![]() ![]() has also released the director’s cut of the film. For the home video and streaming releases, though, Warner Bros. ![]() The theatrical cut of the film wasn’t much respected or well-reviewed, but it was an incredible display of storytelling ingenuity, an entertaining movie, and the only working connection between two horror classics.īut the time devoted to retelling and retooling bits of Kubrick’s original movie keeps Doctor Sleep from developing many themes or thoughts of its own. So Flannagan decided to rebuild the original movie by recasting every principal role, recreating Kubrick’s set for the eerie, haunted Overlook Hotel, and committing to a massive process of cinematic reenactment. ![]() Alongside the fact that the book wasn’t exactly King’s most beloved or necessary work, Flannagan was also attempting to rebuild a bridge between King’s original novel version of The Shining and Stanley Kubrick’s classic film version, which King has spent decades denouncing. When director Mike Flannagan set out to adapt Stephen King’s novel Doctor Sleep into a movie, he took on a nearly impossible task. ![]()
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