I just have to say this: Syntell is the best person to watch movies with when he's already seen it. you give absolutely nothing away and make sure the other person gets a true first-time experience. thanks for this amazing reaction! 🥰
The redemption was Red's, not Andy's. Andy never lost hope. Red had forgotten it. Andy helped to remind him that there is more to this world than the walls they were surrounded by. It's even the last line in the whole movie, "I hope....". TEARS!!! Its such a beautiful movie. There's a reason that it is one of the best movies ever made. And, can we take our hats off to Mr. Stephen King? The man is a master storyteller, no matter the genre. This is one of those movies that, if you're channel surfing and you run across it, you have to watch it, no matter what part you catch it on. It's even called being "Shawshanked". Soo good. New sub here. Thanks for the great reaction.
@@jennthabombdiggity Frank Darabont should also get credit for adapting a novella into a full feature along with great dialogues and good direction, which in another director, hands, The result would have been mediocre
@@johnherrera509 I wholeheartedly agree. He is also a genius. I just point out Mr King because he’s soo synonymous with horror, that it’s just worth noting that he is soo much more than just that. But I do agree with you. Completely.
I am a combat vet and at times I feel kind of down but I found both of you . I haven't felt this good in a long time. Thank you for this and may God bless you both.
The word gets thrown around but I think in the case of The Shawshank Redemption it is definitely a masterpiece. Stephen King is a gifted storyteller and this movie is so well made and so well acted. I think this movie is a masterpiece.
@@KelliFranklin It takes Frank Darabont to translate it from the written story to the screen. Most of King's stories didn't do well as a movie. But let Frank write the screenplay and it's gold. Same goes for Green Mile. I just wish King and Frank had connected for more movies.
@msdarby515 absolutely right. Many directors have tried to adapt King's works. I have heard that King feels that he discovers the stories rather than write them. This director seemed to be able to allow the stories and characters to lead the action.
After many watches of the movie I noticed that when Brooks is talking about committing a crime, he says “so they’ll send me back home.” But Red only says “so they’ll send me back.” A little hint that he is not in the same state of mind as Brooks was.
Similarly, when Brooks is released the camera is pointing back towards the prison. His home. When Red is released the camera is pointing outwards, towards freedom. So many neat little touches like that which can easily be overlooked, even after multiple watches.
She hit the nail on the head. When people ask me what the best movie ever made is, I always say.. "I don't know, I haven't seen every movie". What I do know, is that Shawshank is a PERFECT film. That's the best way to describe it. I've seen a lot of good movies, but I don't think I've ever seen another perfect one. Thanks for the video.
The Shawshank Redemption didn't do well at the box office, but when you factor in that it was released at the same time as Pulp Fiction, The Lion King, Forest Gump, Four Weddings and a Funeral, it makes sense. '94 might be the best year ever for movies.
In an interview around one of the anniversaries of the release of The Shawshank Redemption, director, Frank Darabont said the he had been asked why there has never been a Director’s Cut of the film. The answer is revealing, because it was Castle Rock Entertainment who he ended up getting a production deal with the company was already bought into doing justice to Stephen King film adaptations, after all it was Rob Reiner who set up the company and named it after the fictional town in Stand By Me, Reiner’s adaptation of the King Novella, The Body. When Darabont came to shoot Shawshank Castle Rock were very hands off the shooting and editing process, they did not insist on edits when the film came in around 20 minutes longer than expected, they just accepted that it was as long as it needed to be. So Darabont’s answer to the “Director’s Cut” question was that the original cinema release WAS the Director’s Cut.
I love imagining the legend of Andy Dufresne spreading across the New England prison system as various prisoners from Shawshank are released and then later end up in another prison in the region like Tommy. They would share stories of the Shawshank library and the man who created it, and the amazing tale of his innocence and escape.
I think it was fitting that he hid the hammer in the Bible. He knew a warden who thinks he's God would never think to look through it. Plus you gotta love the fact that he hid it in the book of _Exodus_ of all places. 29:24-29:27 "At least I know the poster'll keep me busy, keep my mind at ease." You were right, bro. The poster _did_ keep Andy busy, just not in the way we thought it would. And I still love that about the movie.
