The Shawshank Redemption REACTION (First Time Watching)
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Brooks has a pet bird
Ellie : crying her eyes out
Brooks kills himself
Ellie: "how did that happen?"
Always the most unpredictable reactions haha
Then she cries again when Andy plays the music over the speakers.
LMAO. She cracks me up with her random emotional outbursts. 😂
Yeah, I think she didnt even realize what happened? Kinda weird
Yea, it reminded me of that Seinfeld episode where that woman was told her grandmother died and brushed it off as no big deal but later she dropped her hotdog and started blubbering.
I think that was lost in translation. Pretty sure she was wondering why, not how.
@@JeepersCreepers2013 I could be wrong but I assume its because of the way the scene is edited.. when he steps on the chair he doesnt have a noose around his throat so when the chair tips over and all the sudden hes hanging it didnt make sense to her
Probably the most satisfying ending to a movie in movie history.
Made all the better that it's a half-hour long happy ending.
Yeah, its a shame you can only reallllly experience it once. Lovely movie in all aspects though
@Rob van Kol give me a title pls
ABSOLUTELY🥲🥰!! My favorite movie😍!!
I'm subscribing for Ellie because her crying make me feel like humanity still has a heart.
I watched her reaction to Shindler's List. I cried most of the time watching her.
The $370,000 that Andy collected is equivalent to nearly $3 million today.
Yeah, inflation is a bitch.
it's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more than that.... you think inflation from that time is only x10?....i mean, a house that was 20k back then in NY is like a million now
@@notimportant3686 True but that's also because houses in NY is incredibly expensive today as well
$370.000 in 1947 is approximately $4.4mil today (dec 2020), according to DollarTimes.com.
@@mickesmanymovies except he escaped with the money in 1966
A life sentence may get out in 20 years, with very good behavior. 2 life sentences means you’d do at least 40 years, minimum. Then there’s life with no possibility of parole, which is a real life sentence.
That’s why when Red was in the parole hearing, they said you’ve served 20 years of a life sentence, and they were reviewing his case to see if he would get parole.
There is also the reason that if for some reason he was acquitted of 1 life sentence he would still have to serve the other.
Courts will also sometimes intentionally give an impossibly long sentence no one could hope to fulfill, simply to emphasize the wrongness of the crime. For example, a cop who sexually assaulted something like a dozen women in his custody was given a sentence of 263 years.
@@mikemantle Agreed. I was looking for this comment.
Two life sentences, that dude was so bad, when he dies and is reincarnated, that dude also has a life sentence. - Tom Segura
Lmfao, Ellie already crying by the maggot/bird scene, I love that raw emotion, never change.
I too love that she never seems to get desensitize even with all these movies.
One of the greatest movies ever made. As others have said, The Green Mile next (or soon)!
Definitely want to see her reactions to the Green Mile
The greatest**
Both Stephen King
I've seen some Europeans react that this is stupid because of the happy ending. I think French and English expect terrible endings.
bring out the tissues
This is a Stephen King story. One of the greatest horror novelist's ever. So is The Green Mile.
Both movies are also directed, and the screenplay adapted, by the same man. Frank Darabont.
The Shining and It
@@gahrie the walking dead tv show creator.
Also the classic film Stand By Me.
@DougMcHead No wonder those movies are masterpieces.
I enjoyed your perspectives. I worked in a state prison for a while. One of the men on my caseload was someone with some psychosis, was baseline suicidal (as soon as he arrived to our unit we had to put him on suicide watch), and he was showing early signs of dementia. He was coming up for parole and he started to obsess on that (about not being able to make it outside the prison because he had lived most of his life in prison). About a month after I left the prison, he had a suicide attempt. Now most of the time, the guys in the unit were able to stop him (they took care of him because they knew he wasn't well). This time he had gotten past them. They finally sent him to the mental health inpatient unit that I had been trying to get him in). Becoming institutionalized is very much a thing. Now, a days, they can't smoke in the prison (not even staff), so it's harder to use that as "cash" but they do use other options. One time the officers busted a guy for a distillery that they had created in the prison. It was amazing to see how they built it. And the sugar they used (because they didn't have it in the kitchen) was Jelly packs and Christmas candy.
