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Jack is the husband of [[Wendy Torrance]] and father of [[Danny Torrance]]; he was an author and former teacher who accepts a position as winter caretaker of the [[Overlook Hotel]] in [[Colorado]] so he has an opportunity to finish his book. The evil spirits which inhabit the hotel drive him crazy and force him to attempt to murder his family with an axe. However, Danny also has some psychic ability which he uses to try to protect Jack. They escape, but unfortunately, Jack regains his sanity too late and the hotel boiler explodes killing him along with destroying the hotel. In the movie, directed by Stanley Kubrick, Jack (played by Jack Nicholson) freezes to death after chasing Danny into an hedge maze and getting lost. The television version, which is truer to the book, Jack is played by Steven Weber. |
Jack is the husband of [[Wendy Torrance]] and father of [[Danny Torrance]]; he was an author and former teacher who accepts a position as winter caretaker of the [[Overlook Hotel]] in [[Colorado]] so he has an opportunity to finish his book. The evil spirits which inhabit the hotel drive him crazy and force him to attempt to murder his family with an axe. However, Danny also has some psychic ability which he uses to try to protect Jack. They escape, but unfortunately, Jack regains his sanity too late and the hotel boiler explodes killing him along with destroying the hotel. In the movie, directed by Stanley Kubrick, Jack (played by Jack Nicholson) freezes to death after chasing Danny into an hedge maze and getting lost. The television version, which is truer to the book, Jack is played by Steven Weber. |
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* ''[[The Shining]]'' |
* ''[[The Shining]]'' |
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[[Category:Characters|Torrance, Jack]] |
[[Category:Characters|Torrance, Jack]] |
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[[Category:Males|Torrance, Jack]] |
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Revision as of 03:45, 12 April 2013
Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in the 1980 film adaptation of The Shining.
John Daniel "Jack" Torrance was the antagonist in the novel The Shining and the 1980 film adaptation by Stanley Kubrick.
Biography
Jack is the husband of Wendy Torrance and father of Danny Torrance; he was an author and former teacher who accepts a position as winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in Colorado so he has an opportunity to finish his book. The evil spirits which inhabit the hotel drive him crazy and force him to attempt to murder his family with an axe. However, Danny also has some psychic ability which he uses to try to protect Jack. They escape, but unfortunately, Jack regains his sanity too late and the hotel boiler explodes killing him along with destroying the hotel. In the movie, directed by Stanley Kubrick, Jack (played by Jack Nicholson) freezes to death after chasing Danny into an hedge maze and getting lost. The television version, which is truer to the book, Jack is played by Steven Weber.