My friend Mikhail sent this on to me.
It’s simply BRILLIANT.
Update: Welcome Waxy, Metafilter, Screenhead, and Defective Yeti readers. Waxy is also mirroring the trailer.
I’m trying to track down further details about both the trailer and the contest. I’ve contacted its creator, but haven’t heard back from him yet.
If you have any futher information, please post it in the comments.
Thanks for visiting, and feel free to poke around the Coat. It’s what Jack would want you to do.
Update #2: NRO’s The Corner also linked to this post. And crashed the blog when it did.
Update #3: I think that the source of the original email that reached me saw the link on the blog of Dustin Stephens, who is friends with Rob, the creator of the Shining trailer (the original link is in the middle of this post). Dustin has links to a few other contest entries — his own recut of Titanic, and a recut of West Side Story.
Dustin writes that Rob has gotten a call “from the Vice Prez of Production from Warner Bros. asking him what else he does.” Through an email I received, I know that this won’t be the last time Hollywood gets in touch.
Update #4: As Ben notes in the comments below, the third place finisher in the contest was a recut of David Swift’s The Parent Trap (1961) as a coming-of-age lesbian love story. To see it, go to Moondog, click on Paul Lacalandra’s name, and click on the image with “ordinary girls” written on it.
Update #5:
Jim Macdonald has posted a great series of updates about Shining on Making Light.
Among them is the news that The New York Times has now covered the story:
Since 2002, Mr. Ryang has worked for one of the owners of P.S. 260, a commercial postproduction house, cutting commercials for the likes of Citizens Bank, Cingular and the TriBeCa Film Festival.
A few weeks back, he said, he entered a contest for editors’ assistants sponsored by the New York chapter of the Association of Independent Creative Editors. The challenge? Take any movie and cut a new trailer for it – but in an entirely different genre. Only the sound and dialogue could be modified, not the visuals, he said.
Mr. Ryang won the contest, and about 10 days ago, he said, he sent three friends a link to a “secret site” on his company’s Web site where they could watch his entry.
One of them, Mr. Ryang said, posted it on his little-watched blog. And that was that. Until this week, when he was hit by a tsunami of Internet interest.
On Wednesday, Mr. Ryang said, his secret site got 12,000 hits. By Thursday the numbers were even higher, his film was being downloaded and linked to on countless other sites, it had cracked the top 10 most popular spoofs on www.ifilm.com, and a vice president at a major Hollywood studio had called up his office, scouting for new talent.
Now I know why Robert hasn'’t had time to respond to my interview request.
Robert deserves every bit of attention he gets from this. As Jim MacDonald writes, “Thus is virtue rewarded.”
For the record (and in case anyone is interested in the evolution of a viral phenomenon), I want to note that I hadn'’t seen Dustin’’s site before I posted about this clip. Someone forwarded an email message about the clip to my friend Mikhail, who sent it on to me. I posted about it; Waxy.org took note (how, I'’m not sure), and linked to it; and then things really began to take off. Metafilter, Screenhead, Defective Yeti, The Corner, and iFilm helped send it into the stratosphere from there.
What’s amazing to me, at least, is how quickly this moved — it all happened in a matter of hours after Waxy picked up on it. That’’s a testament to both the quality of Robert’’s trailer and the speed with which information moves today.
I know I'’m not the only one looking forward to seeing more of Robert’’s work in the future.
Update #6: The Association of Independent Creative Editors (AICE) has posted a page about the Trailer Park contest which includes links to winners in several different cities.
Kathryn Hempel, who came up with the idea for Trailer Park, writes:
The first Trailer Park required each entrant to cut a :90 second trailer for the film that won the Academy Award for Best Editing that year. The assistant had to be the sole author of the trailer, and had to do all the editing, effects, sound design and finishing. Other chapters have adopted slightly different requirements since, but the principle remains the same: edit a creative, compelling trailer for an existing feature film.
