What's the Difference between The Shining the Book and The Shining the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Jack Torrance
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Jack Torrance
Portrayed by: Jack Nicholson
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Wendy Torrance
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Wendy Torrance
Portrayed by: Shelley Duvall
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Danny
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Danny
Portrayed by: Danny Lloyd
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The Shining Book vs Movie
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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Jack gives danny an empty bee hive as a present, which end up full of bees when it was supposed to be empty.( NOTE- This was also used for the remake 2007 shining movie, where instead of a bee hive it's a different insect nest which fills up that night when it was suppose to be empty. |
This part wasn't in the 1980 movie version. |
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The hotel room number is 217. |
The hotel room number is 237.
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The book briefly mentions Grady's daughters. |
The twin girls are used a frequent visual scare |
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Danny prefers Jack. |
Danny seems to be a lot closer with Wendy, there isn't much shown about Danny's bond with Jack.
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Wendy is hair is blonde |
wendy hair is black. |