- “Crammed with unseen materials and photographs — Unkrich estimates that 75% of the featured images, excluding film stills, will be new even to serious enthusiasts — this collector’s dream sets a new high bar for Kubrick fetishism.”
- “A new treasure trove for obsessive fans of The Shining.”
- “Unearths the secrets of The Shining, from Stanley Kubrick-Shelley Duvall Clashes to a Werner Herzog set visit.”
- “… [the] definitive compendium of the film that forever changed the horror genre.”
- “While we know what happens to people who are all work and no play, it’s easy to appreciate the dedication that went into this collector’s set.”
- “…an unprecedented look at the 1980 horror classic.”
“…documents the Kubrick masterpiece's distinct visual language and reveals some delicious secrets from its making.”
- “You must read this book. And then— watch The Shining again the second you put the book down. And I don’t care if you’ve seen it 50 times, you will never see it the same way again. It’s going to change everything.”
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
Edition of 1,000Box with 2 volumes and an ephemera set including facsimile reproductions and original artwork booklets, 36.5 x 42.4 cm (14.4 x 16.6 in.), 19.9 kg (43.8 lb), 2198 pages1500Collector’s Edition of 1,000 numbered copies

Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
1500The World’s Scariest Movie
The making of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece of modern horror
Equally a study of the intricate mechanics of Kubrick’s genius as an in-depth look at the making of a visual masterpiece, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining gathers hundreds of hours of exclusive new interviews with the cast and crew in an unprecedented look at the 1980 cult classic. Slip in through the back door of The Overlook Hotel to witness Kubrick’s endless rounds of script rewrites, his revolutionary use of the Steadicam, the mechanics behind the infamous blood elevator, the mysterious mid-filming fire at Elstree Studios, and the countless takes needed to satisfy the meticulous force that was Kubrick.
Conceived and edited by Academy Award-winning director Lee Unkrich, dubbed by The Hollywood Reporter as “the world's foremost Shining aficionado,” with text by best-selling author J.W. Rinzler and a foreword by Steven Spielberg, this limited Collector’s Edition is the definitive compendium of the film that transformed the horror genre.
The three-volume collection designed by M/M Paris includes hundreds of never-before-seen production photographs from the Stanley Kubrick Archive and the personal collections of cast and crew, rare documents and correspondence, conceptual art, an exclusive look at deleted scenes, and more—along with a deluxe set of facsimile reproductions of ephemera from the film.
THE SHINING and all related characters and elements © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (s22)
Collector’s Edition of 1,000 numbered copies
The designer
M/M (Paris) is an art and design partnership consisting of Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag. Their portfolio includes art direction and collaborations with Björk, Balenciaga, and Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, as well as with magazines including Vogue Paris, Interview, and Purple Fashion.
The author
J. W. Rinzler (1962–2021) authored more than 20 books, three New York Times bestsellers and a London Times bestseller, including The Making of Star Wars, The Complete Making of Indiana Jones, and the best-selling graphic novel The Star Wars. He was executive editor at Lucasfilm for 15 years. His The Making of Alien won Best Translated Work on Cinema from Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma. His most recent novels were the space age historical thriller, All Up and Howard Kazanjian: A Producer's Life.
The editor
Lee Unkrich is the Academy Award-winning director of the animated features Toy Story 3 and Coco. During his 25 years at Pixar Animation Studios, he played a variety of key creative roles on nearly every feature film made at the studio. Unkrich and his fellow Pixar directors were honored at the 66th Venice International Film Festival with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
Edition of 1,000Box with 2 volumes and an ephemera set including facsimile reproductions and original artwork booklets, 36.5 x 42.4 cm (14.4 x 16.6 in.), 19.9 kg (43.8 lb), 2198 pagesISBN 978-3-8365-7717-5
Edition: English5