Next summer marks Chicago’’s 5th Trailer Park Anniversary. Over the last four years we have had enthusiastic involvement from the many panels of judges, and fun–sometimes trashy and sometimes mighty impressive–prizes. We'’ve received letters of encouragement from Academy Award winning editors. We'’ve seriously critiqued the work and fostered the growth of our dedicated assistants, and have announced with pride at each festival new chapters across the country and in Canada that have latched on to the Trailer Park idea and run with it. Clearly there have been many volunteers and contributors over the years, for Trailer Park takes a village to pull off, and it’’s been a heartening ride.
–Kathryn Hempel, editor/partner, Cutters, Chicago
I think it’’s safe to say that Trailer Park has helped raise awareness of AICE.
Update #7: I'’ll be posting a short interview with Robert tomorrow (Oct. 3).
Update #8: Still waiting to hear back from Robert about a few follow-up questions. In the meantime, here is another recut trailer, along with a link to an entire website about movie trailers.
Update #9: After seeing “Shining,” Aaron Moorhead, a student at FSU Film School, created Eternal Darkness, a remix of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.
Update #10: The interview with Robert Ryang is up!
Update #11: (10/22/05) A few more remixed trailers:
This one was made by request:
Update #12: (3/29/06) Rob Ryang writes in:
After “Shining”, I was approached by the Independent Spirit Awards to turn an independent film into a Hollywood one:
and vice versa:
IFC didn'’t broadcast them, because David Lynch and Universal refused to clear the rights, respectively. I also threw this together at the last minute:
Update #13: (9/15/06) This year’s winners of the Trailer Park Competition have just been announced, and AICE gave me access to the winning video. It’s a remix of “Cocktail” — Click here to see it
93 Comments on "The Shining, Redux"
Rod:
That IS brilliant. I would definitely go see that movie.
howard:
Wow, this Jack Nicholson kid is looking like the next John Cusack. Maybe someday he’ll have a career in the romantic comedy genre.
the smedley log » Blog Archive » Oh, the comedy:
[…] The Tattered Coat unearths this instant classic of movie advertising, that, without re-scripting a single line, casts a classic piece of terror in a new light. […]
Agi T. Prop:
What? No “Heeeeere’s Johnny!”
somegirl:
gawd, that is too hysterical…thanks for giving me something else to think of besides military porn.
Ken:
This is great. Do you have a link to the rest of the submissions?
Becky:
That is brilliant, and of course I totally stole the link. Thanks so much for posting it!
Kate:
LOVE IT! A big thumbs up!
Mark (the long cut):
I laughed, I cried. Actually, I just laughed.
Matt:
I’m looking into it, Ken — I’ll share more info when I have it.
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bunnyspatial.com » Blog Archive » Sheer Brilliance - The New Shining Trailer:
[…] Found this via The Tattered Coat. […]
The Burning Bush:
Movie for the whole family - The Shining
Bwahaha! This is hilarious! With all the Hollywood filth these days, it’s great to see a film with character the whole family can enjoy! Direct links - Here or Hereread more | digg story…
snarfblast.com » Movie for the whole family - The Shining:
[…] With all the Hollywood filth these days, it’s great to see a film with character the whole family can enjoy!read more […]
Atvar:
Fantastic!
Jenn:
Gimme the bat, Wendy! That was a fabulous trailer.
Geeklectic:
[…] Slice of Sci-Fi Kung Fu Monkey Latigo Flint Mimi Smartypants Warren Ellis Websnark BoingBoing Shining Thursday September 29th 2005, 3:20 pm Filed under: Uncategorized A post-production house organizeda competition where assistant editors ‘re-cut’ trailers for famous movies to try and make them seem like different movies […]
bbrad2:
very cool! thanks for this.
Lost in Japan:
The Shining - a coming-to-age movie?
Well, this is simply brilliant. This is the trailer for “The Shining, Redux” so to speak. A post-production house arranged an in-house competition where the challenge was to create a trailer for a famous movie and make it seem like a *tota…
Gussie:
Classic - shows what a lot of rubbish romantic comedy feel good movies are these days.
Apartment 47 » Johnny’s back! The Shining new Trailer:
[…] Awsome alternate trailer for Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 classic masterpiece The Shining. It’s sort of the trailer for “The Shining, Redux”. Apparently it was “a post-production house arranged an in-house competition where the challenge was to create a trailer for a famous movie and make it seem like a totally different movie.” Did I say it was awsome? It’s awsome. More details at The Tattered Goat […]
eRobin:
Thanks for finding this!
The Blue Parrot » Absolutely brilliant:
[…] By way of Defective Yeti, The Tattered Coat provides the info: A post-production house organized a competition where assistant editors ‘re-cut’ trailers for famous movies to try and make them seem like different movies… […]
Eli:
Oh wow. Gotta send that to my ex-film student and huge Shining fan girlfriend.
Al Maviva:
A brilliant remix… the best updating of an eponymous film to fit contemporary mores and tastes since George Lucas re-did Star Wars. An instant classic of its type.
spacemonkey:
heh, that was hilarious, in a funny way.
Respectful Conservative:
Fantastic. Thanks.
Lost in Japan » Blog Archive » The Shining - a coming-to-age movie?:
[…] Click here to check out the trailer over at Tattered Coat […]
Jackal’s Lair » Amazing:
[…] This is hilarious. Sometimes what we need is just around the corner. […]
As If:
HAHA! That’s frickin’ awesome. Feel-good movie of the year!
(Was Update#2 comments on “conservatives” really necessary? As if NR readers would automatically be jerks? Way to be a jerk yourself.)
Barnaby’s Blog » The Shining: Feel good movie of the year?:
[…] Someone recut a trailer for Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” to make it seem like a feel good movie about a man named Jack, who’s a failed writer looking for inspiration and a boy, Danny, who’s looking for a father. It uses every sleazy movie trailer trick in the book complete with Peter Gabriel feel good soundtrack. Outstanding! […]
squoogy.com blog » Blog Archive » Shining =):
[…] Speaking of trailers, this is actually everywhere, but just in the slight chance you haven’t seen it, there was a contest to take little bits out of movies and create a trailer that seems like a different movie. The winner is absolutely brilliant. […]
Matt:
As If: you’re right. Of the thousands of readers who came here from The Corner, only one or two picked their way through my previous posts and made offensive comments. To reflect that, I’ve updated update #2.
Thanks for visiting.
Nohealani.us:
re-dux trailers
The Tattered Coat has linked to several movie trailers that have been edited in such a way that they make them look like different movies altogether. The Shining happy and feel-good? West Side Story a zombie flick?! Wha?
Sumana:
Thanks for the download. Man, I’ve always been afraid to watch “The Shining”, but “Shining” sounds like the happiest feel-good fake movie of the year!
Seriously, it’s amazing how great and misleading trailers can be these days. Every few days I check the apple.com/trailers site and find myself sniffling and guffawing through trailers for movies that probably stink. For all I know, Johnny Knoxville’s “The Ringer” will be a spine-tingling thriller about CIA wrongdoings in Central Asia.
If you liked the fake “Shining” trailer then you might like ImaginAsian’s “Uncle Morty’s Dub Shack” which has similar objectives.
Dennis Cozzalio:
This is truly a brilliant piece of tomfoolery! Excellent work, Rob. You deserve all the positive attention you’ll no doubt receive in the wake of this bit of inspired comedy. I had a little fun with it on my blog too. I don’t know that anybody was actually fooled, but it doesn’t much matter– I just wanted to pave the way to get the real good stuff, which is the trailer itself. Finally, and thankfully, I may never be able to listen to “Solsbury Hill” the same way again… You can check out my little tribute to this link at http://sergioleoneifr.blogspot.com
Ben:
Check out the second place winner @ www.moondogedit.com
Paul La Calandra nabbed it with “The Apparent Trap”.
