The Shining, TV Miniseries

The Shining television mini-series began in 1997 and is also an adaptation off of Stephen King's novel and directed by Mick Garris. The television series was consisted of three parts and proved to be much more faithful to Stephen King's novel, and was surprisingly unsuccessful. This was much more similar to the book because apparently Stephen King was not pleased with the film adaptation, therefore King was very involved with the mini-series. King wrote the teleplay and was the executive producer. King was inspired to write the novel when staying at the Stanley Hotel in Colorado, and many scenes for the show were shot at the hotel. The television show is practically identical to the novel except for the fact that Jack's alcoholism is a crucial part of the story-line, they show Jack as a man who is truly trying to cope with his alcoholism and change his life around, particularly with his family. Jack is shown attending AA meetings, reading AA novels allowing the audience to gain sympathy for Jack, where as in the novel and movie he is seen as aggravated and violent from the beginning. When Jack struggles with his dark side that turns him to insanity it is much more inconsistent and he is shown as constantly crazy in the movie and novel.

(Information on TV Series : http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-7492

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