"Wendy, I'm home!"

Join us at the Rio Theatre on Tuesday, July 23 as we raise a glass, dim the lights, and pay tribute to the late, great, Shelley Duvall with a screening of the performance she will undoubtedly be most widely remembered for, as the beleaguered wife and mother Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's iconic work of cinematic horror, THE SHiNiNG.

Ms. Duvall possessed a quietly resilient, natural tenderness that allowed her to shine as a dreamy, earthy muse in era-defining Robert Altman films including NASHVILLE and THREE WOMEN, and she will of course always claim a special cult-status in the hearts of 80s kids everywhere thanks to her sweet and utterly enchanting "Faerie Tale Theatre." It was her complete and utter ability to parlay truthful, earnest honesty that allowed for her astounding performance as one of cinema's most memorable "final girls" in THE SHiNiNG; for that, we will always be awestruck.

Based on Stephen King's 1977 novel "The Shining," Stanley Kubrick's film is widely regarded as a work of true cinematic genius (although King himself, famously, does not). Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall star as a husband and wife (Jack and Wendy Torrance) who ditch the city for a gig as winter caretakers at an isolated hotel. While Jack hopes to get his creative juices flowing so that he can write a book, the family (which also includes their young son Danny) instead encounters an eerie and foreboding spiritual presence. Commence cinema's most nightmarishly creepy twins, a mesmerizing carpet, the memorable view from Room 237, a messy elevator, REDRUM, psychic visions, a Big Wheel that keeps on turnin', and a chaotic descent into a spiraling maze of violence. Also starring Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers.

Of note: This particular edition of THE SHiNiNG was remastered in 2019 for the film's 40th Anniversary, using a new 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging. The color grading was done by Janet Wilson with supervision from Kubrick’s former personal assistant, Leon Vitali.

Tuesday, July 23
Doors 8:50 pm | Movie 9:15 pm *Please arrive on time. Start time subject to change.

THE SHINING (Stanley Kubrick, 1980 / 144 mins / 14A) Jack Torrance becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy, and his son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack's writing goes nowhere and Danny's visions become more disturbing, Jack discovers the hotel's dark secrets and begins to unravel into a homicidal maniac hell-bent on terrorizing his family.