Mighty Girl:
Is it part of the Toronto “Trailer Park” contest? NPR did a piece on it awhile ago where they also did redits of the trailers for Platoon (making it into a love story) Sound of Music (making it into a horror movie) and Forrest Gump (making it into a stalking thriller). You can hear the audio here:
http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/transcripts_022704_trails.html
AST:
You could never do this with Bruce Dern as a main character. There’s something crazed about him even when he’s a nice guy. You always feel like you need to keep your eye on him.
Becky:
Congratulations on the blog crash! You have arrived!
Johan:
Ben, Mighty Girl:
They are not necessarily from the same competition, since they have a “Trailer Park” competition for every AICE office. I don’t know which fraction this guy Rob belongs to (perhaps New York?).
James:
wow
The Tattered Coat » Blog Archive » Playing Midwife to a Viral Phenomenon:
[…] Further updates are available on my original post […]
FILMdetail » Blog Archive » Shining:
[…] > The New York Times on the man behind it > The video at IFilm.com (should play in QT and WM) > The Tattered Coat has more on the story […]
MHC-in-the-box » The Shining - Redux:
[…] Via The Tattered Coat, I caught this cool movie trailer based on The Shining, the Stanley Kubrick horror movie which in turn was based on Stephen King’s 1977 best-selling novel. A post-production house organized a competition where assistant editors ‘re-cut’ trailers for famous movies to try and make them seem like different movies . . . . this is the one that won… […]
English 396D » Great Idea for a Project:
[…] Re-cut a trailer for a famous movie and make it seem like its a completely different film. Example: The Shining, Redux […]
gluetree.com » For British eyes only:
[…] Check out this ingeniously remixed Shining trailer. It took first place for some contest held by a post-production company. There’s also a really good West Side Story trailer further down the page with zombie undertones. […]
Toby:
If danny needs a daddy, he shouldn’t be using his future step-dad’s last name before he meets him, i.e. during the sandwich meal.
Mat:
Also check out West Side Story (with zombies) and Scary Titanic.
Lounge with a view:
[…] Weiterlesen unter anderem hier oder auch hier. Da tauchen die Tage sicher noch ein paar mehr Trailer auf. […]
RambleWords » Required Viewing - Shining:
[…] via tattered coat […]
The Waste Lagoon » Blog Archive » Cutting room power:
[…] My wife found it linked from this blog post; that’s all I know about where it came from. […]
Alienminds » Simply brilliant:
[…] The Shining. Reworked as a romantic comedy. […]
Population Statistic:
SHINE ON, YOU CRAZY TRAILER
Ive heard that Stephen King didnt much care for Stanley Kubricks interpretation of The Shining, especially when it became the de facto archetypical version of the story.
Perhaps King had more in mind a feel-good journey of family bonding, as e…
Yhancik Magazine:
The sun is shining
Kurbrick’s The Shining trailer remixed to make it .. more.. sweet
http://www.ps260.com/molly/SHINING%20FINAL.mov
more about it here
(et merci monsieur Simon)
The Queue:
[…] The Shining as a family drama? Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as a horror movie? Psycho, a romantic comedy? Thanks to the magic of movie trailer editing, it’s all possible. […]
lusty:
If you want to read and interview with the man that cut this little diamond, go to www.creativescreenwriting.com. There you will find all the answers.
lusty:
Sorry, I forgot to mention that his (the editor who recut the trailer) name is Danny Munso.
catherine mcdonald:
R rated movie more like pg13 yes i am a 12 year old girl no it was not scary it was funny!)
