Room 237

Room 237
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRodney Ascher
Produced byTim Kirk
StarringBill Blakemore
Geoffrey Cocks
Juli Kearns
John Fell Ryan
Jay Weidner
Edited byRodney Ascher
Music byJonathan Snipes
William Hutson
The Caretaker
Film music:
Wendy Carlos
Rachel Elkind
Distributed byIFC Films
IFC Midnight
Release date
  • January 23, 2012 (2012-01-23) (Sundance)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5,426[2]
Box office$367,406[3]

Room 237 is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Rodney Ascher about interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining (1980) which was adapted from the 1977 novel of the same name by Stephen King.[4] The documentary includes footage from The Shining and other Kubrick films, along with discussions by Kubrick enthusiasts. Room 237 has nine segments, each focusing on a different element within The Shining which "may reveal hidden clues and hint at a bigger thematic oeuvre."[5] Produced by Tim Kirk, the documentary's title refers to a room in the haunted Overlook Hotel featured in The Shining.

Room 237 was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes and Sundance film festivals.[6][7] Its distribution rights were acquired by IFC Midnight and was exhibited theatrically and on VOD on March 29, 2013.[8]

  1. ^ "Room 237 – Being an Inquiry into The Shining in 9 Parts (15)". British Board of Film Classification. September 14, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "ROOM 237". Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "Room 237".
  4. ^ "The Shining theories explored in spooky new documentary". BBC News. October 24, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  5. ^ "Room 237 Sundance 2012 Review", January 27, 2012
  6. ^ Leffler, Rebecca (April 24, 2012). "Cannes 2012: Michel Gondry's 'The We & The I' to Open Director's Fortnight". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  7. ^ "2012 Selection". Directors' Fortnight. quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  8. ^ Fowler, Tara. "'Room 237' poster exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 14, 2013.