How the doctor sleep movie is different from stephen kings book. Danny talks to the ghost of dick who teaches danny to lock the ghosts in a mental lockbox in the overlook hedge maze. Oct 30, 2019 mike flanagans doctor sleep is a literary reckoning that enters into the center of that battlefield, attempting an ambitious homage to kubrick and king as well as an adaptation of kings own. Obviously massive spoilers for doctor sleep follow. Now that danny torrance has redeemed himself in the way that his lit. But dannys uneasy peace is disrupted when hes drawn. When we first meet dan torrance ewan mcgregor on screen in doctor sleep, hes every bit the crumbling alcoholic that king crafted for the pages of his book. Dick telepathically talks to danny, revealing he has the shining as well. Doctor sleep follows dan torrance as an adult who has to save a 12yearold girl from a group of threatening paranormals. Nov 15, 2019 at the ending of doctor sleep, we get to find out what happened to dan torrance and the newest character, abra stone. Its dan s story that dominates the first twothirds of the novel.
In kings doctor sleep, uncle danny isnt just a nickname, its a biological fact. Following the events of the shining, after receiving a settlement from the owners of the overlook hotel, danny torrance remains psychologically. Doctor sleep 2019 danny and wendy move into an apartment in florida but the ghosts of the overlook taunt danny. Doctor sleep stephen king works archive of our own.
Doctor sleep ending explained in detail screen rant. For the 36 years since the shining was first published, the answer has been left to our imaginations. Finally we catch up with dan as his creator envisions him. Billed as the sequel to the shining, the book hones in on danny torrance, once a little boy who discovered the overlook hotels demonic secrets. The haunting of hill house helmerhorror hitmaker mike flanagan had a rare miss at the box office with last years doctor sleep, the longawaited sequel to stephen kings classic novel, the shining. The novel was adapted into a film of the same name, which was released on november 8, 2019 in the united states.
As the book draws to a close, we learn that abras grandmother. Nov 08, 2019 ewan mcgregor as dan torrance in stephen kings doctor sleep. Danny anthony dan torrance is the true main protagonist of stephen kings novel, the shining, its 1980 film, and the 1997 miniseries which is ignored by doctor sleep and the main protagonist of the 2019 movie sequel doctor sleep. Nov 09, 2019 the title doctor sleep is a superherostyle alias given to dan torrance by one of the dying patients he tends in a hospice. Both the book and film versions of doctor sleep revolve around abra stone, a kid with even stronger psychic powers than young danny torrance, but in the novel, abras family plays a much more. What doctor sleeps movie ending means for the shining.
On highways across america, a tribe of people called the true knot travel in search of sustenance. It took him a while, but doctor sleep is the answer to that question. Doctor sleep, by stephen king doctor sleep is stephen kings sequel to his 1977 smash hit the shining, about a haunted hotel. Dan has been seeing ghosts from room 237 ever since, but dick comforted him and helped him hone his shine. But maybe its just like you say, just going to sleep. In one of the movies final scenes, we see the two of them talking to one. Doctor sleep diverges from the novel because of this little movie called the shining.
At the end of kings the shining, the overlook hotel exploded after jack torrance left the boiler room unmonitored. Dan s now an adult, a recovering alcoholic whoafter hitting rock bottombecomes a self. Jan 21, 2020 even if you put the films legacy aside, doctor sleep is a beast of a book to adapt, packed with supporting characters. At the end of the day, stephen king wrote a new book. In the novel, the overlook hotel had already burned down at the end of the preceding novel, with jack torrance dying the way dan does in this film. The film takes place after the events of the shining and marries aspects of both kings 20. But another supernatural threat comes to the fore in the shining sequel out nov. Hes doctor sleep now, a hospice worker who eases the end of patients lives. Theres a killer drink special, if you happen to know the bartender. After discovering the homicidal practices of the true knot, led by rose the hat rebecca ferguson, dan and fellow shiner, abra, embark on a quest to rid the world of them, which comes at the expense of the lives of abras father and dan s friend and a. Nov 08, 2019 in the doctor sleep book, however, jack torrance plays a much greater role in the finale, even helping defeat rose the hat by pushing her off an observation platform to her death. But the last thing doctor sleep is is a simple rehash of the shining either kings or kubricks. The novel doctor sleep follows grownup dan torrance s attempts to save a young girl named abra stone from the murderous, vampiric true knot, a clan of shineeating immortals, and their leader. Nov 01, 2019 and yet, doctor sleep the movie couldnt just be haunted by these old ghosts the stand.
Young psychic danny torrance has become a middleaged. At the end of kings book, jack torrance, busily descending into madness and. Doctor sleep recreates part of the shining books ending, not. Now that danny torrance has redeemed himself in the way that his literary. For starters, the end of the shinings novel saw the overlook hotel burning down in. Apr 01, 2021 instead, doctor sleep continued the story of the shine itself. Nov 06, 2019 as does the film, the doctor sleep book checks in with a young danny, still psychologically traumatized from the events of the overlook, but trying to move on with his mother. I wanted to see dan torrance in front of those numbers somewhere. Doctor sleep 2019 71 doctor sleep stephen king 64 the shining. I read doctor sleep on my tablet, when it first came out. The consequences echo out like a shockwave, and set the true knot on a hunt for their biggest catch in a millennia. He was portrayed by danny lloyd in the film, courtland mead in the miniseries, and ewan mcgregor in doctor sleep. Doctor sleep won the 20 bram stoker award for best novel. Doctor sleep movie vs book differences how mike flanagan.