This is one of my all time favourites. Thank you both for such a wonderful reaction. Stephen King is such an underrated writer, critics sometimes look down their noses at “genre authors” but in my opinion he’s a modern day Dickens.
I watch alot of reaction uploads and loved this one. You guys are cool and I could see you almost cry at times which prompted me to write this for having decent hearts. Big thumbs up from the UK 👍
I love how you pointed out how Andy had grown as a person in Shawshank. His very first instinct when he saw the records, especially that specific opera album, was to listen to it for himself, but he then recognized that he could share that freedom he found in music with the entire prison population. He implemented that sharing immediately, knowing he would pay a price for it. That scene of everyone listening to the music is one of the most beautifully shot images of 1990s cinema.
🤣 You wouldn't think it would matter that much but after 20 times of hearing "Booksie"......I wanted to scream, "It's Brooks!! It's frickin' Brooks!!" 😆😆😆
@@tcraigg4563 it even showed brooks on the area he carved his name and they still kept missing it but I think it was because he was in the library that they thought it I just know how they continued with the wrong name when it showed it craved in the beam
I find it interesting how many people instantly assume that Andy is guilty simply because he isn't blubbering and weeping. Not everyone drowns in tears when bad things happen, and it's very self-centered to assume that everyone must react the way you would.
Not even self-centered necessarily, even a lack of self-awareness is all it takes. You don't even know how you'd react for sure. People forget that while the jury and the audience are hearing the grisly details for the first time, the accused has gone through it so many times they've grown cold to it, replaced by mind-numbing bureaucratic legal process and growing existential dread that a crime you didn't do could end your life. Being on trial for your life is a shock. You aren't going to perform on command. From recent times I think of Amanda Knox, who if you want to put it a certain way "was convicted by the Italian courts for not seeming emotional enough her roommate was murdered".
Director Frank Darabont wanted the movie to have a more ambiguous ending, with Red on the bus on the way to Mexico, but the studio said the audience wanted to see Red and Andy reunited, so Darabont came up with a compromise with Andy and Red reuniting as the camera pulls away. Jeffrey DeMunn (the Prosecuting Attorney at the beginning of the movie), William Sadler (Heywood), and Brian Libby (Lloyd) all appeared in "The Green Mile", another movie based on a Stephen King novel, directed by Frank Darabont and taking place in a prison. Tom Hanks was offered the role of Andy Dufresne, but turned it down so he could take the lead role in "Forrest Gump", and James Cromwell was offered the role of the Warden, Sam Norton, but turned it down in favor of Bob Gunton. Both Hanks and Cromwell appeared the following year in "The Green Mile" as Prison guard Paul Edgecomb and Warden Hal Moores, respectively. Several real life prison guards offered to meet with Clancy Brown and help him make his performance more convincing, but he turned them down because he didn't want his performance to reflect negatively on either of them. James Whitmore was given the role of Brooks Hatlen because he was director Frank Darabont's favorite character actor. I think this was Whitmore's last movie before he died. Allan Greene was director Frank Darabont's agent and friend who died of AIDS before the movie came out.
Oh my gosh, that last scene was so satisfying to watch. It was the punctuation mark, like a farewell kiss, or a postscript in a love letter. I could feel the rage of the audience when they saw an open ended Shawshank..
Just a note, unless I'm misunderstanding it wasn't "the following year", the two films were released 1994 and 1999. But yeah the "Darabont-verse" has a lot of recognizable faces :)
10/10 The Shawshank Redemption One of the finest films made in recent years. It's a poignant story about hope. Hope gets me. That's what makes a film like this more than a movie. It tells a lesson about life. Those are the films people talk about 50 or even 100 years from you. It's also a story for freedom. Freedom from isolation, from rule, from bigotry and hate. Freeman and Robbins are majestic in their performances. Each learns from the other. Their relationship is strong and you feel that from the first moment they make contact with one another. There is also a wonderful performance from legend James Whitmore as Brooks. He shines when it is his time to go back into the world, only to find that the world grew up so fast he never even got a chance to blink. Stephen King's story is brought to the screen with great elegance and excitement. It is an extraordinary motion that people "will" be talking about in 50 or 100 years.
