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We Found Jack Nicholson’s Axe From ‘The Shining’ | Vanity Fair

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6 years ago

September 24, 2020

It’s one of the most iconic sequences in film history, acutely focused on one undeniable weapon. But the actual axe Jack Nicholson used to cleave through the door in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” took an astonishing journey following that fateful day on set. Vanity Fair Hollywood Correspondent Anthony Breznican takes us through the story of a prop that was almost lost to history’s cutting room floor, only to eventually sell at auction for over $200,000.

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31 Comments

potatomato :p

September 24, 2020 at 4:18 pm

That axe actually has a name and the name is

John Cena

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Thierry

September 24, 2020 at 4:18 pm

Sorry, but the book is way better and the movie is crap compared to what it should have been.

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- Thierry
  
  September 24, 2020 at 4:19 pm
  
  Doctor sleep shows what the plot of the shining should have been.
  
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- Little Boy
  
  September 24, 2020 at 5:31 pm
  
  There’s always the miniseries for you
  
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- Tony Mac
  
  September 24, 2020 at 6:26 pm
  
  The movie ain’t trash, it’s just a much different version of the book. It’s one of the greatest horror movie of all time
  
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Monika Pokhrel

September 24, 2020 at 4:18 pm

To all the people who will comment “I’m so early”, you aren’t early. You’re on time.☠️

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- That RPDR Channel
  
  September 24, 2020 at 5:40 pm
  
  Nobody commented that…
  
  Reply
Sabina Ciardi

September 24, 2020 at 4:19 pm

I remember watching this witch my parents pretending to be sleeping under the blanket, they caught me when the woman came out of the bathtub and I screamed

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Abdullah Alsalem

September 24, 2020 at 4:19 pm

Plz make this a series and call it Prop Stop

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Axe Avier

September 24, 2020 at 4:22 pm

The real important prop of the shining is the dog suit costume, the head piece does have a few white stains

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Алексей Пётривич

September 24, 2020 at 4:27 pm

0:55 1000 subs for 15usd whatsapp +79671570581

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Lesego Tshabalala

September 24, 2020 at 4:30 pm

The axe drives back and forth, the axe is tethered to the camera, I become the Axe, I am the A… Here’s Johnny!

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Garrick Groover

September 24, 2020 at 4:31 pm

Where is the prop now? I’m glad you axed.

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Damian Monzillo

September 24, 2020 at 4:33 pm

The Glass that everyone drank out of in the “We Accept You” scene in “Freaks”

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Danny Langevin Productions

September 24, 2020 at 4:44 pm

I bet that’s not even the actual one used in that one scene. So many props.

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jack worster

September 24, 2020 at 4:47 pm

Mr. Dalton, I can not be alone in feeling a need to spend timebin that room. Your colection is amazing. I would spend money to see it all. I commend your commitment an passion…

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- jack worster
  
  September 24, 2020 at 4:50 pm
  
  Maybe you should contact Tom Savini…?
  
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anacuriosademais emi

September 24, 2020 at 4:48 pm

We all love this scene!And also…. We should be in a mental institution… So.. Jack Nicholson love of my Life!

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No Bo

September 24, 2020 at 4:55 pm

And yet we only have hearsay to prove its authenticity as the actual ax use in the shining most iconic scene

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Anthony Petrovic

September 24, 2020 at 5:01 pm

Last

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Matt McMahon

September 24, 2020 at 5:01 pm

ok what does matthew dalton do as a job? dude looks hella young to be buying quater million dollar movie props

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- The Ninth
  
  September 24, 2020 at 5:23 pm
  
  I said the same thing
  
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The Stanley Kubrick Appreciation Society

September 24, 2020 at 5:24 pm

And here’s another one… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImVOrn-27qY

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Stephany Feege

September 24, 2020 at 5:45 pm

Maybe I can buy it for him for five bucks? Lmao I’m broke but I love the shining

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Alejandro Moore

September 24, 2020 at 6:14 pm

I remember Jack Nicholson say in the movie The Shining, Jack say here Johnny, he put his head in the hole in the door!

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Nour the Egyptian

September 24, 2020 at 6:16 pm

I felt for the guy who bought the axe. Seems like a good guy who found a cool hobby! I wish him well and prosperity in what he does.

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Alejandro Moore

September 24, 2020 at 6:17 pm

Why The Shining is a scary movie?

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divine fisherman

September 24, 2020 at 6:22 pm

greatest movie of all time.

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Miguel Oros

September 24, 2020 at 6:28 pm

That guy seems like the axe swinging type

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Jovan Dudley

September 24, 2020 at 6:35 pm

The first horror movie I saw was scream

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EliN

September 24, 2020 at 6:54 pm

That’s an expensive axe

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Inside WNBA Star A’ja Wilson’s Louis Vuitton Bag | In the Bag | Vogue

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1 day ago

March 24, 2026

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