Prisons now a days are also supposed to work on rehabilitation. And while there are "good" and "bad" prisons, the prisoners do have access to library's, music, computer lessons (not hooked up to the internet), GEDs, counseling, . . . . They have what are called J4 players (kind of like a walkman but they are able to download music to them and I think now, books and such). They do have TVs with limited channels (besides the TV in the common areas). The prison I worked out, the prisoners were learning culinary skills so they would cook for us. And there was some food that was not too bad. Now, that being said. Prison is still not great and there is a lot of fights, shanking, gang behavior, . . . . But it was a good experience for me. It also strengthened my thoughts about needing sentencing reform.
This was a great Stephen King movie and I second The Green Mile or Stand By Me (also Stephen King movies).
Brooks was such a sweetheart, his release and suicide made my bawl my eyes out
One of the best films ever made. Rewatch it sometime, when you can. A lot of little details. One of my favorite moments is when the warden questions Andy about bible passages, and when the warden hands him back the bible he says "salvation lies within"... Welp, that was the bible that Andy kept his hammer in, so technically, his salvation and freedom WAS in that bible.
And further more, the first page before where the hammer had been stored, was the beginning of the book of "Exodus."
I like how suddenly that scene becomes really tense when you watch the movie a _second_ time because the Warden comes close to opening it.
when Brooks is released, the camera is pointing back at the prison, indicating his connection to it and reluctance to leave. When Red leaves, the camera points out of the prison towards freedom, because Red hasn't yet been institutionalised.
The scene where Brooks is on the bus leaving the prison area. He is seen holding onto the bars giving us more idea that he is still holding on to his old life behind bars. The scene of Reds bus ride home shows him holding onto his bag and not the bars in front of him.
This scene drastically compares Red and Brooks and how Red is able to leave his prison life behind and foreshadows to audiences that Red will not face the same ending as Brooks.
I was going to suggest "The Green Mile" but it seems EVERYONE beat me to it.
The Shawshank redemption isn’t about Andy’s redemption. It’s about Reds... he’s the the only guilty person. Andy teaches him that he can be redeemed and hope is a good thing.
I always took it to mean the prison itself getting redeemed. With Andy getting books and music and overthrowing the corrupt warden, he changes the prison for the better and redeems it
300k in 1960s Dollars is roughly 2.5-3 million in 2020 US Dollars.
I wonder if the same IRS tax code still exists?!?!
It will also go much farther in Mexico than it will in the United States.
'normal people don't think the other people can go so low' -- truth, and the ruination of so many
You are so wise, Ellie. Good people cannot conceive Evil.
the gap Andy crawls into is called the "wetwall"; it is where all the plumbing for that part of the prison goes.
Yea it also goes hand in hand with how little the Warden cared about the prison conditon and the living condition of the prisoners. Andy used the wardens own methods against him!
The actual story is called "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption." And appeared in the collection "Different Seasons: but you can purchase the novella separately now.
No, it's called "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" without "the" in there.
And the story ending, was different then the movie, and Stephen King wanted to movie to end as it did.
The other stories in Different Seasons are also worth reading
370,000 dollars in 1968 is the equivalent of around 2,800,000 dollars today. When you consider he’s living in Mexico it’d be worth well over 6 or 7 million.
Edit: This is taken from a Stephen King story. It’s not based on anything real.
Mexico in the 60's was very overvaulated. It lead to a lot of loas of capital, but my point being: it would've been as expensive as the us for andy, even worse if he imported anything. You're thinking of post 1978 mexico
I think your patreon contributors must be playing a big game of "Let's make Ellie cry" with some of these movie choices :D
Yes yes yes!!!!! 😔 I don’t know why they want me to cry not smile ....?! Sadist ? 😂
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This movie is no 1 on IMDB list in terms of best movie of all times, even before Godfather
This beautiful and sweet woman would not make it through The Green Mile without crying herself dry. haha
Don't forget the time they lived in , at that time , this amount of money was huge.
$1 in 1967 is worth $7.79 today .
$ 370 000 x $ 7.79 = $ 2 882 300
@@torchlight3173 and probably will last longer in Mexico as well...
I hope you’ll react to The Green Mile. It’s one of the few movies that still makes me cry every time I see it.
Also written by the same author for this movie!
@@Birrrrra and same director!