This has to be one of my top 5 reactions of all time and I’ve seen at least 50+ of them. You really dissected it well- and emotions just took over. Phenomenal job, guys!!
Simply the best movie ever made - prove me wrong. Emotional rollercoaster, dark moments, sad moments, funny moments, exciting moments, moving moments and exquisite pure joyful moments. Perfect acting, superb storyline, fabulous narration and beyond belief screenplay and directing. Need I go on? I have seen this over 100 times and still find it fascinating and heartfelt movie You could say I am a fan. Subscribed.
This film had been my first exposure to the older pre-rehabilitation era American prison system in films. This year, I had an interesting project that took me even further back. In February, a genealogy website started a crowdsourcing project to create profile pages for every African-American listed in the 1880 US census. I grabbed my home county in Illinois that included Joliet, where I grew up. The prison there that you see in the beginning of The Blues Brothers was first built back in the mid-1800s, so the 1880 census included the prison. It was fascinating to see how the census taker organized his tally by where the men were employed in the prison-the buggy shop, the repair shop, and other various mini-businesses where the prison was profiting from their free labor.
Yup it was the 60’s but it also was Buxton Maine and I’ve lived in Buxton Maine and that area most of my life and I never saw any bad feelings against any man anywhere in my home state so Red had nothing to worry about. As far as I know Maine is still a friendly place to live for anyone and after 70 years I still live here. Nice reactions guys thank you.
When Andy asks Hadley if he trusts his wife, he’s doing it because he is actually protecting Hadley’s interests. Andy knows that f he were in Hadley’s shoes and trusted his wife with a windfall, she and her golf pro lover would have run off with the money. He is really being a good banker looking out for his potential client.
Go to his lawyer? He was allowed no telephone access and all outgoing mail in prisons is monitored. I've watched tons of reactions to this movie and you guys NAILED it! New subscriber!
The message of hope is such a powerful thing. Even in this time and day with all that we face. This is my wife's favorite movie and mine. Thank you for sharing♥
Good people always use their privilege to help those without it. Red helped Andy and others. Andy helped many too. It’s nice to see a true bro friendship develop so far. ❤
The most amazing thing about this film is it wasn't really a box office success, but when it went to VHS Video rental the word got around and it became an utter cult classic watched by millions, it is one of the the greatest films of all time. Great reaction we could see you were genuinely moved by it. Incredible to think also that it was only a Steven King short story called Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption and became this epic film. A film of true hope conquers all, a beautiful ending on the beach after all they had been through with a glorious panoramic shot from above.
My proudest moment working at Hollywood Video was trying to come up with a suggestion for a pretty intense high-frequency customer, and it came out he hadn't seen Shawshank. I stumbled a little explaining what made it so phenomenal but he took the suggestion. Came back a few days later practically wordless, nodding, like "THAT is an all time movie".
Red is really the silent friend who just gives and gives, and he doesn't expect anything from anyone, he just likes seeing people around him thriving. He is the main character in the story, but between the short story, the script, the shooting, and the editing then Andy became the main character, because he is the one that things happen to, meanwhile Red is again just the silent hero. But when its all said and done we all remember red again as the guy telling the story, the real protagonist. Thats how Stepehn King intended it I think.
In general, Stephen King adaptations are better than most, because he writes in *such* an evocative manner, but this is one of the very best. From the writing to the casting to the score to the direction, it was pretty much perfect.
Andy Dufrane was such a good guy that when the system put him in prison, he had no intention of breaking out. He was just gonna serve his time, but God had other plans for Mr Dufrane.
@@juliant It's spelled Dufresne and that's quite the leap crediting god for his salvation, if there is such a thing as a "god" then he was also responsible for all the horrors Andy endured, but I suppose you as a Christian will use the old "mysterious ways" trope to explain that contradiction.
I think institutionalized is the coping mechanism of people to find a comfort zone in a state that you are in right now. If you give man comfort, he will forget his goal... While on the other hand, Andy quietly stayed focused on his goal till the end. He did not fall into the traps of becoming institutionalized.
