Making 'The Shining'1980

Stanley's Mom:
And why is the script in multi-coloured pages? Anything?

Stanley Kubrick:
Each time we make a new version, at first you get very methodical - each time you make a new version, you put a different colour in. After a while, you're lucky if people get copies of the changes.

Jack Nicholson:
It’s so that you start with white, then you go to blue, then pink, then green, then yellow.

Stanley's Mom:
But I just wondered...

Stanley Kubrick:
But what happens is…

Jack Nicholson:
It’s so that when everybody's got their script out, you can look right over and know if they've got the latest version. But of course…

Stanley Kubrick:
…that never happens.

Jack Nicholson:
They never have the latest version.

Stanley's Mom:
So, a blue or a yellow... isn't significant?

Stanley Kubrick:
No.

Stanley's Mom:
It’s just colours.

Jack Nicholson:
I quit using my script. I just take the ones they type up each day.

Stanley's Mom:
Aren't you exaggerating a little bit?

Jack Nicholson: