The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | Wife's First Time Watching | Movie Reaction
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- This week we watch the winner of our "Most Requested Movies" poll, The Shawshank Redemption from 1994! This has always been one of my favorites and I'm glad Toni finally got to experience it as well!
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Those who don't like cinema have no imagination. Those who don't like this movie have no soul. A masterpiece.
This was one of my Dad's favorite movies. He absolutely LOVED the line "I guess I just miss my friend" because it reminded him of all of his friends who had passed away. My dad rarely drank, never smoked, and lived to 92 years of age before passing away almost two years ago. Now, Red's line resonates with me also:
I guess I just miss my friend.
I never thought I'd get choked up reading comments but this hit me. 😢 I'm so sorry for your loss! That was an awesome line in the movie.
Thank you for this comment. I miss my friend too, and this reminded me of that in a very cathartic way ❤.
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I get chills every time I hear Red say; "Get busy livin or get busy dying...that's god damn right."
right."
That is one of the greatest lines in movie history and in Morgan Freeman's voice, it's even that much more epic! 😀
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things!" Great line and so true.
100% agree! 😃
Funny that your wife asked if it was a scary movie sense Stephen King wrote it. Definitely one of the best movies out there
I think I felt the music felt a little scary to me. :) - Toni
The idea of prison rape horrifies me.
the book is more horrific but this screenplay was written by Frank Darabont who also wrote the same screenplay for The Green Mile.
As much as I want to recommend The Mist for her, I don't know if she can handle that one. But Misery is another really good King adaptation.
@@commsense1979 Misery is a great movie. I'm not going to give it a way, but one scene gets me every time I watch it.
This is a cinematic masterpiece, and a roller-coaster of emotion.
Great reaction.
She NEEDS to watch "The Green Mile" It is a must see movie.
If she watches Green Mile, I’m buying stock in Kleenex.
We're hoping to watch The Green Mile in March! 😀
@@popculturallychallenged Awesome. Make sure she is ready.
@@GaryLBlakeley I'll do my best! 😂
Plenty of movies way better than Green Mile it's good but come on
Andy's escape is so impressive to me. He came up with the idea very early on during his incarceration, and for the next 19 years, he patiently and meticulously worked on it, hiding all the evidence. Then, when the time finally came, he executed his escape flawlessly, vanishing without a trace, robbing the corrupt warden blind, exposing the crimes committed by the prison authorities, and left behind money and a letter for his best friend Red, whenever he was released.
And he accomplished it all without saying a single word about it to anyone, not even his best friend.
Totally agree!! It was a great story!! - Toni
Andy receives both Justice,and Revenge for himself,Tommy,and every inmate who have ever both abused by the corrupt Prison System.
Ironically he would have been dead after 25 yards from methane gas poisoning
Technically it was 17 years in the film- He got the idea 2 years after he came because he was carving his name in the wall.
He did what he had to do stay in that cell as well.
I was shocked that Toni didn't cry when Brooks hung himself.
This is an epic movie n i'm glad you guys reacted to it.
Also i have noticed in a couple of other reactions too how you put the actual value of whatever amount was at the time or if it is a different currency, it's a great detail.
I read the short story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" back in the 80s. It was included in a book called "Different Seasons" by Stephen King. It also had the story "The Body" in it, which was adapted into "Stand By Me." I loved SBM so much that I had to read the book, and Shawshank ended up being my favorite story of the four featured in the book. (If you haven't seen it, SBM is also a fantastic movie, highly recommended.)
Since I'd read the story, I knew that the escape was coming. That wasn't the surprise for me. (Spoilers ahead for those who haven't read the story but want to...)
In the novella, Andy's money and alternate identity had already been set up for him before he went to prison. When the screenplay was changed up to the make the money come from the warden's dirty business, the poetic justice was so incredibly satisfying that it made the movie better than the book. That doesn't happen often, IMO, just because there are so many more details included in books that can't be squeezed into movies with their time constraints. But changing that one detail elevates the movie. It was perfectly done.
I see that you'll be watching "The Green Mile" soon. I can't wait for your reaction to that one. Toni, you'll need a pallet of tissue, fair warning. I hope you'll add "Stand By Me" to your list as well. Three of the least Stephen King-y Stephen King stories, and they're my three favorites from him. Go figure. Have a great weekend!
