where was the opening location of the shining ?
For more Kubrick locations, see Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange and Eyes Wide Shut. Second Unit landscape shots from The Shining were used for the ending of Blade Runner on its initial release. The Shining location: the âOverlook Hotelâ: Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon. Stanley Kubrickâs very free adaptation of the Stephen King novel sees blocked writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) going barmy in a creepy snowbound hotel.