Normally this is the segment of this column that is dedicated to recounting the history, themes, and plot of Stephen King’s original work… but The Shining miniseries being a remake changes things. Television) How Mick Garris’ The Shining Differs From Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining Not only could he get the greenlight from the network to develop a three night television event based on the beloved book, but he was repeatedly able to go over the heads of Standards & Practices when they complained about depictions of domestic abuse and children in peril. By the middle of the decade, ABC had developed a powerful hunger for Stephen King on the small screen, and while there was no questioning that the idea of remaking The Shining was controversial, King was aligned in a powerful position. What made this dream come true was the spectacular miniseries boom of the 1990s and the success of Tommy Lee Wallace’s IT and Mick Garris’ The Stand. Having not seen his novel on screen, the writer maintained a hope that someday a more faithful adaptation could be made. The film is now widely hailed as a masterpiece, but King took particular issue with the tonal alteration in the third act (explosive heat being traded for cold and ice) and the renderings of Jack and Wendy Torrance.
While 1980’s The Shining follows the majority of major story beats in Stephen King’s book, it also deviates from the source material in substantial ways – and the author was not overwhelmingly shy when it came to voicing his opinions on the changes.
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