It made me cry too. Since it's such a bad movie. But apparently outdated racist tropes still work on plenty of (white) people.
@@zammmerjammer Why do you think that is?
@@zammmerjammer - I’m going to guess that you’re trolling, but in the event that I’m wrong, I’m going to disagree with you. It is a period film, so the race of one of the main characters is relevant. However, as the movie progresses, race is more of a quaternary character aspect. If the novel and movie had been written to where the character’s race had been different, it would offer very little change to the overall plot, and would still yield the same emotional reaction.
When she screamed BASTARD at the warden... I felt that. 😂
Fun fact the guy who plays hadly also is the voice of mr krabs from spongebob.
Its Clancy Brown
Indeed. He is also the original voice actor of Uka Uka in Crash Bandicoot 3.
The actor who plays Warden Norton is named Bob Gunton and he is a highly decorated Vietnam veteran (Sargeant) who served with the 101st Airborne.
I just added watching a movie with Ellie to my bucket list. What a beautiful soul.
watching Ellie cry is one of the most emotional things ever
This movie is based off a Stephen King book. Another King movie in this similar vein is "The Green Mile". Great movie.
"The Body," another novella from the same collection as "Shawshank," became Stand By Me. (It was Different Seasons. Shawshank was "Spring of Hope" and The Body was "Fall from Innocence.")
@@babs3241 Stand by me is my 2nd favourite film after shawshank with green mile coming in 3rd , the fade out of River Phoenix's char gets me every time
I always loved Andy's sense of humor by starting his secret rock hammer compartment at the beginning of the Book of Exodus.
Red wasn't a free man, probation means you have to go to office every week/month and tell them what you are doing now, where you work, etc.
Take random drug test
Parole, not probation..
Ellie is the most beautiful woman.
She also has the most beautiful
armpits
Yes she is. Absolutely beautiful.
@@wtfisditvoorbullshit 100% agree!
The fact she doesn’t understand brooks killing himself with the scene just before that explaining his thoughts baffles me.
“I thought it would be sad, but it’s not sad”
Famous last words 😂
The photo used for Red as a young man when he was introduced is actually Morgan Freeman's son in costume for the movie! Really nice detail.
Poor Brookes. His life had become prison, when free'd he couldn't rejoin the world that he no longer understood and saw the only way out as death
This is one of the best movies of all time!
This movie was filmed in a small town near where I live. I got to tour the all too real prison it was filmed in, called the Mansfield Reformatory earlier this year. It was fantastic.
The first half of the tour is about the filming of the movie, Stephen King's story, and the impact the production had on the local town (Mansfield). The second half was just walking through the most fucked up parts of the prison. Truly terrifying.
FYI, they featured this place on Mysteries Of The Abandoned; It was set for demolition after being shut down for years, and the producers literally stepped in at the last minute and bought it out for the production of Shawshank as they loved the feel of the place for the story setting's era. Ended up helping you having your tour, otherwise it would have been razed to the ground and ended up a site for a mall or something. ;) Cool that you got to see it. :)
Ellie is such a doll. Larry is a good dude.
I really hope you guys will watch The Green Mile next.
I’d love to see that too.
The Green Mle is a work of art and Stephen Kings best work, in my opinion.
@@MrGlass-vo3oy The Green Mile trades in hokey racist tropes and is unwatchable tripe.
@@zammmerjammer Spoken like a true racist.
The Shawshank Redemption > The Green Mile.
In Each State In America they have their own Laws ( similar to each state but maybe a little different ) and a LIFE SENTENCE in one state may be 30 years or 40 years or 50 years. In many states if you do at least HALF of your time you are eligible for PARAOL ( it does not mean you will be paroled but you might be ) . So if you do 40 years, in 20 years you might be eligible for parole or 2 x 40 BACK TO BACK would mean you have to be in at least 40 years before you are eligible for parole. Some states say a LIFE SENTANCE WITH NO CHANCE FOR PARAOLE which means they have to do ALL OF THE TIME they were sentenced for 2 x 40 years would mean they have to do ALL 80 years and then get out IF THEY ARE STILL ALIVE. SOME STATES require they have to do 3 quarters of the time 3/4 then be eligible. Some states might even be LESS TIME. IF THEY GO TO FEDERAL PRISON they have to do 3/4 of the time or more minimum before eligible. If you are on PAROLE and you VIOLATE PAROLE you can be sent back to finish out all of the rest of your time. In this time period there was no computer systems not an easy way to track down people and he was out of the country AND NOT GUILTY and he had documents to prove now he was someone else so ANDY would probably never be found or sent back.