Been a pleasure to watch this wonderful film along with you both - it's been one of my faves for years and never loses its power to move me! Always cry when Red reunites with his much-missed friend! Great reactions, Syntell and Cortney! 💙
Really like your channel, Syntell! Subbed! Shawshank is one of my fave movies! William Sadler is a local where I live, met him a few times. Great guy, and an awesome Mandolin player as well!
Thanks for another fun reaction. For me, one of the greatest ever movies. I love the last line. “I …hope.”….(p.s.Also it’s funny how you bleeped fart and not Sh.t.)
That's what happened to me. I was halfway thru the movie and one of the people i was watching it with have array the ending. But I still loved it because the journey was so good. Wish I could go back and see it fresh.
To me what makes this movie so good, is how subtle time changes. Movie doesn't tell you, the characters do, or see them age a bit. Example: Jake, seeing at the start we see him as a baby, grows into an adult.
Andy being a closed book was a give and take and he never stopped being one it is who he is. It estranged him from his wife and did not win him the sympathy of the jury but on the other hand it helped him endure the first years of prison and helped him hide his plan from everyone including his best friend which enabled him to escape in the end.
43:41 - Andy got 2 weeks in solitary for locking himself in that office and playing that music. Yet Boggs, the guy who kept beating Andy up, only got a week in solitary.
I used to work in a second run movie theater back in the day, so for about 10 years I got to see every movie that came out for free. It was a great time for me since I’m such a movie buff. This movie was one of the films I watched then but it stands out from every other film I saw there for a weird reason (maybe?). At about 3/4 through the movie someone seated a few rows behind me cleared their throat and snapped me out of a sort of trance I didn’t know I was in. I was so tuned in and absorbed in the story that I completely forgot I was in a movie theater with other people! I’ve lost myself in movies before, but never like that. I’ll always consider this movie to be one of the best films ever made if not the best. It’s just an all around masterpiece.
Red opens the envelope: "Look how he looking around like who see me?" LOL exactly what I was thinking because I was feeling I would have done the same darn thing.
Afternoon. Although set in Maine, the prison used was the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. The large main building and Cell Block 1 are now a Museum. They offer tours, can be used for special occasions, and offer overnight cell accommodations for the brave. ( haunted ) The street scenes were primarily N. Main St where the shop owners agreed to have their stores redone to fit the time period. Many still look the same. The halfway house is the Bissman Building, and still looks the same today. (It was a beer distributor, hence the name "Brewery") The store was the E and B Market on 4th Street which has been torn down. I was fortunate to be an extra con in the yard scenes. The premiere was held at Mansfield's Renaissance Theatre, a restored 1929 movie palace, before New York and Los Angeles. I volunteered working the theatre restoration. The prison was also used in the movie "Tango & Cash” and was the Russian cell block in "Airforce One". An interesting side note: In the bad winters, crows from 7 or 8 counties move into Mansfield by the hundreds due to large granaries that used to be between town and the prison. Brook's crow was a natural. The passage of time from the unfiltered Chesterfields to the filtered cigarettes offered Tommy by the warden, and the subtle aging of everyone is superb. Many people miss the subtlety of when Brooks left the prison, you see the prison through the gates, and when Red left you are looking forward over the fields toward the town. And they don't notice when the warden opens the Bible and finds the cut out, that it is the book of Exodus! I am 75 now with Parkinson's and don't get to attend movies very often. I enjoy the reaction videos on TH-cam.
As a movie collector for almost 4 decades, here is my top 5 movies ever: 1. Titanic 2. Braveheart 3. Schindler's list 4. Shawshank redemption 5. Gladiator.... and also 6. The green mile 7. Ben Hur etc... (you will notice that all of this movies are about 3 hours long, or more...) Greetings from Croatia!
