nicholson (“Heeeere’s Johnny!”) plays Jack Torrance, who’s come to the elegant, isolated Overlook Hotel as off-season caretaker with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and son (Danny Lloyd). Torrance has never been there before – or has he? The answer lies in a ghostly time warp of madness and murder > > > > > FULL METAL JACKET (1987, 112mins) A superb ensemble cast falls in for action in Stanley Kubrick’s brilliant saga about the Vietnam War and the dehumanising process that turns people into trained killers. Joker (Matthew Modine), Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin), Gomer (Vincent D’Onofrio), Eightball (Dorian Harewood), Cowboy (Arliss Howard) and more – all are plunged into a boot-camp hell pitbulled by a leatherlung D.I. (Lee Ermey) who views the would-be devil dogs as grunts, maggots or something less. The action is savage, the story unsparing, the dialogue spiked with scathing humour. Full Metal Jacket, from its rigours of basic training to its nightmare of combat in Hue City, scores a cinematic direct hit…
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19 x 13.6 x 1.4 cm; 90 g
Director ‏ : ‎ Stanley Kubrick
Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
Run time ‏ : ‎ 227 minutes
Actors ‏ : ‎ Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B089QCNJTN
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2