20 Things You Didn't Know About The Shining

What's Omnibus, I hear you ask? Well, in the 50's and 60's, Omnibus was one of many educational programs meant to educate Americans young and old. It's main claim to fame was the fact that it often brought on guest stars that, shortly after appearing on it, would go on to be famous the world over in their own right, like Orson Welles and Peter Brook.

Stanley Kubrick was an assistant director on one episode, but the one that ultimately played a hand in inspiring how he approached The Shining was one wherein a group of poker players get into a fight over a game. The main character dies at the end, seemingly over a misunderstanding about one of the men cheating him in the game. Only to discover that, indeed, the man WAS actually cheating him.

Kubrick wanted to make a similar kind of supernatural psychological thriller. One that messed with people's heads and left them unsure about what to think about what the hell they just watched. With this in mind, it seems inevitable that Kubrick would find himself adapting one of the most famous psychological thrillers ever penned for the silver screen.