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Doctor Sleep
Credits
Title: Doctor Sleep
Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Written by: Mike Flanagan; Akiva Goldsman
Produced by: Trevor Macy; Jon Berg; Akiva Goldsman; D. Scott Lumpkin; Roy Lee; Stephen King
Music by: The Newton Brothers
Cinematography: Michael Fimognari
Edited by: Mike Flanagan
Production
Distributors: Warner Bros.
Intrepid Pictures
Vertigo Entertainment
Released: November 8th, 2019
Rating: R
Running time: 151 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: $45,000,000
Gross: $5,200,000 [1]
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Doctor Sleep is an American feature film of the supernatural thriller genre. It is based on the novel Doctor Sleep by author Stephen King. The film serves as a sequel to King's 1977 novel The Shining, which was adapted into television miniseries in 1997 titled Stephen King's The Shining. The film sequel is not considered to be part of a continuation of the more popularly known The Shining feature film by director Stanley Kubrick. Doctor Sleep was written and directed by Mike Flanagan. The script is a rewritten draft of a screenplay originally written by Akiva Goldsman. The movie stars Ewan McGregor in the role of Dan Torrance - a character originally played by Danny Lloyd in the Kubrick film, and by Courtland Mead in the 1997 TV miniseries. The film was produced by Trevor Macy and Jon Berg for Warner Bros. and released on November 8th, 2019.

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  • This film features a cat who visits rooms at a hospital for patients who are fated to die next. This concept is also used in the 2021 film The Manor.

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  1. Opening weekend box office.

This article relates to the works of Stephen King.


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