Film Location Doc ‘Shine On – The Forgotten Shining Location’ Trailer
by Alex Billington
July 19, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Nearly half a century since the movie’s release… a forgotten filming location has been discovered.” Whoa! There is a surprise new Stanley Kubrick documentary debuting next week on YouTube. It’s called Shine On – The Forgotten Shining Location, directed by Paul King, an official film from Elstree Studios. It’s being released on “Kubrick Day”, celebrating Stanley’s birthday. The doc is about the discovery of a filming location for Kubrick’s masterpiece The Shining that is still intact. All the other fabricated locations & sets for the 1980 horror movie have since been destroyed (or lost). This one is an office building where they shot the kitchen scenes and a few other interiors of the Overlook Hotel. “The production of The Shining has been well documented & analyzed, but this is a story which has never been told. Pivotal scenes from the film took place in these areas, so going back to them felt like stepping into the movie itself,” states Katharina Kubrick. Featuring interviews with executive producer Jan Harlan, art director Les Tomkins, and Kubrick’s daughter Katharina, who worked on location scouting. There’s also a gorgeous painted poster for this doc. View below
Official trailer for Paul King’s doc Shine On – The Forgotten Shining Location, direct from YouTube:
Almost 50 years after its release, all the Overlook Hotel’s sets are thought to have been destroyed, but one last filming site remains. “There have been so many rumors about some of the sets from The Shining still existing at Elstree Studios, but to actually find them and walk around them was like discovering a holy grail of film history.” Shine On – The Forgotten Shining Location is directed by movie industry veteran / producer / filmmaker Paul King, also the director of Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me, The Unofficial Science of Home Alone, and The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones previously, along with series including “The Mash Report” & “Late Night Mash”, “Outsiders”, and “The Last Leg” previously. Made by Magic Hour Productions. In collaboration with Elstree Studios and UAL Archives. This new documentary Shine On – The Forgotten Shining Location will release streaming on the official Stanley Kubrick YouTube channel (here) starting on July 26th, 2024 this summer (known as “Kubrick Day” celebrating the late Stanley Kubrick’s birthday). Follow the YT channel for updates or also on Twitter @StanleyKubrick. Who wants to watch this?
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