The IFL blog » Trailers:
[…] I love a good trailer. Jarhead is the perfect example. The trailer is amazing, and has some awesome music (Jesus Walks by Kanya West). It got me so hyped up for this movie, that when I showed up “only” an hour and a half early to the early showing last night at the SLB, and got turned away because they were already packed, I almost had a nervous breakdown (i really hate being late to movies). Anyways, it got me thinking about good trailers. One of my favorite trailers of all time has got to be the trailer for the 3rd Lord of the Rings. (check it out here). Every time I watch it I get chills. Another great trailer was actually just hacked up using parts of the Shining, making it look like a totally different movie. Its what they call a Trailer Redux. See it here. Now, on that page, take a gander down to update #9. Yup, the IFL’s own Aaron Moorehead, winner of the screenplay competition, made a pretty sweet trailer redux himself. […]
Lyle:
Concerning the LOTR trailer…. yes, it was a good trailer, but they did take the music from the film Requiem for a Dream. It’s that music that probably gave you the chills.
Concerning the Shining Redux - what a great job of reworking the film. It just goes to show that they can convey anything they want in a trailer. It also pokes fun at all the cliches that trailers use. Seriously, they are so formulaic, much more than the films themselves. If I ever meet that guy, who does all the trailer voiceovers, I’m going to smack him!
It’s funny… did you ever hear a female voiceover on a movie trailer? You hear all sorts of different voiceovers IN movies, but in trailers, it’s always the same sappy guy.
Mad props to Mr. Ryang for choosing Peter Gabriel’s Solisbury Hill as the music. That was a stroke of genius. What is remarkable is not that it fits the feelgood mood - lots of song would do that. But that this song was released just a few years before the film - it could have realistically appeared in the trailer.
Even funnier is that the original film was released in May. This trailer could have been an April fool’s joke, back then.
Tony McAlinden:
There are tears of laughter in my eyes as I write this. The power of editing is clearly limitless - and this is an astounding example. If I were wearing a hat, as might be sensible in the Colorado winter, it would be off to Mr Ryang. Great job!
Liquid Etchings:
The Shining
Have you seen the new trailer for The Shining? Freakin’ hilarious. A post-production house organized a contest to re-cut movie trailers to make the movies seem different. Also available: Titanic.
…
You Should Know Better » Winter finally came, and it totally blows:
[…] Cool Stuff: The Shining: Redux - Postproduction house PS260 recut a trailer for Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, making it look like a comedy/coming-of-age drama. It’s fucking hilarious. (The Tattered Coat posted about this a while ago, along with links to other trailer spoofs. Here’s a good one that’s not included: A Christmas Gory.) Color photos from WWI-era Russia - Apparently a Russian photographer developed a technique to shoot full-color photographs during the early 20th century. That’s pretty effing cool. Grammar tips from Penny Arcade - Hilarious. How to stop filesharers from stealing hotel bandwidth - Very funny story about getting your way using social engineering. […]
DANNY:
WENDY HONEY,
HAVE YOU SEEN JACK TORRANCE AND HIS MALLET?
I THINK HE MAY BE HIDING INSIDE THE CHIMNEY HONEY.
I THINK I HURT JACK REAL BAD WENDY HONEY.
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM?
IS HE NEXT TO THE BOILER?
LOVE DANNY
Comic Geek Talk » Blog Archive » Trailers Redone!:
[…] A friend of mine over the holiday showed me these clips of trailers totally redone to make it seem like a different movie. For example the Shining trailer makes it seem like a family movie. Here’s a link to that and the rest of the trailers. Just some more examples: The West Side Story horror movie, The Titanic horror movie, The Parent Trap lesbian love story and I think a few more. […]
David Gong:
What do you guys think of this re-versioning of “The Shining” — www.groundhog202.com?
Dave:
I saw this re-make of the shining the other day. It was pathetic.
John Doe:
Don LaFontaine, the individual who someone wanted to smack, was the original creator of many of the scripts and considered the greatest voiceover artist of all time. Also to note, many individuals voice these movies and their work is no where near sappy.
