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two mules · #1 Post by **two mules** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:00 am

Check out this trailer - a re-release imminent?

http://www.ps260.com/molly/SHINING%20FINAL.mov

Michael · #2 Post by **Michael** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:29 am

Is there something wrong with the link? It came out blank.

#3 Post by **cdnchris** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:05 am

I just had to wait a bit for it to download.

But that was pretty funny.

justeleblanc · #4 Post by **justeleblanc** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:33 am

The Peter Gabriel over the opening shot was brilliant!

AZAI · #5 Post by **AZAI** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:04 pm

that was hilarious!

#6 Post by **Mr Sausage** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:08 pm

That's a great bit of comedy. Especially because you can just picture all of those similar movies with this kind of sappy trailer, and cringe.

A skillful demonstration of the manipulation of editing.

Gregory · #7 Post by **Gregory** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:17 pm

Where did "I'm your new foster father" come from?

jesus the mexican boi · #8 Post by **jesus the mexican boi** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:26 pm

Gregory wrote:Where did "I'm your new foster father" come from?

About Schmidt

porquenegar · #9 Post by **porquenegar** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:54 pm

See? That's what I was talking about in the Naked thread. The trailer on the Criterion DVD makes it look like the feel good movie of the year. Very misleading.

Gregory · #10 Post by **Gregory** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:38 am

That makes sense.
It's impressive how much they were able to change the feeling just by juxtaposing clips from The Shining with music and voiceover, but they also added in that one little "cheat."

flyonthewall2983 · #11 Post by **flyonthewall2983** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:54 am

I liked the Thomas Newman que, on top of the Peter Gabriel one lol.

Astroman · #12 Post by **Astroman** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:27 pm

I sent the link to my many Kubrick-loving friends. I look forward to their howls of pain.

It's certainly an example of how awful 95% of trailers are. The ad agencies putting these out can take a film that has substance, a unique point of view, or is challenging in any way, and sell it as pap to mall-based cinemas. When duped moviegoers come out of the film in question, saying it wasn't what they expected, and bad word-of-mouth ensues, it's yet another example of why something different has little chance at the box office.

I think the fake trailer, while funny and impressive on the surface, is absolutely a caution to movie patrons.

Having said that, the person who put it together should find it easy to find work editing Hollywood movies.

Or, *shudder*, political ads.

(I'm probably taking it too seriously - I swear I laughed when I first watched it, but upon reflection... well, see above.)

yumitree · #13 Post by **yumitree** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 2:48 am

the trailer is from a contest sponsored by the ny association of independent creative editors.

here's a ny times article about the shining trailer and two more trailers from guys at the same ad agency.
here is a fourth entry and, supposedly, there's a forrest gump as creepy psychological thriller entry, but i (or the other people i know discussing this meme) have found it.

che-etienne · #14 Post by **che-etienne** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:02 am

my friend sent me this trailer about a week ago. F-ing hilarious!

exte · #15 Post by **exte** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 1:54 am

God, I love it. It's so amazing when the narrator says "Shining!" at the end! I must've watched this at least seven times so far. Talk about word of mouth, that NY Times article is insane, though I definitely want to share this with my friends. It's a shame I don't have fast internet access (yet), because I want to see them all. And, yeah, that Peter Gabriel music is hilarious. Very well edited trailer!

Solaris · #16 Post by **Solaris** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:34 am

Comparing this to the trailer found on the Warner DVD just makes it a whole lot funnier.

colinr0380 · #17 Post by **colinr0380** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:44 am

The Cabin Fever trailer is also very good!

justeleblanc · #18 Post by **justeleblanc** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:28 pm

There was appearantly a trailer for PSYCHO online that made it look like AS GOOD AS IT GETS but I can't seem to find it anymore.

on connait... · #19 Post by **on connait...** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:04 pm

A Psycho trailer can be found here.

justeleblanc · #20 Post by **justeleblanc** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:50 pm

This one is for the movie BIG:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/bigtrailer.html

justeleblanc · #21 Post by **justeleblanc** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:20 pm

Brokeback to the Future:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfODSPIYwpQ

Schkura · #22 Post by **Schkura** » Mon May 29, 2006 2:32 am

10 Things I Hate About Commandments

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2727486

and Must Love Jaws

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2710655

Gordon · #23 Post by **Gordon** » Mon May 29, 2006 4:48 am

Outrageous! The Shining is fairly being monkey'd around with these days: there's a rescored (intense techno) and tightly edited version out there, which I haven't seen.

Monsieur Verdoux · #24 Post by **Monsieur Verdoux** » Mon May 29, 2006 6:54 am

I do like the Commandments one

tavernier · #25 Post by **tavernier** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:01 pm

Gordon McMurphy wrote:Outrageous! The Shining is fairly being monkey'd around with these days: there's a rescored (intense techno) and tightly edited version out there, which I haven't seen.

I'm curious how that plays, since the music of Bartok, Penderecki and Ligeti is so integral to the rhythm of the film.