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the arizona biltmore hotel
from the shining posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Stanley Kubrick is reported to have based The Shining's red bathroom on the men's room of the Biltmore Hotel in Arizona. The design of the Biltmore is usually attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright, which is only partly true. The architect of record is Albert Chase McArthur who had been commissioned by his brothers to design a luxury hotel for them in Phoenix. McArthur studied under Wright, who had built the McArthur house in Chicago for McArthur's father in 1892, and Wright was the consulting architect for the Biltmore.
view full location details...stanley hotel
from stephen king posted in literature by chewing_the_scenery
Stephen King came up with the idea of what would become his third published novel The Shining after staying at The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado with his wife in 1974. The hotel, which was about to close for its off-season, became the basis for the book's fictional Overlook Hotel. They were the only guests there, although King was able to have a drink in the bar served by a bartender named Grady.
Some of The Shining tv mini-series that aired in 1997 (starring Wings Steven Weber as Jack Torrance) was filmed at The Stanley.
The hotel is rumored to be haunted and if you stay there you can catch Stanley (no relation to the hotel) Kubrick's version of The Shining playing non-stop on channel 42.
view full location details...ahwahnee hotel
from the shining posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park served as the inspiration for parts of the Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. The Overlook's Colorado Lounge in the movie was modeled after the lounge in the Ahwhanee and built on a soundstage at Elstree Studios.
view full location details...the actors studio
from james dean, sidney lumet, steve mcqueen and many more posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
The non-profit Actors Studio in Manhattan is where thespians have been studying method acting, pioneered by studio director Lee Strasberg, for over sixty years. It is currently located at 432 West 44th Street in a converted church. Just a few actors who have been members of the studio include Robert De Niro, Julia Roberts, Gene Hackman and Paul Newman.
view full location details...chet holifield federal building
from death race 2000 (1975) posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
In what must be New Los Angeles, the ziggurat-like Chet Holifield Federal Building in Laguna Niguel, California marks the end of the Transcontinental Road Race in the Roger Corman cult classic Death Race 2000 from 1975.
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