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Doctor Sleep
Horror
The film is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Stephen King, which is a sequel to King's 1977 novel The Shining. The film, set several decades after the events of The Shining, combines elements of the 1977 novel and its 1980 film adaptation of the same name.
Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis
Produced by: Trevor Macy, Jon Berg
Screenplay by: Mike Flanagan
Based on: Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Music by: The Newton Brothers
Cinematography: Michael Fimognari
Edited by: Mike Flanagan
Production companies: Intrepid Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: October 31, 2019 (Europe), November 8, 2019 (United States)
Running time: 152 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Cast
Ewan McGregor as Danny "Dan" Torrance, an alcoholic man with psychic powers known as "the shining"
Rebecca Ferguson as Rose the Hat, head of the True Knot, a cult that feeds on children with psychic powers
Kyliegh Curran as Abra Stone, a girl with "the shining"
Carl Lumbly as Dick Hallorann, the former cook of the Overlook Hotel who has "the shining"
Zahn McClarnon as Crow Daddy, Rose the Hat's right-hand man
Emily Alyn Lind as Snakebite Andi, a member of the True Knot
Bruce Greenwood as Dr. John Dalton, leader of Dan's AA group and his boss at the hospice
Jocelin Donahue as Lucy Stone, Abra's mother
Alex Essoe as Wendy Torrance, Danny's mother
Cliff Curtis as Billy Freeman, Dan's friend, co-worker, and AA sponsor
Zackary Momoh as Dave Stone, Abra's father
Jacob Tremblay as Bradley Trevor, a victim of the True Knot
Violet McGraw as Violet, another victim of the True Knot
Henry Thomas as The Bartender, a ghostly apparition from the Overlook Hotel who bears a resemblance to Jack, Dan's father