The Shining 4K UHD (1980)

[Agent Kay]

Go on then

[KRW1]

Originally Posted by Bronson13

The Shining is my favorite movie of all time and I’ve seen both cuts and I think the EU cut is awful. The whole scene with the Doctor was essential for the viewer as it dives into a bit of backstory and Wendy’s personality in how she always defends Jack. It’s very weird watching it go from Danny’s visions to them just heading to the hotel. I hate it.

Imo it’s not a tighter paced film.... it’s a butchered film. That’s just my opinion though.

I find the Euro cut isn't tighter paced so much as rushed; it seems to speed along far too fast for my liking. Long cut all the way.

[Bronson13]

Originally Posted by Matt89

YES. I actually hated that about the EU cut, the entire scene with Danny and the doctor I felt was necessary character development. It was also the only scene that featured Anne Jackson so her name coming up in the opening credits on the EU version is just weird.

There are things that I like about the EU version (like I said before I feel that there are improvements in pacing) but I also think the US version is the better cut of the film.

~Matt

Yes some of the scenes with Dick driving up to the Overlook and him getting the snowcat from his friend were probably unnecessary but they’re not very long and it doesn’t throw off the pace imo. Doesn’t it trim off some of the bar scene also? That’s just criminal. CRIMINAL I TELL YA!!!

[Bronson13]

Originally Posted by KRW1

I find the Euro cut isn't tighter paced so much as rushed; it seems to speed along far too fast for my liking. Long cut all the way.

Completely agree 100% I feel the majority of people who like the EU cut are people whose first viewing of the film was that cut.

[MeatballSub]

Oh yeah......this is the news I needed today.

[rroeder]

October release would be perfect I always watch it in the fall around the first snowfall anyways. Can we just FF thru the summer to fall please, seems like a lot of rumors of major releases later this year

[V.M. Varga]

Awesome! I was just about to order the movie on blu-ray today but I thought I'd hold it out for a possible 4K release. What a coincidence!

[notops]

People can call the European version rushed, or incomplete, or whatever...
All I know is that in the Euro version

[Show spoiler]there are no skeletons

. Automatic victory for the Euro version!!

[OutOfBoose]

Holy shiiiiiiii
Both cuts please.

[Bronson13]

Originally Posted by notops

People can call the European version rushed, or incomplete, or whatever...
All I know is that in the Euro version

[Show spoiler]there are no skeletons

. Automatic victory for the Euro version!!

Call me crazy but I’ve always liked that scene. I always saw it as Wendy is “a confirmed ghost story and horror film fanatic” and that’s kinda like the cheesy horror stuff she probably watches and reads come to life.

Anyway that’s always been my take on it. I can see it being cheesy to a lot of people though because there’s so many unsettling images leading to that point and then you see that.... it kinda takes you back for a second and you just go “seriously”? Lol

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Who knows? 2001 was celebrating its anniversary, so I guess Warners were more inclined to give it the deluxe treatment.

I get that they're testing the waters with these Kubrick UHDs, but I'd rather Warners just threw caution to the wind and released a box set. I want Clockwork and Eyes Wide Shut nowwwwwwwww.

40th anniversary is 2020, so maybe an anniversary set?

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by nick4Knight

Odd that they aren't waiting for the 40th anniversary but at the same time why wait. I did not know about the different cuts thing but I'm pretty sure bought the Blu-ray locally so it'd be the international.

Disney released a 40th anniversary blu for Mary Poppins a year too early. There's precedent for such tomfoolery and shenanigans.

[BluProofie]

I own both and the Euro version cuts some of the best stuff out.

[grahams76]

Originally Posted by AlexIlDottore

Shorter version has a lot more of a claustrophobic atmosphere, IMO.

I'd say the reverse is true.

Hopefully, we get both cuts, but if this is split again so that the US gets the longer cut and we get the shorter, I'll be ordering a US copy.

EDIT: And the Euro one too, no doubt.

[laidbacklarkin]

Post 115: In before a fade authoring issue, a split second sound drop and some hurt purists turn this into a 400 page thread

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Same! I've booked tickets to see it on the big screen next month.

I was lucky enough to see it in 35mm when they finally re-released it in the UK not long after SK carked it, this was in 2000 IIRC. I don't think I can make it to any of these latest screenings but they'll be real horrorshow I'm sure.

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Also comes with swag like a bear costume and that poster above Scatman's bed. I wants it.

Dude, that HAS to be the steelbook cover!

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

After Ready Player One this just HAD to happen!

I was thinking the same thing, they probably had to dig up some of the OG neg to do those scenes (and do them so well!) in RPO so maybe they figured they might as well remaster the whole thing while they were at it

[Cherokee Jack]

Originally Posted by Bronson13

Completely agree 100% I feel the majority of people who like the EU cut are people whose first viewing of the film was that cut.

I'm an American who only knew our longer cut for most of my life and always felt it dragged a bit. Learned about the Euro version accidentally when I bought the UK Kubrick BD set cheap and fell in love with it immediately.

But of course I still absolutely want both cuts on UHD. Both because I'm a completist but also because the American cut of The Shining is my GF's favorite film. We go back and forth between cuts to keep one another happy.

Originally Posted by AlexIlDottore

Shorter version has a lot more of a claustrophobic atmosphere, IMO.

Absolutely. You get to the Overlook faster, there are fewer cutaways from the Overlook once you're there and I believe most if not all scenes with a TV on in the background are cut.

[AlexIlDottore]

Originally Posted by Cherokee Jack

IAbsolutely. You get to the Overlook faster, there are fewer cutaways from the Overlook once you're there and I believe most if not all scenes with a TV on in the background are cut.

exactly

[MeatballSub]

Here’s a good breakdown between the two cuts for those interested: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=1215

Quite frankly, I couldn’t imagine watching The Shining with those scenes cut out. Wouldn’t feel the same.

[OutOfBoose]

I prefer slower pace of the longer cut.