While dan torrance is a main character, this movie also brought in others who also possessed the shine, and presented new hunters for. Nov 08, 2019 when we first meet dan torrance ewan mcgregor on screen in doctor sleep, hes every bit the crumbling alcoholic that king crafted for the pages of his book. Like most books, there is definitely more in the book, than in the movie. John dalton about a job at rivington house is shot identically to jack torrance s job interview at the overlook with stuart ullman. Based on the novel by stephen king, and functioning as a sequel to stanley kubricks classic film.
The novel is a sequel to kings 1977 novel the shining. For the laughs like all of kings books, doctor sleep has some funny moments. Roger dale floyd as young danny torrance in the warner bros. Doctor sleep 2019 ewan mcgregor as dan torrance imdb. Superhero comics have been known to get as dark and grim as doctor sleep like, for example, watchmen. Doctor sleep reveals what happened to the spirit of jack.
In some places, ive actually kept the text of the book exactly as it is. May 09, 2020 aided by a prescient cat, he becomes doctor sleep. A worthy sequel to the shining, doctor sleep revisits danny torrance as an adult, where he has unfortunately inherited his fathers alcoholism, but also retains his. Iconic horror author king joyland picks up the narrative threads of the shining many years on. The following is an excerpt from stephen kings new book, doctor sleep. Danny makes the mistake of using the shine to save the life of a little girl. Nov 04, 2019 the ghosts of the overlook hotel haunt dan torrance ewan mcgregor once more in doctor sleep.
Doctor sleep catches up with danny torrance, now a recovering alcoholic coming to terms with the psychic damage he suffered as a boy. Pictures produced a film adaptation of the novel with actor ewan mcgregor playing the adult danny torrance. The shining 1980, doctor sleep stephen king, doctor sleep 2019, supernatural teen and up audiences choose not to use archive warnings, graphic depictions of violence. Stephen king audiobook veteran will patton is the perfect narrator for the horror icons extremely creepy followup to the shining. In the doctor sleep book, however, jack torrance plays a much greater role in the finale, even helping defeat rose the hat by pushing her off an observation platform to her death. Nov 01, 2019 another warning for spoilers in doctor sleep doctor sleep ending explained. While attending a book signing in 1996, someone asked stephen king what became of danny torrance, the young protagonist of kings third novel the shining. Nov 08, 2019 doctor sleep draws far more from the book s original ending than the film, although it uses the basic structure to create something new. But it is after dan gets comfortable in his new life that king begins work on my favorite qualities of his writing.
The moment torments dan torrance, and it will torment you. Nov 14, 2019 in the doctor sleep novel, wendy torrance asked the overlook hotels chef, dick, to visit her son to help him get over the trauma of his dad, jack, going mad and trying to kill them at the winter escape. How doctor sleep brings king and kubrick versions of. Doctor sleep recreates part of the shining books ending. This is my reimagining of chapter 26 dreamland in the book in which he destroys the radio connecting them to the outside world. Jack torrance, the doomed caretaker during a snowedin offseason at a colorado hotel, dan torrance. This book is the sequel to kings 1977 horror masterpiece, the shining. Pictures stephen kings novel the shining was about a haunted hotel and a boy named danny torrance with. Definitely recommend reading the shining and then reading doctor sleep, if you havent read the shining, yet, since the movies differ from the books. Yes, it references older characters and events, and continues dan torrance s story. Dan torrance lived after the overlook and returned to his quiet life as best as he could.
In writerdirector mike flanagans hotly anticipated doctor sleep, the second chapter in author stephen kings saga beginning. The book reached the first position on the new york times best seller list for print and ebook fiction, hardcover fiction, and ebook fiction. In 20, stephen king released the novel doctor sleep, a sequel to the 1977 novel that features an adult danny torrance as the protagonist. In the films opening, when danny talks to dick about how to manage the spirits from the. Sep 25, 2020 ewan mcgregor took over the role of the shining s dan torrance in the 2019 sequel doctor sleep, but who else was considered for the iconic part. Doctor sleep best movie quotes the worlds a hungry place. How doctor sleep brings king and kubrick versions of the.
Released on september 24, 20, it is his 50th novel, and the 43rd under his own name. Mar 03, 2021 the now middleaged dan torrance the boy protagonist of the shining must save a very special twelveyearold girl from a tribe of murderous paranormals. But as dan torrance knows, and tween abra stone learns, the true knot are quasiimmortal, living off the steam that children with the shining produce when. Nov 08, 2019 one of the ways in which doctor sleep brings dan torrance s story full circle is by having him play the same role in abras life that dick hallorann once played in his. This is highlighted by the parallel of young danny sitting on a bench with halloranns ghost at the start of the movie, and dan later sharing a bench with abra the first time they meet in real life. How the doctor sleep movie is different from stephen king.
The disused overlook slowly comes to life after the arrival of the nowgrown dan torrance. Doctor sleep attempts to reconcile this with kubricks legacy. Sep 24, 20 doctor sleep is the 63rd book published by author stephen king. Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. Dan tries to talk about wendys death but jack ignores this and offers him a drink maybe something warm. Nov 12, 2019 in the doctor sleep book, a living dick halloran teaches dan how to capture the overlook ghosts who continue to torment him by locking them up in metal boxes in his mind. Oct 17, 20 when dan s hit rock bottom, king shows us a little baby, in a sagging diaper, reaching toward a pile of cocaine, and saying canny.
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