We'll definitely have to add Stand By Me to the list! I saw it many, many years ago but Toni's never seen it. 😀 I think The Green Mile will be a rough one for Toni! 😭
Frank Darabont the director has been 3 for 3 in adapting Stephen King stories (Shawshank, Green Mile and The Mist). Speaking of making changes that ended up making it better, the ending Frank came up with for The Mist was so good (but unbelievably gut-wrenching) that even Stephen King said it was better than his own ending. That's a compliment right there!
Your wifes reaction was heart felt and genuine
Thumbs up for the "I don't know!"
I'm going to get a shirt with that printed on it! 😂
Oh man, if only more of us were gifted with a wife as empathetic as Toni. You've been truly blessed with her, friend.
11:38 "He's gonna make me cry..."
of course he's gonna make _you_ cry 😆
😂, he didn’t belong there…. - Toni
Shawshank and The Green Mile (1999) are movies always recommended when either one is watched first, because both are Stephen King stories directed by Frank Darabont, and about prison. If you haven't seen Green Mile, it's an awesome story and you'll like it as well. It stars Tom Hanks and some actors you're likely familiar with.
Agreed, The Green Mile is one of those movies that everyone should watch at least once in their life. After you see it though, you might not want to watch it again because of its emotional rollercoaster ride.
Thank you! We've actually gotten a lot of requests for The Green Mile so we've decided to add it to the schedule for next month. 😀
Stands By Me is almost just as epic. Stephen King's range as a storyteller and writer is something to behold
Great reaction to The Shawshank Redemption. One of the greatest of films ever. Legend has it that Stephen King gave Frank Darabont an option on the story for 1$, which in hindsight now seems like a smart move.
Also one more vote for The Green Mile. If Toni cried twice during TSR, she's going to need K boxes galore for The Green Mile.
Another iconic film that doesn't get reacted to as often as it should, is Kevin Costner's directorial debut, multi Oscar winner, Dances With Wolves. Theatrical cut. Personally I would never recommend an extended cut of anything for a first viewing.
@@pjftoo7588 After watching their first video of Toni's doing Field of Dreams, I invested in that K box company. Sales have gone up since and I figure they'll go thru the roof when they do Green Mile!! 😁
But seriously, I suggested the OTR (original theatrical release) of Dances and they will likely do it soon. I totally agree with you that anyone watching all these great movies should do the OTRs first, since all these "extended versions" and "Director's cuts" seem to drag movies down, making them _not_ as impressive as the originals.
I watched a different first-time reactor pair do the Close Encounters Of The Third Kind director's cut version and they were actually creeped out and had a negative vibe by that version. A totally different reaction than others doing the more positive OTR of Close Encounters.
I guess I better go buy another box of those K-tissues now, just in case they do Dances and Toni starts her waterworks since she gets me balling too! ✌😁
12:09 toni just glows when she smiles
☺️…. Thank you. - Toni
12:33 😮
professional gasp
lol… I need to calm down!!! 😂 - Toni
Toni's heart,,empathy and raw emotion is enough to melt any man's heart. You guys are a great couple and have great reactions.
Thank you!
Gallows humour is so dark and funny.
One of the best movies, great reaction!
Thank you!
7:09 david laughs 😆 toni wonders "Why did the lawyer do that?" 🤔
I get so easily confused….. 🙃 - Toni
When I first saw this, I thought that the story was about a phycological, internal fight many of us have and perhaps they built a story around it! Many times, I felt like Andy and Red both. Remember their talk when Andy talked about his dream of Mexico and Red telling him how those thoughts of the unattainable were dangerous. There is a part of me that wanted to be adventurous and take risks and another side wanted to be careful and stay where I was at for safety. This has been a recurring theme in my life.
I completely agree! I know there have been so many times where I've taken the "safe" option. 🙂
@@popculturallychallenged I really love the movie. The correlation I am trying to draw goes farther. Look at the other differences between Andy and Red. Andy does or tries to do what he perceives as "right" with little regard for ill consequences while Red most often, is thoughtful of outcomes and chooses to look the other way alleviating trouble for himself. Those moral conflicts were in my head always through life...get in the middle of something we see as wrong or look the other way, it isn't any of my business! I see this as a possible story of me...I am both Red and Andy or more accurately, Andy and Red are both alive in me! All the rest just represents the difficult life out there we all face. Maybe it is being Gemini that makes me see it this way?
