Stanley Kubrick and Shelley Duvall on set.
Stanley Kubrick and Jack Nicholson during continuity Polaroid.
A combination of real axes and axe handles with lightweight fiberglass heads was used during production.
Crew member between takes.
Jack Nicholson and Stanley Kubrick watching video playback.
Jack Nicholson and Stanley Kubrick watching video playback.
Filming Dick Hallorann’s death scene on the lobby set. Stanley Kubrick composes the insert shot of the axe striking Hallorann’s chest. A special effects artist kneeling to the right of Jack Nicholson holds a bag of fake stage blood, with tubing to deliver the blood running up the handle of the axe.
Stunt Double for Scatman Crothers (Dick Hallorann).
Crew between takes.
Scatman Crothers on set.
Jack Nicholson on set.
