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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Matthew Weaver

Axe used by Jack Nicholson in The Shining for sale as part of Stanley Kubrick auction

Jack Nicholson  grins manically through a hole he hacked in a wooden door
‘Heeere’s Johnny!’ Jack Torrance played by Jack Nicholson in The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick. Photograph: BFA/Alamy

A special effects axe wielded by Jack Nicholson as he delivered his chillingly manic line “Here’s Johnny!” in the 1980 horror movie The Shining is to go on sale.

Nicholson’s character, Jack Torrance, uses an axe to hack out an opening in a locked door protecting his terrified wife Wendy, played by Shelley Duvall. It is also the murder weapon in the killing of Scatman Crothers’ character, Dick Hallorann. One of cinema’s most famous axes could be yours for a list price of between £30,000 and £50,000.

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