I nearly thought there would have been a cultural clash between Bulgaria and America for you to react to. Instead, you comprehended this film very well and your reactions for this film was the best I’ve ever seen!!!
The best reaction to one of the best films of all time. What an array of emotions! Thanks for this.
The Green Mile and Dolores Claiborne are 2 very good Stephen King adaptations. As good as he is writing horror stories, the man is a great novelist all around.
You're right about solitary confinement. It's torture. I spent over 10 years in prison with many stints in segregation for fighting and other infractions but nothing compared to a month of solitary in Menard prison.
Ellie, it's always fun watching movies through your eyes. In the case of Shawshank, though, your reactions were ESPECIALLY charming and heartbreaking, by turns. In general, all of the Homies seem like the kind of people who'd make for great in-person viewing parties once the whole COVID mess is behind us. Keep it up!
I want to watch every movie with this lady, she's awesome.
"Keep moving and enjoy tomorrow" sounds like a proverb, I like it
I love Ellie's reactions, she's such a sweetheart
the last beach scene where they finally meet up.. the director wanted to leave it out.... but the actors insisted and it got left it. great call.
This movie was actually filmed in Mansfield Prison in Ohio as they were shutting it down as it was falling into horrible disrepair and the maggots, rats, and peeling paint you saw everywhere was real along with terrible heating and no air conditioning. Some of the more well behaved prisoners were actually used as extras and one of my great uncles actually made it into the movie.
The punishment varies by state and also in different eras. The USA has over time emphasized excessive punishment for violent crimes and drugs. While at the same time reducing sentences and severity for white collar crimes (money laundering, fraud, etc).
The prisons have also changed drastically from practically midival in early 1900s to detention centers now.
This woman is solid like stone with a heart of steel, my eyes were drowning in tears for Brooks.
I love watching Ellie’s reactions. She is so beautiful and I love her accent, and how emotional she gets during the movies.
I am sure a dozen people said it but this is one of the best ever made
For prison sentences in the U.S. they can do with or without parole, without parole means you serve the whole sentence and iirc there's nothing other than a pardon that can get you out early. If you get granted possible parole as you see in the movie it can be granted every 10 years, but with the lesser sentence you can also be let out early on "good behavior" which you can sometimes get out before half the sentence you were charged with is fully served.
What I learned from this video :- Bulgaria is not that bad and don't get on Ellie's bad side 20:55 "BASTARDS!!!!!!!"
Ellei, absolutely loved watching your emotional reactions to this amazing movie!!
I just noticed the first scene after Andy starts to write his name on the wall-is when he asks Red for a poster.
Multiple life sentences served consecutively (as opposed to concurrently) can also prevent a person from being paroled. Usually a life sentence means life in prison but the person can get out after some period of time (20, 25 years often) if they behave.
One of my most favorite movies in the world. I was going to suggest this after watching Ellie watch "The Green Mile," after I sought psychological therapy to recover from the shared trauma..., only to see you have already reviewed it. Glad you enjoyed it.
Fun fact. There was a reality show that had nothing to do with the movie. The owners took them through that hotel and mentioned that the movie was filed there. When they went into that room the writing was still there.
In 1949, 35,000 is almost the equivalent to 379,000 in 2021 which is quite a lot of money back then so no wonder the guard bought those beers. Tim Robbins is an Oscar winner. Red played by Morgan Freeman whose parole was denied multiple times won his only Oscar for the female boxing film Million Dollar Baby.
Glad you understand the meaning of this film. Redemtion, Love, Friendship, HOPE. P.S. This film is rated as a Masterpiece and is the best film ever made. So when you both feel down watch this film again and you will have a beautiful life. I am a 71 old pensioner. 2024 and still watch this. Dave in Guernsey, Channel Islands.
King took a lot of the ideas
for the story on which this film
is based from the book/movie
"Escape From Alcatraz",
which recounts the real-life
prison escape from the supposedly
inescapable prison nicknamed
"The Rock".
