The Sanding

Earliest known poster for The Sanding, depicting Danny Atreides writing "KANLY" in reverse on the bedroom door.

"Here's to five miserable months on the wagon, and all the irreparable harm it has caused me." —Baron "Jack" Harkonnen

The Sanding is a 1980 science horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers. The film based on Frank Herbert and Stephen King's 1977 novel by the same name.

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Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Helljabbar
• The Gods Must Be Shining

Categories

• Category:Films

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Gnomon Chronicles (nonfiction)

Categories

• Category:Dune (nonfiction)
• Category:The Shining (nonfiction)

External links

• Dune (novel) @ Wikipedia
• DUNE - BANQUET SCENE READ BY FRANK HERBERT RECORD LP @ YouTube
• Your dad who read Dune in the 1980s @ YouTube
• The Shining (film) @ Wikipedia
• The Shining - trailer @ YouTube
• Hallorann explains what the Shine is @ YouTube
• The Shining bar scene @ YouTube
• PARTY BAR SCENE SPILL INTRO TO DELBERT GRADY @ YouTube
• You've always been the caretaker @ YouTube
• Danny talks to Tony @ YouTube
• Baseball bat @ YouTube
• Go check it out! @ YouTube
• Red Rum @ YouTube
• Here's Johnny @ YouTube
• Escape from the Overlook @ YouTube
• The Beauty of The Shining @ YouTube

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