A biographical drama film chronicling the life of famed American film director Stanley Kubrick, framed specifically against the prolonged and arduous production of Kubrick's 1980 film The Shining. The film follows the entire production of The Shining: Kubrick searching for commercial success after Barry Lyndon, the creative differences between Kubrick and Stephen King, the on-set strife between Kubrick and Shelley Duvall, all culminating in the film's divisive release - all the while, providing a closer examination of Kubrick's reclusive life and relationships with his family.