I acted in Shawshank for two months the summer of 93. Great experience!
That's awesome! 😎👍
What part did you play?
In the original story, it was 26 years, not 19, and Andy escaped in the mid 1970s. He went through a succession of wardens, but the last one was the evil corrupt one. I forget how Red figured it out, but he calculated that Andy had his escape tunnel ready several years before he made his break and Red ponders as to why he waited before concluding that Andy had become institutionalized himself and just couldn't bring himself to go. What finally made him go was learning that the prison's sewer was scheduled to be hooked up to the local municipal sewer system and would then go through a pump, which of course he would not be able to crawl through, so it was now or never.
Oh wow! I may need to go read the book at some point. Sounds a lot different from the movie!
@@popculturallychallenged You won't be disappointed.
Some observations When Brooks leaves, the view of the camera is form the outside looking into the prison. Symbolic he left physically but not mentally, when Red leaves the view is from inside looking out! (He left) Also notice what book of the Bible the hammer was kept in? Exodus. Also when Red is Talking to Andy about him going to Mexico he says "these are just shitty pipe dreams"...
I hadn't even noticed that! Great observations! Thanks!
Most beautiful score I've ever heard.
Another great reaction 👏👏👏
Love how David plays along with Toni’s questions, whilst not giving anything away.
Toni’s yellow & grey ‘comfort blanket’ is just the sweetest thing
Not sure if you’ve done these, but please also consider:
Forrest Gump
Apollo 13
The Usual Suspects
Thanks 👍
Thank you for the kind words! ☺️ We'll add those to our list. Thanks!
It’s about Red’s redemption, that’s what the title makes reference to, and that’s why he is the narrator. Andy didn’t need redemption, he was innocent all along and punished for a crime he didn’t commit. Red wouldn’t allow himself to be hopeful until Andy showed him he too deserved a second chance in life.
Red’s words throughout the movie are “Hope is a dangerous thing”, and his final words in it (also the last words in the movie) are “I hope.”
Beautiful story.
Very beautiful story! I never realized Red's last words were "I hope". Thanks so cool! 😃
@@popculturallychallenged It was a great reaction. cheers!
It’s really good to see you two again. This is a great reaction to a wonderful movie. I sincerely enjoyed this - thank you.
I was told that in the book, when they expanded the library, they found a set of blueprints for the prison, and that is how Andy knew where the sewer line went.
That would make sense. I may need to read the book at some point!
In Steven King's novella prisoners were actually drinking warm beer, but they still were happy, since it was their first beer in decades
Warm beer seems more like what that guard would bring for them! 😂
Hey David and of course Miss Toni...you guys picked another great one for sure. I have to be honest and say that I actually was in prison for under 2 yrs back in 1990 for a brutal fight I got into, and it wasn't near that brutal, but when they "tossed" cells, they were not very nice about it, and would destroy your cell practically. There was some rapes and assaults too; usually against child predators. Fortunately, I spent my time reading, working out, and minding my own business. It wasn't 20 yrs, but that 2 yrs felt like 20, and when I got out I vowed to keep my nose clean, and here I sit at 57 yrs old and 33 yrs later...old, out of shape, and free; both inwardly and outwardly. Again, thanks guys for sharing with your YT family. Bless!
I’m sorry thru that!! Virtual hug to you and glad you never went back. Many blessing to you for sharing your story. - Toni
My favorite moment is when you hear harmonica in the sound track when Red finds the wall and tree near Buxton.
The prison in the opening scene was the Ohio State reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. The Cell block that you see is also hit Mansfield through informatory. Cell was also used in tango in cash and American president. The buildings on the streets were buildings in Mansfield, Ohio that were backdated to fit the time. Period the halfway house is actually the Bissman building. The market was a ENB market on fourth Street. The prison itself is now a museum where they hold murder mystery, and different things like that. I was fortunate enough to be one of the extras, the prison yard. The original premiere was held at the Renaissancetheater in Mansfield. At the age of 74, I still am thrilled when people see the movie for the first time. I am doing this voice to text so if there is some errors and blame the voice. Lol!
I watch this movie everytime it comes on, and have the DVD.
When brooks says I once saw a car when I was kid, now there everywhere......
Can you imagine how different the world was from when he went in? That's crazy!
Have been waiting for this one!!!
