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Grady twins from horror classic The Shining reveal how movie led to them being shunned...
Daily Telegraph ^ | 10/31/2015 | Ryan Parry, Jon Boon

Posted on 11/01/2015 12:40:54 PM PST by Borges

They reveal how Nicholson, despite his maniacal performance and playboy reputation, acted as a father-figure and mentor for the then 10-year-old girls from London, England. The pair say Nicholson took naps on the floor between scenes to stay in character, talked about missing his daughter Jennifer from his first marriage to Sandra Knight and appeared to be a more devoted family man than his public image ever personified. Lisa, who today is a lawyer and Louise, a published scientist, both 46, also revealed their role in the hit flick did more harm than good to their fledgling acting careers.

They claim they were turned down by a number of acting schools because they’d been in the horror movie.

‘Oh my God, we loved it,’ Louise and Lisa Burns say about their once in a lifetime gig working with Kubrick.

‘Everyday felt like we’d been invited to a very exclusive party and we were the youngest, luckiest people to be there.’

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cinema; film; gradytwins; heresjohnny; horror; jacknicholson; movies; stanleykubrick; stephenking; theshining
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Let me know how you like it.


41 posted on 11/01/2015 5:16:45 PM PST by sparklite2 (All will become clear when it is too late to matter.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Catch-22 isn’t a book, it is an experience. You do yourself a great disservice if you don’t read it.


42 posted on 11/01/2015 7:30:13 PM PST by fhayek
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To: SamAdams76

I’ve read the novel and it’s routine pop fiction. The film is unique. There’s nothing quite like it.


43 posted on 11/02/2015 7:46:18 AM PST by Borges
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To: NorthstarMom

“The Shining” is an excellent movie. I watched it this Halloween, and many times since it was released originally.

But the book! It scared the crap out of me! Much scarier than the movie. I expect that if the movie were made now computer graphics could take you places that only your mind could take you decades ago.


44 posted on 11/02/2015 7:55:13 AM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: MayflowerMadam

I’m done with scary movies/books. The images stay in my mind forever- I don’t like dwelling on darkness.

Midsommer Murders is about as gory as I can handle.


45 posted on 11/02/2015 8:15:50 AM PST by NorthstarMom (God says debt is a curse and children are a blessing, yet we apply for loans and prevent pregnancy.)
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To: dfwgator

“Heeere’s Johnny!”


46 posted on 11/02/2015 9:03:41 AM PST by twister881
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To: NorthstarMom

Do you avoid stuff like Poe too? I know there are religious schools where even reading ‘Frankenstein’ drew parental objections.


47 posted on 11/02/2015 12:11:27 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

We homeschool and our Christian curriculum had 5 Poe stories last week. I didn’t skip that section-he read them. I don’t like Poe, but his stories are captivating and very well written.

I saw many horror movies when I was too young to watch them. My parents had no idea, but every year at a friend’s birthday party her mom would have a stack of horror movies and we watched them all night. Some I remember are The People Under The Stairs, Halloween, Children of the Corn, Friday the 13th, Nughtmare on Elm Street and Pet Cemetary. At nine and ten years old, I was too young and I didn’t like it at all.

Partly I remember Psalm 101:3, but it’s a tad disingenuous to claim that verse because British Mysteries aren’t exactly pure no matter how tame they may be and that is my favorite thing to read or watch. I just don’t like gore or plots where no one can control situations. My kids think it’s hilarious that I hate The Muppets, always have. I finally figured out why-random chaos and there is no one in charge to rein it in. Horror movies are the same thing-no one can stop the evil and I don’t like that.


48 posted on 11/02/2015 4:08:39 PM PST by NorthstarMom (God says debt is a curse and children are a blessing, yet we apply for loans and prevent pregnancy.)
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To: NorthstarMom

‘Halloween’ isn’t gory at all actually. It’s about brave individuals trying to stop evil. Now all the gory and mindless imitations of Halloween (like Friday the 13) are another story...

Part of the reason Gothic or ‘horror’ fiction emerged in the 18th century was as a reaction against the Enlightenment. Some artists thought a Newtonian clockwork universe didn’t leave any room for mystery or strangeness that the imagination provides.


49 posted on 11/02/2015 4:49:42 PM PST by Borges
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