More 4: The Shining Promotional Trailer

The Shining is one of my top films. And when I saw this, I thought of this place straight away...

I have fixed the ratio of the video though as the source was squashed a little...

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"Channel 4 has painstakingly recreated the set of Stanley Kubrick horror film The Shining, complete with look-a-likes of the crew and cast members including Shelley Duvall, for a TV ad to promote a More 4 season of the director's films.

The 65-second promotional spot has been filmed as a one-take tracking shot through the recreation of The Shining set.

Viewers get Kubrick's point of view as he walks through the set, ending up in his director's chair as the crew prepare to shoot the famous scene of Danny Torrance, the son of Duvall and Jack Nicholson's characters, riding round and round the deserted corridors of the Overlook Hotel.

The promo, filmed as a single tracking shot with a cast of 55 actors, was meticulously researched to "remain as faithful as possible to the period in which it was shot and the culture of the British studio in the late 1970s".

Channel 4 Creative Services, the broadcaster's in-house creative resource, cast people who resembled Kubrick's own crew including his script lady, assistant director and director of production, John Alcott, who also worked on films including 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange with the director.

Look-a-likes were also found for Duvall, Danny Lloyd, who played Danny Torrance, and the twin girls who appear fleetingly in the film.
Most of the equipment that appears in the promotional clip was actually used in the filming of The Shining.

Many of the props that appear, including the tricycle and Kubrick's script, were produced for the promotional clip based on photos or sketches from the late director's archives.

The spot, which was shot over two days at London's Bray Studios, was filmed using a 25mm Cooke lens -- a favourite of Kubrick's.
It promotes the season of 10 Kubrick films to be broadcast on More 4 from July 15.

Jon Ronson's documentary, Citizen Kubrick, will air ahead of the start of the first film.

The promotional clip will run across Channel 4 and More 4 in the run up to the start of the season."

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[ZkinandBonez]

Was this mad ein 1980? I mean the commercial was pretty cool, but I doubt Kubrick would have excepted it.

[FinalCut6]

No, the trailer was made bout 2 years ago for a Stanley Kubrick season on More 4. They showed a load of his films, including The Shining... (my personal favourite film, even though I haven't seen all of his films)

It's just been re-created. I personally think it's brilliant. :-)

AME / FC6

[ZkinandBonez]

Yeah, this is a much more detailed and complex trailer than usual. Did they make more of these? from like other Kubrick films?

[FinalCut6]

Not that I know of .. :'(

I want the carpet (the hexagon pattern) in my bedroom - my mum hates it haha.

AME / FC6

[nakednewscaster]

The big K would give this one the BIG thumbs up, I think. He actually was known to admire commercials.

[FinalCut6]

It's so authentic, this trailer.

I want that 'Shining carpet' in my room haha, my mum's having none of it lmao!

[msmithstud]

i want to go and visit the Awahnee Hotel in Yelllowstone everytime i watch this movie.

[Shyreenify]

That is brilliant. Such detail.

[ShadesBelow03]

Whoa...is this real? What a helluva re-creation of every little aspect of that movie for just a teeny little commercial. Brilliant!!!

[ar4216]

@drdistracto707

HaHa!

[apetieredet]

awesome

[drdistracto707]

that was VERY cool

they even had the bear that gave BJ's in there