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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Film Halloween: The Shining Way!

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:35 PM

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Not thrilled with the prospect of spending Halloween night at your front door, giving bite-size KitKat to kids dressed in this mask? Then pack the car and head out the Timberline for a Halloween evening that would do Jack Torrance proud.

In 1980, Stanley Kubrick came to the Timberline Lodge to film one of the all-time great horror classics, THE SHINING. In the film, Jack Nicholson slowly loses his grasp on reality and loses himself in a hallucination of a 1920s era ball. Twenty-Eight years later, Nike Sportswear and Fantastic Fest have joined forces to recreate the very same ball at the very same lodge.

"Come Play With Us: A Celebration of The Shining at the Timberline Lodge" is taking over the historical building for a Halloween evening of dinner, live music, drinking (I assume there will be a "Red Rum" mix-drink), and an elevator that dispenses a tide of cascading blood. Okay maybe not the last one--too messy--but there are a couple packages available, and one includes an overnight stay in the lodge, complete with an in-room screening of the movie.

Here's hoping the door to your room can withstand an axe-wielding madman.

 

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I'm Mike Wallace, I'm Morley Safer, and I'm Ed Bradley. All this and Andy Rooney tonight on 60 Minutes!
Posted by Mr. X on October 14, 2008 at 3:54 PM · Report
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For the record, Kubrick was never in Oregon or the US for this or any other movie he made after "Lolita" -- the only shots in "The Shining" that involve Timberline were exteriors shot by a second unit.

Nice legend, though
Posted by Vic on October 14, 2008 at 4:10 PM · Report
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Not a bad deal I guess, but the whole Nike sponsorship deal is pretty weak.
Posted by Freshmaker on October 14, 2008 at 4:17 PM · Report
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^^I suspect that the Nike sponsorship is pretty crucial in keeping the entire package @ $25, however.
Posted by Michelle on October 14, 2008 at 4:29 PM · Report
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^^ Yeah, because we can always count on Nike first and foremost doing the right thing for the community by making things affordable and as a modest afterthought attaching thier name to any and all manner of public event...
Posted by Hoosier on October 14, 2008 at 8:12 PM · Report

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