<P> The film ends featuring an old photograph of a dance at the hotel from the 1920s that shows Jack at the event . </P> <P> Author Stephen King was unhappy with director Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film adaptation of the novel, particularly Jack Nicholson's portrayal of Jack Torrance: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> The character of Jack Torrance has no arc in that movie . Absolutely no arc at all . When we first see Jack Nicholson, he's in the office of Mr. Ullman, the manager of the hotel, and you know, then, he's crazy as a shit house rat . All he does is get crazier . In the book, he's a guy who's struggling with his sanity and finally loses it . To me, that's a tragedy . In the movie, there's no tragedy because there's no real change . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> The character of Jack Torrance has no arc in that movie . Absolutely no arc at all . When we first see Jack Nicholson, he's in the office of Mr. Ullman, the manager of the hotel, and you know, then, he's crazy as a shit house rat . All he does is get crazier . In the book, he's a guy who's struggling with his sanity and finally loses it . To me, that's a tragedy . In the movie, there's no tragedy because there's no real change . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr>

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