Even people who haven't seen it know that The Shining, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of the Stephen King novel, is the scarific tale of a
stir-crazy caretakerJack Nicholson, no lessdriven mad by the ghosts haunting an isolated, off-season hotel to murder his wife, played by Shelley Duvall, and their small son, who happens to be psychic.
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Getting the go-around at work, or grief from the
stir-crazy kids?
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However, the slight plot (we're never really shown how they escape, they just kind of get out) is secondary to watching the unlikely trio build a begrudging friendship - Waits and Lurie going all out not to throttle a
stir-crazy Benigni who, in an eight by 10 cell, is the irritation equivalent of a wasp in a diver's helmet.
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She has been going
stir-crazy tucked up at home and, with the permission of her medical team, was told she could fly.
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This whole record came from being
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But it is unrealistic, and counter-productive, for players to go
stir-crazy in their hotel rooms.
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"People are getting a little
stir-crazy, feeling claustrophobic," said Chris Cognac, 39, who was returning with a group of family and friends - including 10 children - from a week in Puerta Vallarta.
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Stash a thermos of something warm in your car for the drive home, and put those
stir-crazy feelings out of your head until the next rainy day.
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But behind the scenes, two
stir-crazy teenagers were trying to break out.
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Perhaps it's the thought of all that time she's missed that is making Camille go a little bit
stir-crazy cooped up in the house.
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It seems they got
stir-crazy in South Africa so lessons must be learned.
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John Terry (above) complained the England players were going
stir-crazy, with little to do in their free time, but King Leruo hit back, saying: "I think there's more than enough to do here, so you'll have to ask John Terry about that.
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Bars and restaurants were packed as football-mad Argentina went
stir-crazy.
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Perhaps the idea of the Belgian prison guards is not so
stir-crazy after all.
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This doesn't stop Helen going quietly
stir-crazy on the cooking sherry - but the Webbers remain a dedicated suburban subterranean family, raising their son Adam (Brendan Fraser) to be a well-educated, polite young man, whose only fault is putting his elbows on the table during mealtime.
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