Hope you enjoyed it! It was a great movie!! - Toni
"I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying."
Fun Fact: Raquel Welch, whose One Million Years B.C. (1966) poster plays a significant role in the film, is a big fan of this movie.
Musical Enthusiast Fact: The opera song that Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) plays over the loud speakers is "Canzonetta sull'aria" from "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart. It was Tim Robbins' idea for Andy to turn up the volume of the record player in the scene.
Bird Timing Fact: When Andy goes to the library to begin work as Brooks' assistant and Brooks' crow, Jake, is squawking, Tim Robbins had to time his line so that the crow wouldn't squawk over him, since the bird could not be trained to squawk on cue. Robbins was able to time his line perfectly by learning the bird's squawking patterns, for which writer/director Frank Darabont praised him.
"The Marriage of Figaro " is a beautiful opera and one of my favorites.
I read most of the Stephen King novelas and novels before they were adapted to film.
Get busy living or get busy dying has to be one of my favorite movie lines ever! Thanks for the facts! Very interesting. I learn so much about the movies from you! Thank you!!
The opera music was beautiful! Now that I know what is, I'll have to add it to my playlist. 😀 I think I've heard that a lot of the Stephen King stories didn't turn out too well on film. Are there any movies based on his stories that you'd recommend?
You're welcome on the facts and trivia. It's my pleasure.
Not Stephen King movies, but there are some animated movies no one hardly ever reacts to that I like to suggest to you:
Wizards (1977)
The Hobbit (1977)
Heavy Metal (1981)
The Last Unicorn (1982)
The Flight Of Dragons (1982)
All five are available on UA-cam Movies channel to rent or buy, so no excuses about finding them.
I recommend recording the subtitles, since you might have mute some or all the music.
Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍
We added them to the list. I haven’t seen any of them. 🙂 - Toni
Fun fact: The head guard, Hadley, is also the man who voices Mr. Krabs on Spongebob
Oh cool! I need to go watch an episode now! 😂
Your "I don't know" when you clearly know is probably one of my favorite things about your reactions. You don't spoil it for her, but you sometimes fail at keeping a straight face for a moment. Love the reactions.
(Side note, I grew up in New England. You know if a rock doesn't belong. Heavily carved by the Wisconsin glaciation, or the last major ice age. Igneous (volcanic) rock is pretty much non-existent on the surface.)
Thank you! I try to keep from spoiling stuff for her. 😀
Gets me every time. Red’s redemption was hoping again.
Agreed! This is such a great movie!
FYI, in the novella that the story came from ("Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption") the character of "Red" was actually a red haired Irishman, so when Morgan Freeman said "maybe it's because I'm Irish" it was kind of a nod to the book.
Funny. - Toni 😌
Yes it was a real prison. Actually it was set to be demolished and was saved by this movie. Another cool fact is the room where Brooks took his life was filmed inside the prison as well.
I was there a few years ago, there were still albums strewn all over the library.
That castle style of prison was not uncommon in the 1800s. Stateville Prison in my hometown of Joliet, IL, is similar, constructed out of Joliet limestone dug from a nearby quarry.
That is so cool!!! All great information!! - Toni
Just want to add it is in Mansfield Ohio and they currently run tours and use it as a haunted house during the season. The Ohio State Reformatory.
(Toni sighs in relief) "I thought he was gonna hang himself."
David : "Hmmm" before displaying the most helpless conflicted expression of guilt and compassion ever seen.
😂😂😂😂
I have been trying to find movie reactions that I enjoyed and I love you two ...yall just both make the movie a bit more interesting thnx guys
Thank you! Welcome to the channel!
When Red tells Andy that going to Mexico is "shitty pipe dreams", it foreshadows Andy crawling through a pipe of shit to escape.
I had never put that together until you said it. 🤯
11:02 allegedly, this scene would not even have been included in the film because the beer drinking was recorded during a break in the filming, because the director liked the way the actors drank beer during the break in the filming, so it was included in the film, and the prison where the film takes place is still a prison only where the part where the film was made is not working, it can still be visited today (if true) rambo 1 and 4 are good films, the rest are not so good
That’s so cool!! It would be so cool to visit! - Toni
i have watched reactions on this movie many times, i love your guys emotion, tuff i know to watch, but great reaction x
Thank you!!! So glad you got to watch with us. 😊 -Toni
Everybody always cries when they see Brooks' room...
