Frozen Jack: Actor or Prop?
At the end of the film The Shining, when Jack Torrance has frozen to death, was this shot accomplished by putting make-up on Jack Nicholson or by using a prop body with a face cast in his likeness?
I realize it's most likely the former, but knowing Kubrick's attention to detail, he might have used a prop to remove any hint of movement from a live body. Plus, it would have meant less time shooting with Nicholson, which might have been advantageous in scheduling.
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This was shot inside a set and Jack Nicholson himself posed for the scene.
Jack Nicholson posing for his final moment frozen in the snow. This side angle reveals the crude bracing system of wood and Styrofoam that was built to hold Nicholson as still as possible for the lengthy shot. Here we can see that Nicholson has his mouth closed.
And in the above pic we can see him with an open mouth. Nicholson had his mouth closed when the first picture was taken and open when the scene was filmed.
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Why is Jack frozen in The Shining?
In the movie, directed by Stanley Kubrick, Jack (played by Jack Nicholson) freezes to death after chasing Danny into a hedge maze and getting lost Before that he went insane in a couple or a lot of pages of \u201dno play and all work make Jake a dull boy\u201d.How did Jack get out of the pantry?
In one scene towards the climax, Jack was locked in the store room by his wife and the door of the store room was locked from outside. While he was talking with Grady, after their conversation, the door was unlocked and let Jack flee from the store room.What does the ending of the Shining mean?
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Answer 2
The shot of frozen Jack is in fact a wax figure. It is confirmed on the bluray producer commentary. I am a sculptor and figure maker myself and although the head is very realistic, there was always something odd and unreal about it to me. When I listened to the commentary my question was answered.
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