Plot hole: Interesting to note...in the opening scene where Pete is talking to Jack, Pete says that the boiler pressure needs to be dumped every night or it'll blow because the safety valve has been rusted shut for the last twenty years. Then he continues on to say that last year's caretaker, Grady, killed himself, and he was alone at the hotel. So...why didn't the boiler explode last winter? (00:02:20 - 00:05:55)
The Shining (1997)
1 plot hole - chronological order
Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, Courtland Mead, Wil Horneff
Visible crew/equipment: When the cook shows Danny his car, the camera moves down the length of the car. When it reaches the large tail you can see the crew reflected in the side panel. (00:40:30)
Wendy Torrance: Well, at least you got plenty to eat in there, Jack.
Trivia: The hotel used for The Overlook in this film is the very hotel that Stephen King stayed in (in Estes Park, Colorado) that spooked him and inspired the novel 'The Shining'. The DVD commentary informs us that King reasoned that there was no better building to portray The Overlook than the one it was originally based upon.
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