That was so sad... - Toni 😢
You guys watch all my favorite movies! I love Toni's reactions.
Thank you and I hope you have subscribed. Best way to show us some support. Subcribe, comment and share. - Toni ☺️
it's very interesting the actor who played the guard doing all the bad things is a surprisingly nice guy
Good actor! He played a bad guy very well! If you had said he was a jerk in real life I would have believed you! 🤣
Great movie! The best, in my view. Glad to see you both enjoyed it and I had fun watching it with you.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😃
You should watch the different interviews with Tim Robbins (Andy), Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton (Warden Norton), Clancy Brown (guard Byron Hadley), James Whitmore (Brooks), Mark Rolston (Bogs) and Gil Bellows (Tommy), they’re very interesting.
Gunton was a stage actor and hadn’t been in many movies so it took some doing to even get him the audition; at the time he was shooting Demolition Man with Sylvester Stallone for which he had to shave his head so he auditioned completely bald, it went well but then they wanted to screen-test him so the studio got a “very expensive” wig and flew him to NY where he read his lines with Tim Robbins. He actually did the first part of the movie wearing the wig, which I must admit was worth every penny because I always thought it was his real hair combed back like they did in the 50’s, then by the time they had to shoot scenes in the 60’s his real hair had grown out and was naturally gray and like a crew cut which was the cop look of the 60’s so it looked perfect for the effect they wanted.
Rolston (Bogs) said they rehearsed the movie like a play, instead of just reading the lines at the table reading with the other actors and then rehearsing the scenes prior to shooting them, they rehearsed all the scenes for weeks first, so by the time the shooting started they were all very familiar with their characters and knew exactly what they were doing.
When Andy first arrives at Shawshank there’s a young black man teasing them doing the fish-rolling motion with his hands while everyone chants “fresh fish”, that’s Morgan Freeman’s son Alfonso who is also young Red’s face in the mug shot in Red’s folder.
Director Frank Darabont also directed The Green Mile and cast a few actors in both movies; William Sadler (Heywood) is the father of the girls, Jeffrey DeMunn (the prosecutor in Andy’s trial) is Harry the mile guard, and Brian Libby (Floyd, the guy who tells Andy and Red that Brooks is attacking Heywood) is the sheriff who arrests John Coffey.
Thanks for the info! 😀
grew up watching it and love it
It’s a good one! - Toni
Great reaction to a great movie. Glad to see you'll be doing The Green Mile too, as that's equally as great. You should also consider adding The Mist to your list. It's the third Frank Darabont movie based on a Stephen King story, but it's very different from the other two.
Keep up the great reactions! I'm now subbed.
Thank you! And welcome to the channel! We've added The Mist to our list!
Fun fact Captain Byron Hadley is Clancy Brown The voice for Mr Krabs
Interesting, thank you. - Toni 🤓
My fave movie of all time! Great reaction!! Brooks’ demise and the last scene- gets me every time!
It was a great movie!! - Toni
you have a great movie selection.. You have reviewed alot of my fav movies in such a short time
Thanks for the sub! Welcome to the channel! 😃
This was filmed at the Ohio State reformatory. It was a real prison but closed down and now they do tours/ghost hunting.
I would love to visit! - Toni
I’m from Columbus Ohio.
If you’re ever in Mansfield Ohio…an hour north of Columbus you can visit the actual prison “Ohio State Reformatory” where a lot of the movie was filmed.
The prison dates back to the 1800’s and there is stuff from the film in the prison that you can see when you tour the prison.
It’s also supposedly haunted and they have “ghost tours” at Halloween.
You can also see filming locations around Mansfield.
Cool vlog 😎😎😎
Thanks @Black Hole Odyssey!! I would love to be able to visit the prison for a tour. We have it on our bucket list already. 😉 - Toni
@@popculturallychallenged very welcome!!
Notice the camera is facing out when Red leaves the prison, in back (in) when Brooks leaves.
Thanks!
Love your reaction to this classic masterpiece. Btw has anyone told the missus she looks like Carrie Fisher? Gorgeous! The best to you both and the folks in the comment section.
Thanks. No one has ever said that before but isn’t Carrie Fisher from Star Wars? Maybe that’s why David fell in love with me….. he is a huge fan. 😊 - Toni
@@popculturallychallenged indeed, she played Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies. Hope you both have a great day and keep the reactions coming.
