Groovy History - Shelley Duvall and Jack Nicholson filming the baseball bat scene in "The Shining." Director Stanley Kubrick demanded 127 takes of this scene, the stress caused Duvall to lose clumps
![BaseballHistoryNut on Twitter: "Pretty fun tidbit. The bat Shelley Duvall holding in the shining, is a Carl Yastrzemski bat https://t.co/RdEaTyll9K" / Twitter BaseballHistoryNut on Twitter: "Pretty fun tidbit. The bat Shelley Duvall holding in the shining, is a Carl Yastrzemski bat https://t.co/RdEaTyll9K" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvMNPzLXUAkpqzW.jpg)
BaseballHistoryNut on Twitter: "Pretty fun tidbit. The bat Shelley Duvall holding in the shining, is a Carl Yastrzemski bat https://t.co/RdEaTyll9K" / Twitter
This baseball bat scene from Kubrick's 'The Shining' went for 127 takes before getting it right. Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall went through mental and physical trauma to reach that craziness level
![Shelley Duvall, 1970) Duvall was forced to do the famous baseball bat scene 127 times. : r/StanleyKubrick Shelley Duvall, 1970) Duvall was forced to do the famous baseball bat scene 127 times. : r/StanleyKubrick](https://preview.redd.it/shelley-duvall-1970-v0-h9s6wy2ur7v91.jpg?auto=webp&s=11acc0bdb5a9b776e50720076fcffe209e1e4fd1)
Shelley Duvall, 1970) Duvall was forced to do the famous baseball bat scene 127 times. : r/StanleyKubrick
![The staircase scene from The Shining (1980) was shot 127 times due to director Stanley Kubrick's perfectionism, making it the scene with the most takes ever with spoken dialogue, according to the The staircase scene from The Shining (1980) was shot 127 times due to director Stanley Kubrick's perfectionism, making it the scene with the most takes ever with spoken dialogue, according to the](https://external-preview.redd.it/bleylPKZnpfVluugnpdhbsjkS0PzBjctPX28fmYLe7c.png?format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=834d662c4da49539301f578b262938311fa8ed81)