They do have alcohol and cigarettes, but not at all condoned by the prison. It’s contraband, and would be confiscated if found. The same would be true by modern standards. Red is the prison’s resident smuggler.
It’s as you said: Brooks had been in jail for 40 years. His postcard was talking about how hard life was on the outside and how afraid he was all the time.
Back then prisoners were allotted cigarettes and could buy them as well. Alcohol was not allowed. Hence, "Jailhouse gin" distilled from food remnants in toilet tanks and such.
@@rainydaydreamawy - Okay, I didn’t know cigarettes were allowed back then. It would explain why the prisoners were so open about them in the cafeteria.
Not even 370,000 is converted today as about 3 million dollars. Since they were living in mexico peso the exchange rate would very .012 dollar to 1 peso in 1970 and cost of living was that 25% of the US.
Shawshank Redemption has been declared Best film ever made on imdB. It was nominated for multiple Academy Awards, but didn’t win any. That year it was in competition with Forest Gump.
Green Mile and Stand By Me next, to complete the Stephen King drama masterpiece trifecta.
Sentences can be consecutive (one after the other) or concurrent (overlapping) so you may have 2 (or more) life sentences (25 years) but still be able to leave prison eventually. Multiple life sentence, served consecutively, with no chance of parole means you'll die in prison.
Also a 'prison year' isn't necessarily 12 months. That is, some places allow you go shave time off for good behavior and you may be able to serve part of your sentence out of prison on parole. So if a 50% life sentence (assuming that equates to 25 years) with eligibility for parole means you could be out in 12.5 years (or less if you can get more time off for good behavior) but this all 'depends' as different jurisdictions have different rules (especially in the USA).
Finally, here in Canada, if you're defined as a 'dangerous offender', you can be locked up indefinitely (until such time as you are no longer considered dangerous). This is usually reserved for the likes of serial killers who are pretty much guaranteed to commit violent crimes again if released.
If you guys watch Green Mile be advised, Ellie is going to bawl her fucking eyes out. It still makes me cry every time I watch it.
The actual length of a lifetime sentence in the U.S. will vary, from state to state. Some sentence for 20 years, some for 25, and some for 50. I'm not sure how much the state of Maine sentences, at this time, but whatever the case, it's a pretty long time.
EDIT: There is often a 'three strike' system, in sentencing in the U.S., which means that the court will sentence someone with the lowest possible, for the first offense, then double or triple that, for a second offense, then they will automatically give the maximum penalty, for a third conviction for that crime.. ...I did personally know one young girl, 19 years old, who liked to go out drinking, and drove home. She was arrested twice, for driving intoxicated...and later did it again, and caused a car accident that killed two people. She was sentenced with the maximum possible penalty for two counts of vehicular manslaughter: 50 years.
Have you seen The Green Mile and The Mist? They were both directed by Frank Darabont who also directed The Shawshank Redemption and all 3 stories were written by Stephen King.
Her reaction is adorable. Yeah I cried and had to close my eyes, look away in the violent scenes. Such a great movie!
To think Warden almost uncovered and ruined Andy's plan in the beginning during his cell search. Almost took his bible (with rock hammer inside) with him before returning it: "I'd hate to deprive you of this. Salvation lay within."
Red digs up a box with a cruise liner on it.
Ellie: "A sheep!"
Shawshank redemption is the #1 movie everyone needs to watch on so many top 100 lists.
Great video of real emotions. I love watching the rollercoaster you two had
The 2 life sentences are given to keep them in prison longer. A "life sentence" doesn't mean they're in prison their whole life. It means they can't get parole until many years later. That's why Red was in there for 20 years before applying for parole the first time. "Life in prison without parole" is never being let out.
When they are on parole they aren't free. They have to follow a lot of rules or they get put back in jail.
It's completely fictional. Based on Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, a short novel from Stephen King's Different Seasons, which is a four story collection.
In nearby Kingston, Canada, there's several prisons. The now decommissioned Kingston Pen was, arguably, the roughest in the country. My friend's father ran the shop, and was a trained negotiator there-Boy, he had stories! Apparently, the Russians and the Jamaicans were the ones who "ran things", and everyone knew not to screw with them.