You guys gotta do Forrest Gump, tropic thunder, field of dreams, good will hunting, braveheart, gladiator, rain man, dead poets society, saving private Ryan
One of the greatest endings, if not the greatest ending ever to a movie in my opinion... This real prison is in Mansfield, Ohio and it's called Mansfield reformatory. You could actually go there every Halloween. They have a haunted prison and it's pretty amazing. Of course you get to see some parts from where the film was, There's also a Shawshank prison tour where they take you to film locations, I think the crazy thing about this movie it completely bombed in the theater. It was nominated for best picture but lost to Forrest Gump but it became a classic once it came out
the movie is considered by many one of the best ever made , there is an actual town Zihuatanejo on the western Mexican coast . Mt daughter vacationed near there . The movie helped with the town's already popular beaches.. to think all of the dialect , actions of the movie were created by the mind of one artist , Stephen King . There are many forms of art and I hope all appreciate them
Andy liked to play chess. He just played a 19 year chess game with the warden. His moves and counter-moves planned out years in advance. I think that lunch box was there before, judging by how old it looks and how rusty it is. Probably had some mementos from when he and his wife were there. He removed them and put in the items for Red, his last act to give Red hope at a new life on the outside.
I say this with all Shawshank reactions. The one thing you don't notice is that Tim Robbins is actually 6'5". The camera work and angles doesn't show it. The one brief moment you see it is after he shines the wardens shoes he's walking through the doorway and he ducks under while the guard follows. Great reaction.
The one thing I wanted to point out that was ironic, that right when you guys mentioned the harmonica, a few seconds later when Red got to the rock wall you hear the harmonica being played for the first time EVER in the movie! And I think it was put there intentionally at that moment to represent that Red was finally going to be free.
I just have to say this: Syntell is the best person to watch movies with when he's already seen it. you give absolutely nothing away and make sure the other person gets a true first-time experience. thanks for this amazing reaction! 🥰
@the_nikster1 I thought he did see it for the first time lol.
He had me convinced, because I thought he saw it for the first time.
So we'll never know when it's an authentic reaction. That's not good.
Excerpt for the part where he pointed out the hammer could be in the Bible.
@@deanna777He said in the beginning that it’s a first time watch for the guest. She even took 30 seconds to talk about it.
The redemption was Red's, not Andy's. Andy never lost hope. Red had forgotten it. Andy helped to remind him that there is more to this world than the walls they were surrounded by. It's even the last line in the whole movie, "I hope....". TEARS!!! Its such a beautiful movie. There's a reason that it is one of the best movies ever made. And, can we take our hats off to Mr. Stephen King? The man is a master storyteller, no matter the genre. This is one of those movies that, if you're channel surfing and you run across it, you have to watch it, no matter what part you catch it on. It's even called being "Shawshanked". Soo good. New sub here. Thanks for the great reaction.
@@jennthabombdiggity Frank Darabont should also get credit for adapting a novella into a full feature along with great dialogues and good direction, which in another director, hands, The result would have been mediocre
@@johnherrera509 I wholeheartedly agree. He is also a genius. I just point out Mr King because he’s soo synonymous with horror, that it’s just worth noting that he is soo much more than just that. But I do agree with you. Completely.
@@jennthabombdiggity red was a child killer. He lost hope because he didn't deserve it
@@BruteStrength99 shut up
@@BruteStrength99 okay….
I am a combat vet and at times I feel kind of down but I found both of you . I haven't felt this good in a long time. Thank you for this and may God bless you both.
Thank you for you service, Charles
@@L.L.Cool.T thank you for your thoughts. It means a lot to me
@@charlesh796 💕🙏🏼
Thank you for your service, @chalesh796. Always keep your head up!
I completely agree with you. I'm a former military EMT with PTSD and this is my feel good channel.
The word gets thrown around but I think in the case of The Shawshank Redemption it is definitely a masterpiece. Stephen King is a gifted storyteller and this movie is so well made and so well acted. I think this movie is a masterpiece.
I concur. Transcends the screen
Agreed. It has stood up against the test of time very well
@@KelliFranklin It takes Frank Darabont to translate it from the written story to the screen. Most of King's stories didn't do well as a movie. But let Frank write the screenplay and it's gold. Same goes for Green Mile. I just wish King and Frank had connected for more movies.
@msdarby515 absolutely right. Many directors have tried to adapt King's works. I have heard that King feels that he discovers the stories rather than write them.
This director seemed to be able to allow the stories and characters to lead the action.
