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A rare cut of Stan­ley Kubrick’s The Shin­ing is up for auction

21 Mar 2018

Words by Adam Woodward

A man with long hair and a wide, open-mouthed grin, wearing a red jacket, sitting on a red sofa.
A man with long hair and a wide, open-mouthed grin, wearing a red jacket, sitting on a red sofa.
Now’s your chance to own a piece of film his­to­ry – along with Jack Nicholson’s cor­duroy jacket.

The Ital­ian mem­o­ra­bil­ia site aste​bo​laf​fi​.it is auc­tion­ing sev­er­al items from the per­son­al col­lec­tion of Stan­ley Kubrick’s late assis­tant Emilio D’Alessandro – includ­ing an incred­i­bly rare cut of the director’s 1980 hor­ror The Shin­ing fea­tur­ing a nev­er-before-seen scene.

The list­ing com­pris­es orig­i­nal poster art­work, assort­ed props and auto­graphed col­lectibles from A Clock­work Orange, Dr Strangelove, Full Met­al Jack­et and Eyes Wide Shut. Among the more unusu­al items are two pat­terned car­pets tak­en from the set of The Shin­ing, and Jack Torrance’s bur­gundy jack­et, which is expect­ed to fetch upwards of €10,000.

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Burgundy cord jacket with multiple pockets and knitted cuffs against a dark background.

Also includ­ed in the huge lot are Kubrick’s mem­ber­ship card for the Writ­ers Guild of Amer­i­ca, along with one of Gun­nery Sergeant Hartman’s hats from Full Met­al Jack­et, and a clap­per­board from Eyes Wide Shut.

But the most unique item up for sale is undoubt­ed­ly a long cut of The Shin­ing, con­tain­ing a scene where Shel­ley Duvall’s Wendy car­ries Dan­ny, as played by Dan­ny Lloyd. Giv­en Kubrick’s noto­ri­ous habit of burn­ing all left­over film stock at the end of the edit­ing process, the mere exis­tence of this addi­tion­al scene is quite remarkable.

Fan­cy own­ing a piece of film his­to­ry? Check out the full list­ing.

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