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MINISERIES MERCHANDISE On videotape The Overlook Connection has several "promotional" copies of the miniseries for sale. It is the full 4.5 hour miniseries, on three tapes, for $60 US. Soundtrack Unearthly Possessions has a CD soundtrack of the miniseries' orchestral music (composed by Nicholas Pike) for sale for $20 US. It features 46 minutes of music and liner notes from Mick Garris and Stephen King. Write unearthlypossession@prodigy.net for more information. I am connected in no way with either of these merchandisers and take no responsibility for any transactions anyone may undertake with them.

The miniseries will not be widely released on video in the US. In Starburst magazine issue #58, King said that this was a stipulation of the contract Warner Bros. had with Stanley Kubrick to get the filming rights back. This site is dedicated to a subtle, intense, and timeless masterpiece of storytelling and of horror, The Shining. Released in novel form in 1977, The Shining was loosely adapted into a 1980 Stanley Kubrick movie. It underwent its second adaptation in the form of an ABC miniseries which aired in April and May of last year. It is, to my knowledge, the first of King's works to be adapted twice. If you're looking for a site dedicated to Kubrick's movie, you've come to the wrong place. For that purpose, I highly recommend the Overlook Hotel. This site is about the book and (to a lesser degree) the miniseries. However, if you liked the movie, you just may like the book. In any case, please join me--and better yet, Stephen King. We have lots to tell you, and I think we can talk better around the corner.

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