I acted in Shawshank for two months, the summer of 93. Great experience! 😮🎉❤😊
Not you again, So what? no one cares...after reading it 30 times.
@@PeteGeorge who did you play?
@@mariai9549 37 people do (at the moment), it looks like you don't.
I don’t even have to watch a clip, whenever I see a poster or still shot from this movie, I just swell with tears over how good this story is.
After many watches of the movie I noticed that when Brooks is talking about committing a crime, he says “so they’ll send me back home.” But Red only says “so they’ll send me back.” A little hint that he is not in the same state of mind as Brooks was.
Similarly, when Brooks is released the camera is pointing back towards the prison. His home. When Red is released the camera is pointing outwards, towards freedom. So many neat little touches like that which can easily be overlooked, even after multiple watches.
She hit the nail on the head. When people ask me what the best movie ever made is, I always say.. "I don't know, I haven't seen every movie". What I do know, is that Shawshank is a PERFECT film. That's the best way to describe it. I've seen a lot of good movies, but I don't think I've ever seen another perfect one. Thanks for the video.
The Shawshank Redemption didn't do well at the box office, but when you factor in that it was released at the same time as Pulp Fiction, The Lion King, Forest Gump, Four Weddings and a Funeral, it makes sense. '94 might be the best year ever for movies.
In an interview around one of the anniversaries of the release of The Shawshank Redemption, director, Frank Darabont said the he had been asked why there has never been a Director’s Cut of the film. The answer is revealing, because it was Castle Rock Entertainment who he ended up getting a production deal with the company was already bought into doing justice to Stephen King film adaptations, after all it was Rob Reiner who set up the company and named it after the fictional town in Stand By Me, Reiner’s adaptation of the King Novella, The Body. When Darabont came to shoot Shawshank Castle Rock were very hands off the shooting and editing process, they did not insist on edits when the film came in around 20 minutes longer than expected, they just accepted that it was as long as it needed to be. So Darabont’s answer to the “Director’s Cut” question was that the original cinema release WAS the Director’s Cut.
I love imagining the legend of Andy Dufresne spreading across the New England prison system as various prisoners from Shawshank are released and then later end up in another prison in the region like Tommy. They would share stories of the Shawshank library and the man who created it, and the amazing tale of his innocence and escape.
So pleased you loved this movie.
It always makes me cry at the end. True friendship
One of the best movies in the history of the movies! ♥
I think it was fitting that he hid the hammer in the Bible. He knew a warden who thinks he's God would never think to look through it. Plus you gotta love the fact that he hid it in the book of _Exodus_ of all places.
29:24-29:27
"At least I know the poster'll keep me busy, keep my mind at ease."
You were right, bro. The poster _did_ keep Andy busy, just not in the way we thought it would.
And I still love that about the movie.
I’ve never seen a single reactor make the Exodus connection. I’m not even a Christian and that jumps off the screen.
Anyone else screaming "It's BROOKSIE!!" 😂
This is one of my all time favourites. Thank you both for such a wonderful reaction.
Stephen King is such an underrated writer, critics sometimes look down their noses at “genre authors” but in my opinion he’s a modern day Dickens.
I watch alot of reaction uploads and loved this one. You guys are cool and I could see you almost cry at times which prompted me to write this for having decent hearts. Big thumbs up from the UK 👍
I love how you pointed out how Andy had grown as a person in Shawshank. His very first instinct when he saw the records, especially that specific opera album, was to listen to it for himself, but he then recognized that he could share that freedom he found in music with the entire prison population. He implemented that sharing immediately, knowing he would pay a price for it. That scene of everyone listening to the music is one of the most beautifully shot images of 1990s cinema.
Morgan Freeman deserved an Oscar for this Role!
@@ThirdEye... dude please.
Let’s get real.
Morgan Freeman deserves an Oscar just for existing.
Brooks...his name is Brooks. 😀
🤣 You wouldn't think it would matter that much but after 20 times of hearing "Booksie"......I wanted to scream, "It's Brooks!! It's frickin' Brooks!!" 😆😆😆
@@infiad1275 🤣🤣🤣 same!!
From now on I’ll think of him as Booksy.
