Room 217 facts
While investigating facts about Room 217, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Stanley Kubrick was asked not to depict room #217 (featured in the book) in The Shining, because future guests at the Lodge might be afraid to stay there. So a nonexistent room, #237, was substituted in the film.
In the novel The Shining, the room Danny is warned of is actually Room 217, not Room 237. This change was made because the actual hotel the movie was filmed at had no Room 237 and didn't want guests to be too scared to book Room 217.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 5 of the best facts about Room 217 I managed to collect.
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Jim Carrey once checked into the Stanley Hotel and requested the infamous Room 217, which inspired The Shining. According to the hotel, about an hour after Carrey checked in, he came running out of the room and left. To this day, he vows to never go back, and won't tell anybody what happened.
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When filming the Shining, room 217 from the book was changed to a non-existent 237 at a request from the Timberline Lodge, out of fear no one would want to stay in that room. The Timberline Lodge now draws over 2 million visitors annually and Room 217 is the most requested room.
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Jim Carrey once checked into the Stanley Hotel (which inspired "The Shining") in the infamous room 217. He checked out after three hours and has never told anybody why.