Remember, "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies." That's the theme that runs through it, right from when Brooks feeds Jake the bird.....
I love that theme! 🥰
finally you guys reacted to this absolute masterpiece, I was soo looking forward to your reaction to it :))
Thank you! We hope you enjoyed it! 😃
@@popculturallychallenged certainly did hahaha, keep up the great work 😁
This is a great movie! Thank you guys!
Agreed! This movie was incredible!
Trivia: Several real life prison guards offered to meet with Clancy Brown (Hadley) and give him advice on how to play his part to make it more authentic, but Brown turned them down because he was playing an evil character and he didn't want it to reflect negatively on them.
Even though they were playing evil characters, Bob Gunton (The Warden) and Clancy Brown (Hadley) got along very well with the other cast members.
Tom Hanks and James Cromwell were offered the roles of Andy Dufresne and the Warden, respectively. But they both turned them down. They both later appeared in "The Green Mile", another prison movie from Frank Darabont based on a Stephen King novel. Both movies were about a man sent to prison for a brutal murder, who later turned out to be innocent.
Jeffrey DeMunn (The prosecuting attorney at the beginning of the movie) and William Sadler (Haywood) both appeared in "The Green Mile". John Horton (The judge who sentenced Andy) appeared in "Thinner", another movie based on a Stephen King novel.
Thanks for the info! We watched The Green Mile on the channel a while back and really enjoyed that one!
@popculturallychallenged You're welcome. That was a great movie
The building used in the movie is the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio
We'd like to visit it someday. It was mentioned in the comments that they have tours! 😃
One of the best movies ever! A few recommendations if you haven't seen them: Snatch, Good Will Hunting and Get Shorty/Be Cool (sequel).
Cool! We've added them to our list! thanks!
It was The Ohio State Reformatory prison in Mansfield, Ohio. Built in 1886 and closed in 1990. The have tours there now since it was made famous by this movie.
That's cool! We'd like to visit it someday! 😃
What got me was unbeknownst to the warden he actually helped Andy get the documents he needed
A piece of trivia about this movie … they actor who plays Captain Hadley (the main guard) is played by Clancy Brown … He’s also the voice of Mr. Krabbs on SpongeBob.
Oh cool! 😂
Awesome reaction to a great film! Many don't know that this was based on a Stephen King novel.
Thank you!
Your wife has such a beautiful heart, so much empathy. ❤
Thank you so much!
3.4 million today
If you don't cry watching Shawshank then you have no soul!
Also RIP Miss Fuzzy Breeches.
Very true! 😂
The "we're reel'n 'em in" guy in the crowd at Andy's arrival is Morgan Freeman's son. He also provides Red's booking photos seen at his parole hearings.
That's cool! Thanks! 😃
Another good reaction. To me, this movie was about hope ... and just as much about Red as it was about Andy.
- As Red goes through each parole hearing you can see him losing hope.
- During the scene where Andy gets out of isolation (from playing the music to the entire prison) and tells Red about "hope", Red tells Andy that "hope is a dangerous thing."
Then comes the wonderful line from Red as he's riding the bus ... "I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope."
That's so cool! I didn't realize how many times Red used the word hope at the end! It makes it that much more impactful! 🙂
In the book, that was the last scene. Reportedly, King liked Darabont's ending better here, as well as Darabont's ending in The Mist.
great editing.. showing the best bits
Thank you!! 😀
Whenever Hadley takes his hat off, somebody is about to get beat up.
It's crazy how right after Brook's dies that they bring us right back up with the library news. Such a roller coaster ride!.... I heard somebody comment before that the Opera Andy played had to do with a cheating spouse.
That's cool! I wondered what the opera was about! 😃
This was filmed at a real former Prison in Central Ohio. They give Shawshank tours there.
I would love to visit!! - Toni
Great Reaction! Wifey is a softy like me. I choked up with her. The Green Mile is a another good prison movie too.
Thank you! We have The Green Mile on the schedule for next month! 😃
Love watching your guys reactions, next movie you guys need to watch is The pianist, very powerful and emotional movie
Thanks, we added tot he list. :)
Toni caught something right away that nagged at me a bit, watching the movie: The sewer pipe. It should not have erupted under pressure in the first place, flowing under gravity to the outside ditch (dramatic/gross-out effect). But after it did, the **** would have remained pooled in the pipe. And Hopefully, when working detail outside the prison, Andy was able to confirm that there wasn't a metal grate at the far end, or his claustrophobia might become a 'lifetime experience' (!!).
