National Building Museum
 

Films: The Shining and Room 237
Presented at AFI Silver Theater


DOUBLE FEATURE!
THE SHINING
Sat, Jul 5, 7:45* (double feature with ROOM 237)
Introduction by Deborah Sorensen, assistant curator, National Building Museum
"Heeeere's Johnny!" Jack Nicholson suffers from one helluva case of writer's block in Stanley Kubrick's acclaimed adaptation of the Stephen King novel. Nicholson's frustrated writer takes a job as the winter caretaker of the isolated Overlook Hotel, with long-suffering wife Shelley Duvall and introverted young son Danny Lloyd in tow. The family tries to make the best of things at the lonely resort, while Nicholson's sanity is pushed to the breaking point as cabin fever and the denizens of the demonic hotel take control. DIR/SCR/PROD Stanley Kubrick; SCR Diane Johnson, from the novel by Stephen King. US/UK, 1980, color, 146 min. RATED R

Followed by:
ROOM 237
In the documentary ROOM 237, filmmaker Rodney Ascher delves into the symbols and motifs in Stanley Kubrick's historic film, THE SHINING, revealing even more secrets hidden within the story over 30 years later. A filmmaker as rigorously detailed as Kubrick demands close examination and THE SHINING is a film loaded with oddities that become curiouser and curiouser the farther down the rabbit hole you fall...(Note courtesy of AFI Fest, 2013). DIR Rodney Ascher; PROD Tim Kirk. US, 2012, color, 102 min.

Show times subject to change. Go to AFI.com/Silver to view the complete schedule.

Co-presented by the AFI Silver Theatre and the National Building Museum. Special thanks to the AFI Silver Theatre for its collaboration, including Director of Programming Todd Hitchcock, and Associate Programmer Josh Gardner. For more information visit AFI.com/Silver.

Ticket Information:
Tickets may be purchased online at AFI.com/Silver or at the AFI box office, located at 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland (opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day). Please note that tickets are not available for purchase through the National Building Museum. Metro: Red Line to Silver Spring.

$8.50 AFI and NBM members | $12 General Admission | $10 Seniors (65+), Students (with valid ID), and Military | $7 Children (12 and under).

AFI Members who show their membership card will receive the member rate to National Building Museum exhibitions and the BIG Maze during the “A-MAZE-ing Films” series (July 4 through August 4).

Date:
Time: 7:45 PM - 11:45 PM

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