Stanley Kubrick made a lot of changes to Stephen King’s source material when making “The Shining.” Rather than have protagonist Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) slowly spiral into insanity as he does in the book, Kubrick has Jack start off unhinged and only get worse from there.
Whereas Danny’s imaginary friend is presented in the book as a kid named Toby, in the movie, Danny is shown talking to his finger. The biggest change from book to film was the ending.
In the book, Danny and Wendy are saved by Dick Hallorann, the head chef of the hotel who rushes to the rescue when Danny telepathically messages him…The post Why Stanley Kubrick Decided To Scrap The Shining’s Original Ending appeared first on /Film.
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