Alot of people are suprised Red got approved for probation on the last hearing but in that one his actions showed he really had learned from his mistakes in the past. He was honest that time unlike before where he was all kind and curtious which they could tell was an act
I wish Ellie & Larry would watch No Country for Old Men…epic movie, 4 Oscars
(3:35) actually multiple life sentences are given, because every case is handles seperately. so if something goes wrong with one sentece (like procedural errors), the convict could be set free for the one murder, but still has one lifetime left for the other.
This movie is based on a 1982 Stephen King novella called Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.
Stephen Kings dramas always seem to outshine his horrors, on the big screen. *(Shawshank, Green Mile, Stand By Me, etc.)*
I guess it's the same reason comedians are great dramatic actors. They (and horror writers) have a deeper understanding of the human condition...our true nature... and what will provoke, various reactions/emotions.
20:00 she screaming bastards haha. Cute hahahahaha
This is a great movie as it is, but it would be even better if all the actors were wearing giant lobster costumes. It could be called "The Shawshank Lobster Redemption."
I would love to see a video (or a video Q&A) about Bulgaria. I am an American. I live in the Silicon Valley (in the San Francisco Bay Area of California). Although I am well-educated (having earned post-graduate degrees), I confess that I know so little about your country. My dad is also an American; however, he was able to live in several countries while he was a young man. While I have traveled extensively throughout North America and Central America (as well as overseas); however, I still love learning about other countries and cultures. I love living in America, but I'd love to learn more from both of you about Bulgaria!
Brooks, the old man with the bird, kills himself because he had spent his whole life locked up in prison, and he did not know how to live in freedom, all his life they had been telling him when to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom... etc., and when they released him he did not know how to fend for himself.
"to honor the weight of both victims", well said. most Americans fail to grasp that.
I remember reading about a female judge in the US whose average sentence was 195 years... So even the lawyers who tried to defend the defendants against her pretty much quit right in the court room. I'm guessing that she handled a lot of complicated and brutal cases, but still 195 years is quite a harsh sentence when the expected life is about 80...
The US court system is so bad with privatized prisons etc. who are out there to turn a profit and they get paid by the prisoner count, so there is incentive for the prisons to make sure you return as soon as possible, so they are not even trying to make an effort to get your life together when you get out of jail. It is really bad...
$374,000 USD in 1968 is a lot of money.
I recommend "The Last Mohican" by Michael Mann. It has the same rollercoaster emotion.
Shawshank Redemption is on czech TV like all the time... every month on some channel haha... it's also one of the top rated movies on imdb and other movie sites... it's well made and everyone likes it.
Being charged with 2 life sentences instead of one also plays into the prisoners' possibility for parole. Someone serving 1 life sentence has a better chance of being paroled than someone serving 2 or 3.
The Escape Scene got Blocked so with sound you can find it here - ua-cam.com/video/ZkXgMo9bjW0/v-deo.html
This is great that you added this comment, but those of us watching on smart TVs or consoles cant view comments easily. I was unprepared for the audio cutouts and they were incredibly frustrating and made me question if my TV was working and just left me unable to enjoy the reaction. I very much do enjoy your reactions and think it would beneficial to let us know in the actual video that something like that is coming or some text on screen just before or as it's happening detailing why.
@@zacharymeinecke7764 can't the video was fine for 2 days then got blocked and UA-cam removed the audio. Sorry for the inconvenience :(
@@TheHomiesReact sorry youtube sucks. :/ Have a fantastic day!
"But it's not sad"... Oh, poor Ellie.
Lifetime sentances actually vary state to state, and do not actually mean your entire life. Generally Lifetime Sentances range from 20-40 years, the span of the major years of peoples lives, and that's why you can have any numerous amount of "Lifetime Sentances." So yes, a double life sentance is to honor both victims, but it means his sentance isn't likely outright 40-80 years, which would be basically his life. People have been given hundreds or even thousands of years worth of time as a sentance due to the amount of crimes committed. It's more for the justice part, as well as showing A) The severity of the crime and appropriate punishment for it B) Setting a Precedent should it happen again so it may be properly judged and C) Having on record that this person was in fact charged, tried, convicted, and sentanced should anything arise from this person or out of this case again. So it goes beyond just one trial and judgement, but may effect a great many future ones to come.
This is one of my 3 favorite movies ever
What are the other two?