James:
all remakes suck. Leave the classics alone
Yodelling Llama » Blog Archive » Sleepless in Seattle.:
[…] Yesterday, BoingBoing linked to an altered genre trailer for Sleepless in Seattle, which recut the film as a thriller. I only just got a chance to watch it, because the link was inundated off the web temporarily. And it is excellent. Compare favorably to the recut of the Shining as a romantic dramedy. […]
Blogwerk » Trailer Re-Cuts:
[…] Just too great: The Shining and Brokeback to the Future. […]
Better Than Fudge » Brokeback Future–A Must See:
[…] In the tradition of that quite crafty Shining trailer a few months back, you (and yes, I do mean you) must watch the trailer for Brokeback Future right now. […]
Great, There Goes Another Of My Cherished Childhood Memories at Literal Barrage:
[…] First there was Shining and now Brokeback to the Future. […]
Jill:
Winifred Torrence is quite possibly the ugliest heroin I have ever seen in a Hollywood movie. What was Kubrick thinking? Is she meant to represent the homely natural elements in all of us that are subject to the oppressive horror of our society’s emphasis on good looks, or was the ugly actress just inexpensive to hire after the budget was blown on Jack? Just asking.
mdn press » Blog Archive » Repositioning.:
[…] By now most of you must have heard about the re-cutting of the Shining trailer to show a sort of drama/comedy movie out of it. A link to both the quicktime and the history of it’s creation can be found here. […]
bbmcrae:
“Winifred Torrence is quite possibly the ugliest heroin I have ever seen in a Hollywood movie. What was Kubrick thinking? Is she meant to represent the homely natural elements in all of us that are subject to the oppressive horror of our society’s emphasis on good looks, or was the ugly actress just inexpensive to hire after the budget was blown on Jack? Just asking.”
I came across this comment and thought…are you just incredibly shallow or incredibly immature or incredibly ignorant or a magical combo of all three? Shelly Duvall, while being an ugly duckling for sure, was also a talented and fairly popular actress in the 1970s. That’s what Kubick was thinking. But, please, go on making stupid “why can’t more pretty people be in movies” comments. There’s a slew of talent and personality-free actresses out there that would love to buy you a Diet Coke.
decalh5:
SHINING is brilliant -I always thought original could be remade, never thought of a romantic comedy tho….Shelley Duvall is at her most gulping and despairing….love this site!
Lost in Japan » Archives » The Shining - a coming-to-age movie?:
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katv:
O my god i really wann c the fake shining now, it looks lyk the typ of film i luv, stepmom with testosterone!!
Annette Grabowsky | Blog:
Trailers re-cut
Eine Post-Production-Firma hat einen Wettbewerb ausgeschrieben, bei dem es darum ging, Filmtrailer so umzuschneiden, daß sie für einen komplett anderen Film werben. Gewonnen hat der Trailer von The Shining.
Weitere nette Beispiele: Sleepless in Se…
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[…] I think this is better than the “The Shining” trailer redo!! […]
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[…] My wife found it linked from this blog post; that’s all I know about where it came from. […]
Adversarial Process » Blog Archive » This Week’s Best Internet Clips:
[…] 5. Note to self: don’t mess with bridesmaids- especially classy bridesmaids like the ones featured here. 4. I enjoyed this remixed trailer of Charlton Hesston’s “Ten Commandments” almost as much as I did the remixed trailer of the “Shining” (which I listed in an earlier post). That’s saying alot. 3. If you’d like to see the face of humiliation, click here. (Hint: It has to do with a hidden camera in a public library). […]
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Mr Pink:
Very amusing…
Tim:
I was wondering if anyone knew the song in the middle, it’s like a piano prelude. I know i’ve heard it from somewhere, anyone know? It’s the song that’s playing when Danny stops and looks at the door.
JeniQ:
Anyone know what the music is in The Fast & The Curious?
Thanks!
enrique vamp:
I only just got a chance to watch it, because the link was inundated off the web temporarily. And it is excellent
Agota:
Great movie, the best horror Ive ever seen.
Does anybody know wehre can I download it? Any link or smoething like that? E-mail me on:
agota88@gmail.com
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