- Here's Johnny!
- Aaah!
Have you ever wondered which scene in 'The Shining' took the most takes to film?
Or how many ways Kubrick hid obvious references
to his involvement in filming the Apollo 11 moon landing?
Then boy, do we have a video for you.
In preparation for the release of the official sequel, 'Doctor Sleep',
we got lost in a hedge maze of conspiracy theories and documentaries
to bring you this unsettling edition of "By the Numbers".
Graphic content warning: this video is [bleep]ing insane.
- ...and it looks fake. It really does.
It's well-documented that director Stanley Kubrick was a perfectionist
and demanded multiple takes during production,
especially when actors were literally just walking.
For example, it took Shelley Duvall 35 takes to run up this single flight of stairs,
40 takes for Scatman Crothers to approach a door,
and 85 takes to walk through this kitchen.
It took 50 takes to get this ball to roll exactly right into the frame,
60 takes of this zoom shot into Scatman's face,
which made him cry with exhaustion. Like, actually cry.
- You see tears, they will be tears of joy.
And for the longest time, it was rumored that this infamous scene held the
Guinness World Record for most takes in a film at 127.
But, hold it right there.
The Steadicam operator, Garrett Brown, confirmed in the DVD commentary
that the actual number was only between 35 and 45.
But he followed that up by topping this alleged number claiming that
Scatman Crothers' closeup coverage for this scene took 148 takes.
- I thought, 'Why do you want to do this to me? How can you do this to me?'
Oh and, by the way, did you realize that Stanley Kubrick
was apparently trying to communicate the massacre of the Native Americans
through subliminal imagery?
Well, this is just one of three major conspiracy theories
put forth by 'Shining' enthusiasts.
Native American imagery is scattered throughout the film
including one can of Calumet Baking Powder in this scene,
six in this scene,
and the plight of Native Americans is referenced twice in dialogue.
- They're located on an Indian burial ground...
And how about that Apollo 11 moon landing?
Sorry Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin and whoever else allegedly flew
237,000 miles to the moon.
Hey, that number looks familiar.
It's room 237, which Kubrick changed from room 217 in the book.
Why'd he do that?
It's because he's admitting to faking the moon landing.
Do you want MORE proof?
Switch these three letters around on the room 237 key.
Moon. Room. 237. Case closed.
(laughing)
Of Kubrick's 55 unrealized projects,
one of them, we kid you not, was an adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings"
starring The Beatles,
several of these projects also explored the atrocities of World War II,
imagery of which can be seen throughout 'The Shining',
like how Jack types on a German brand typewriter (which is seen in two different colors),
and it's an Adler typewriter, which in German means "eagle",
and there are two other references to eagles in the film,
and Kubrick allegedly hid references to the horrific year in which the Final Solution
began in 1942.
And that brings us to the number "42".
- You've got a big surprise comin' to you! Hahahaha!
42 on Danny's shirt,
42 cars and trucks in the parking lot in the beginning,
42 on Scatman's license plate,
they're watching the 24-minute mark of the film 'Summer of '42' in this scene.
Yes, we really watched this movie and confirmed this stat.
And just look at room 237!
The product of 2, 3, and 7 is 42.
In the original cut, you see room 237 at the 42 minute mark.
These barstools: arranged in 4 and 2.
42 characters in "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy", including spaces.
Jack Nicholson was 42 years old during filming.
Wendy swung her bat 41 times,
Danny said "redrum" 43 times,
and if you average the two together, what do you get?
42.
And hey, what do you get when you divide 42 by 2? 21!
1921 on the picture frame at the end.
21 framed photos hanging on the wall.
And if you reverse 21, you get 12,
which is the sum of 2, 3, and 7,
and the intertitle screens of 8am and 4pm.
The shortwave radio is KDK 12.
12 pounds of turkey in the freezer,
and both 42 and 21 are multiples of 7.
The hotel was bult in 1907.
That photo at the end, again, July, the 7th month,
and there are 6 cases of 7up in this shot.
6 times 7up equals 42.
There are numbers everywhere.
They're all around us.
Danny's dart score is 16.
Jack hit this door with his axe 18 times.
During shooting he destroyed 60 doors.
The steadicam weighed 60 pounds.
Actor Joe Turkel worked with Kubrick 3 times.
Shelley Duvall has two eyes!
There's a set of twins in there too. They're dead.
Stanley Kubrick made his assistant type out "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"
across 500 pages, as well as in five different languages
for various foreign releases with their own unique, nonsensical phrase.
And don't think they stopped when they released 'Doctor Sleep'.
It premieres in 2019, which is 42 years after the original publication of 'The Shining'.
Dear God, what does it all mean?
- Aaaaaauuugh!
OK, so, hear me out: Disney's 'Frozen' and 'The Shining' are the same movie.
Frozen people!
Danny and Anna ride bikes in a hallway!
Olaf is Wendy!
Kristoff is Scatman Crothers.
Escape through a window in snow.
Elsa and Jack walk up a flight of stairs-- wait, wait, wait! I'm not done! I'm not done!
(singing) - Let it go Let it go