THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994) [REACTION] Get Busy Livin or Get Busy Dyin! First Time Watching

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"I hope". The best final line of any movie ever.

Stab to the heart “What’s a Sears and Roebuck?” Damn I’m old.

I think the reason they finally granted him his parole the third time was because the first two times they thought his speech sounded rehearsed or memorized. it was probably what they heard from every prisoner who was up for parole- "Yes, I'm a changed man. I've learned my lesson. I'm no longer a threat to society". But the last time, he sounded sincere, like he was really taking responsibility for his actions, especially when he said "I'd like to have a talk with that young man and tell him how things are". They knew he wasn't just saying what he thought they wanted him to say so he could get out. He was speaking from his heart.

If you are on trial and the judge declares "it chills my blood just to look at you", you probably won't get a favorable outcome.

Red at the end; "I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope...." His Red-emption. So brilliant! Stephen King & Frank Darabont genius!

In the parole office at the end, red told them he regretted every day and wanted to talk sense into that kid who was gone, but the only one left was this old man. That’s what convinced that. The murderer was gone.

"You shouldn't do this to yourself Andy...It's just a shitty pipe dream"....One shitty pipe later...

I'm the Stephen King book, "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption," the character Red (Redding) is Irish. When director, Frank Darabont cast Morgan Freeman, they used the quote as an inside joke because of the casting change. Readers of the book immediately understood the meaning of the quote when they watched this scene in the film.

When she ask what is a Sears and Roebuck. I’m like dang for real?! I’m old lol

Over $370,000 USD in 1966 would have the same spending close to $4,000,000 in 2024.

'The count of Monte Cristo' that is referenced by Heywood in the library scene is also an excellent movie to see if yall havent seen it! Guy Pearce, Jim Caviziel and a young Henry Cavill star.

Sears and Roebuck was a chain of huge department stores originally started as a mail order catalog in 1892 that would basically sell anything and everything. And that white stuff was de-lousing powder. I think Red got paroled because he finally told the parole board what he really thought, instead of what he thought the parole board wanted to hear.

Mr. Hadley had 35,000 reasons to beat Boggs...

Films come & go but I think "Shawshank" will forever be in the top 20 greatest films of all time for every generation. A classic 🥰

the additional life sentences do have a purpose. It extends the period of time they gotta serve before they are eligible for first parole hearing. If 1 life sentence requires 20 years served before parole, 2 life sentences means he has to wait 40 years for his first hearing. They rarely give out more than 2 because they will be so old it wont matter.

Shawshank is a top tier movie. Often times people who commit these terrible crimes aren't the same people when they get out. Some people don't learn but once you've been in so long, the person getting out isn't even the same person who went in. How much have you changed in 20+ years.

It ran the same year as Pulp Fiction and Forest Gump. Gump got the Oscar. In fact, I believe Shawshank didn't even perform well in theaters, some attribute it to the movie title but had a big resurgence in rentals and tv.

I was convicted for growing Marijuana in the Orange Hills in California in1988. I was sentenced to 16 months in prison, first offense. I found jail to be much worse than prison, but my experiences are with a one yard, non-violent offenders. In jail, they haven't classified anyone yet, so you could be next to an accused murderer or other violent type.

I LOVE this movie and saw it BOTH TIMES you posted it! 1994 was a GREAT YEAR in films with Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, The Client AND Forrest Gump. All some of my favorites. I was born in 77 so the 90's was my most impressionable movie years.