Brooks, of course, was played by the late, great James Whitmore, who passed in 2009 (age 87) after being in another 7 movies after this one !
Good point! That would have been horrible to crawl through 500 yards of sewage only to find the end sealed off with a grate!
Another one that never gets old… brilliant… ❤
It's definitely a classic! 😃
"The Shawshank Redemption": A tale about Hope, Friendship, and The Count of Monte Cristo. 28:57 A little-known song for Andy Dufresne: ua-cam.com/video/5-fcvnYDEJ0/v-deo.html 32:50 A song for Warden Norton: ua-cam.com/video/JDNd81-QQHs/v-deo.html 37:25 A song for Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding: ua-cam.com/video/i1LvlKvr3B4/v-deo.html
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1:06 "I don't know." 👍🏼😎
nice
Makes me crazy!!
that is a real prison - Mansfield reformatory in Mansfield, ohio. they do tours throughout the year and haunted tours & overnights around halloween!
Oh that's cool! We may need to take a road trip!! 😀
Well. Its official. This is my favorite movie reaction channel
Thank you so much!! 😃
It was filmed in Ohio at the Mansfield Reformatory.
It was a real prison that they filmed in. It hadn't been used for years. In the book, Jake, the bird returns to the prison.
That's cool! 😀
"Wouldn't they have investigated?"
Maybe Andy figured Norton had the police bribed, or at least enough of them that he didn't need to worry. He does the warden's books, after all.
Sending it directly to the press forced the issue of bringing the law down on Norton's head, lest law enforcement be exposed for their complicity in things.
At least, that's what I figure.
Thank make sense too. Thank you for sharing with us. - Toni 😊
It was a story about friendship -- hell, a love story -- between two straight men, unusual in American literature.........and written by Stephen King! Thanks for posting...........
It was a great movie!
They guy "reelin them in" at the start is Morgan Feeman's son in real life.
REALLY?!?!, I'm going to have to go back and see that again. - Toni 😊
I only just realized this time how lucky Andy had to be, to have a cell at the end of a row where he could tunnel through one wall to find a way out. Because he wasn't on the ground floor, so if his cell was not at the end of a row, he couldn't have tunneled anywhere. Not through a wall or through the floor either.
So true!!! Now that you mention, surprisingly he wasn’t moved in 19 years. - Toni
If end cell on the ground floor maybe he still could have tunneled through the wall: He had to climb Down a fair distance to reach the sewer pipe.
One thing most miss is that this is a Stephen King story. Andy ***did*** kill his wife. Origionally the box for Red contained the gun before Andy escaped he replaced the gun with what he left for Red. Andy corrupted the guards and the warden to AID in his escape. Watch it again with that perspective and it becomes a much darker movie.
I may have to check out the book at some point! 😃
The director, Frank Darabont, has directed three movies based on Stephen King books and all of them are excellent: Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and The Mist. The Mist is sort of a science fiction story but done so well. The ending will rip your heart out, stomp on it, set it on fire and bury it deep in the ground. So be ready!
We've watched Shawshank and Green Mile. We'll have to check out The Mist at some point!
35:20 "I hope he makes it."
Oh, that's so on the point, Toni, nice. :)
Thank you! 🥰
Just imagine getting to the end of the 500 yard poop tube and finding a welded, iron grate on the end.
I thought about that too!! The only thing I can think is that on one of their jobs when they left the prison, maybe Andy saw the drainage tunnel and confirmed that it wasn't shut. 😀
Back in the 1960's water pollution wasn't on anybody's radar. Putting a grate over a sewage drainpipe would be a bad idea, since "various toilet objects" would collect and stop it from "going to the sea."
It's a real prison..it's call Mansfield Reformatory..it's open for tours most days and used to have a haunted house..it's worth seeing
Cool! That would be so cool to visit!
Love Morgan Freeman voice and narration in this movie
Agree! He was incredible!
This was the first movie in which Morgan Freeman was credited as Narrator
Ok!!! Gotta do Good Will Hunting!!
David is adding it to the list! Thank you! - Toni