The Shining Floor Toy Story

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The shining floor toy story.

The song is heard in the background of the ballroom sequence of the shining homage in the 2018 film ready player one. Pixar s toy story franchise is packed full of nods to stanley kubrick s the shining and toy story 4 is no different. Sid s distinctive carpet toy story 1995 one of the most iconic images from stanley kubrick s filmography is of danny danny lloyd cycling through the halls of the shining s overlook. Film and furniture regulars will know one of the original inspirations for this very website was the hexagonal patterned carpet in the shining s overlook hotel.

In stanley kubrick s famous adaptation of stephen king s horror novel young danny torrence plays on the iconic carpet. The song was also featured in the 2019 film toy story 4 when woody and forky enter the antique store continuing a trend of pixar films referencing kubrick films. Toy story director lee unkrich is said to be a massive fan of the shining and personally put all these easter eggs in himself. Toy story 3 security camera in sunnyside daycare is labeled overlook r237 toy story 3 pa system is the same as the one in stuart ullman s.

The carpet in the hotel s corridor features prominently in several key scenes of kubrick s 1980 film including young danny s first unnerving encounter with room 237 as he investigates on his tricycle. The shining appears all over toy story they re dark dark folks over at pixar. The carpet pattern in the first toy story is just a coincidence.