Quote:Yep, it's the original.  Stephen King was livid because Kubrick took artistic liberties with it.  I thought he vastly improved the story.  King eventually had the movie remade to model the book and it was a boring, made-for-TV yawn fest.

 

The Tommyknockers was another book with a train wreck movie.  Jimmy Smits?  Really? 

 

However, The Stand was made into a good movie.

I remember that "Shining" made for TV movie.  I think it was a mini-series starring that guy from "Wings."  Doesn't touch Kubrick though.  I read the book and saw the movie and can say that Kubrick's version is awesome.  Hard to make a movie as good/creepy as a book and he did it. Amazingly, The Shawshank Redemption, also King, was also a movie that was as good (or maybe better) than the book (short story).

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