The translation of Stanley Kubrick’sThe Shiningthat most of us have seen ends with two iconic images : Jack Torrance frozen in the blow , and a long shot through the foyer of the Overlook Hotel to a photo dated July 4 , 1921 , in which the doomed caretaker somehow cavorts with company guests from that era . Butthat ’s not howKubrick initially be after forThe Shiningto end .
Most fans of the film know that there was another scene Kubrick adjudicate to bump off just afterThe Shiningopened in the United States . identify between the shot of Jack freeze in the snow and the eventual photo reveal was a scene that has Overlook manager Stuart Ullman visiting Torrance ’s married woman , Wendy , and his Logos , Danny , who are recovering in the hospital . accord to The Playlist , cut the tantrum tooktwo minutes off the finished film ’s runtime .
Toy Story 3director Lee Unkrich — who lovesThe Shiningso much that he runs a website dedicated to it — recentlydug up Sir Frederick Handley Page of the original script of that scene . Kubrick ’s co - screenwriter , Diane Johnson , said that the director wanted to show Wendy and Danny in the infirmary " so we would know that they were all right . He had a easygoing spot for Wendy and Danny and suppose that , at the ending of a repugnance film , the audience should be reassure that everything was back to normal . "
This original slice ofThe Shiningended with a fade to black and an epilog :
According to a video consultation posted on the Unkrich ’s web site , Kubrick reportedly decided to recut the film based on feedback from Warner Bros. publicist Julian Senior . The film director sent out assistant to remove the scene from dozens of print that were bear witness in New York and Los Angeles ; all copy were ship back to Warner Bros. and destroyed .
The Overlook Hotelhas more pages andcontinuity Polaroidsfrom the deleted scene .
