{"id":641,"date":"2020-12-02T20:06:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T20:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/?page_id=641"},"modified":"2021-10-30T21:43:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T21:43:22","slug":"where-is-durkins-service-station-in-the-shining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/?page_id=641","title":{"rendered":"Where is Durkin&#8217;s?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 842<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"where_is_durkins_anchor\">Elstree Studio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Like almost all exterior sets, Durkin&#8217;s Service Station was filmed on the grounds of the Elstree studio. Even the close-up of Dick Hallorann in the snowcat on the way to the Overlook Hotel.<br>The snowcat driving through the snow towards Timberline Lodge is filmed by a second-unit crew headed by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jan_Harlan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jan Harlan<\/a>.<br>I am not sure the scene of the accident where the red beetle is stuck under a truck was shot in Elstree Studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Durkin&#8217;s exterior render<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When making the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Durkins_045.jpg\">outside shot at Durkin&#8217;s<\/a> I had to make a road with cars. Also a horizon with distant buildings in which lights burn.<br>While making it, I noticed a chimney. A production photo of the Overlook Hotel exterior shows the same chimney behind a building.<br>The Enigma building can also be recognized.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BTS_015.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BTS_015.jpg\" alt=\"Overlook Hotel facade\" class=\"wp-image-644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BTS_015.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BTS_015-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BTS_015-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BTS_015-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">production photo of the Overlook exterior<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Note the top of the chimney. There seems to be a small narrower pipe on it.<br>The same pipe can be found in the first shot of the scene.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\" id=\"BTS_015_edit.jpg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BTS_015_edit.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BTS_015_edit.jpg\" alt=\"production photo of the Overlook exterior\" class=\"wp-image-643\" width=\"822\" height=\"516\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BTS_015_edit.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BTS_015_edit-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BTS_015_edit-768x482.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">production photo of the Overlook exterior<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To the right of the photo is a part of the facade of the Overlook Hotel with the snowcat in front of the entrance. The two red rectangles are the chimney and the illuminated windows in the Durkin&#8217;s outside scene. The thin yellow and blue arrows correspond to the following photo. The thick yellow arrow indicates the direction where the Durkin&#8217;s set has been.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\" id=\"scene_14729_edit.jpg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scene_14729_edit.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scene_14729_edit.jpg\" alt=\"First scene at Durkin's Service Station\" class=\"wp-image-651\" width=\"820\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scene_14729_edit.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scene_14729_edit-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/scene_14729_edit-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">First scene at Durkin&#8217;s<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The angle of the chimney aligned with the last lit window indicates which line the camera was on.<br>I tried to find on an aerial photo where Durkin&#8217;s Service Station is or has been.<br>According to the Elstree Studio, Durkin&#8217;s set is built on &#8220;the mound&#8221; at the back of the Elstree Studios.<br>I am now working on a map, showing all buildings and workshops around 1980.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 842 Elstree Studio Like almost all exterior sets, Durkin&#8217;s Service Station was filmed on the grounds of the Elstree studio. Even the close-up of Dick Hallorann in the snowcat on the way to the Overlook Hotel.The snowcat driving through the snow towards Timberline Lodge is filmed by a second-unit crew headed by&nbsp;Jan Harlan.I am not sure the scene of the accident where the red beetle is stuck under a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3268,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-641","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1998,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/641\/revisions\/1998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiningsets.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}