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  • The Danza: Jack Torrance is Jack Nicholson. And Danny Torrance is played by Danny Lloyd.
  • Disowned Adaptation: Stephen King had problems with the movie, feeling that his novel's important themes, such as the disintegration of the family and the dangers of alcoholism, were ignored. He was also opposed to the casting of Jack Nicholson.
  • Hey, It's That Guy!: Dr. Eldon Tyrell is Lloyd the Bartender.
  • Hey, It's That Voice!: Danny was Gus Griswald in the miniseries (Which marks the second time a voice actor from Recess was in a Stephen King miniseries).
  • Throw It In: In one scene, Jack Nicholson yells "Here's Johnny!" while poking his head through a door, and Stanley Kubrick, after having the joke explained to him (he'd been living in England since before Carson started hosting The Tonight Show), decided it worked.
    • Made slightly more alarming by the fact that Jack Nicholson had been a volunteer fire marshal at one point and tore down the door far too easily the first time, thus causing them to have to build a stronger one.
  • What Could Have Been: Kubrick had considered Robert De Niro and Robin Williams for the role of Jack Torrance. DeNiro, fresh off of Taxi Driver, was deemed "not psychotic enough." Williams, whose biggest role to-date was Mork and Mindy was deemed "TOO psychotic."
    • King reportedly wanted Harrison Ford or Christopher Reeve for the role of Jack.
    • Nicholson supposedly recommended Jessica Lange for the part of Wendy.
    • Stephen King wrote the first screenplay before Kubrick hired Diane Johnson.
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