@@tcraigg4563 it even showed brooks on the area he carved his name and they still kept missing it but I think it was because he was in the library that they thought it I just know how they continued with the wrong name when it showed it craved in the beam
I guess i just miss my friend,does me every single time
Me too.
I find it interesting how many people instantly assume that Andy is guilty simply because he isn't blubbering and weeping. Not everyone drowns in tears when bad things happen, and it's very self-centered to assume that everyone must react the way you would.
Not even self-centered necessarily, even a lack of self-awareness is all it takes. You don't even know how you'd react for sure. People forget that while the jury and the audience are hearing the grisly details for the first time, the accused has gone through it so many times they've grown cold to it, replaced by mind-numbing bureaucratic legal process and growing existential dread that a crime you didn't do could end your life. Being on trial for your life is a shock. You aren't going to perform on command. From recent times I think of Amanda Knox, who if you want to put it a certain way "was convicted by the Italian courts for not seeming emotional enough her roommate was murdered".
Director Frank Darabont wanted the movie to have a more ambiguous ending, with Red on the bus on the way to Mexico, but the studio said the audience wanted to see Red and Andy reunited, so Darabont came up with a compromise with Andy and Red reuniting as the camera pulls away.
Jeffrey DeMunn (the Prosecuting Attorney at the beginning of the movie), William Sadler (Heywood), and Brian Libby (Lloyd) all appeared in "The Green Mile", another movie based on a Stephen King novel, directed by Frank Darabont and taking place in a prison. Tom Hanks was offered the role of Andy Dufresne, but turned it down so he could take the lead role in "Forrest Gump", and James Cromwell was offered the role of the Warden, Sam Norton, but turned it down in favor of Bob Gunton. Both Hanks and Cromwell appeared the following year in "The Green Mile" as Prison guard Paul Edgecomb and Warden Hal Moores, respectively.
Several real life prison guards offered to meet with Clancy Brown and help him make his performance more convincing, but he turned them down because he didn't want his performance to reflect negatively on either of them.
James Whitmore was given the role of Brooks Hatlen because he was director Frank Darabont's favorite character actor. I think this was Whitmore's last movie before he died.
Allan Greene was director Frank Darabont's agent and friend who died of AIDS before the movie came out.
Oh my gosh, that last scene was so satisfying to watch. It was the punctuation mark, like a farewell kiss, or a postscript in a love letter. I could feel the rage of the audience when they saw an open ended Shawshank..
@@etiennebrownlee4071 Yes!
Just a note, unless I'm misunderstanding it wasn't "the following year", the two films were released 1994 and 1999.
But yeah the "Darabont-verse" has a lot of recognizable faces :)
@jerodast it probably was. I am not good with dates.
10/10
The Shawshank Redemption
One of the finest films made in recent years. It's a poignant story about hope. Hope gets me. That's what makes a film like this more than a movie. It tells a lesson about life. Those are the films people talk about 50 or even 100 years from you. It's also a story for freedom. Freedom from isolation, from rule, from bigotry and hate. Freeman and Robbins are majestic in their performances. Each learns from the other. Their relationship is strong and you feel that from the first moment they make contact with one another. There is also a wonderful performance from legend James Whitmore as Brooks.
He shines when it is his time to go back into the world, only to find that the world grew up so fast he never even got a chance to blink. Stephen King's story is brought to the screen with great elegance and excitement. It is an extraordinary motion that people "will" be talking about in 50 or 100 years.
This has to be one of my top 5 reactions of all time and I’ve seen at least 50+ of them. You really dissected it well- and emotions just took over. Phenomenal job, guys!!
Simply the best movie ever made - prove me wrong.
Emotional rollercoaster, dark moments, sad moments, funny moments, exciting moments, moving moments and exquisite pure joyful moments. Perfect acting, superb storyline, fabulous narration and beyond belief screenplay and directing.
Need I go on? I have seen this over 100 times and still find it fascinating and heartfelt movie
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Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Great, smart reactions. Thanks for such good content.
Louse=lice ; mouse=mice... Great reaction!
This film had been my first exposure to the older pre-rehabilitation era American prison system in films. This year, I had an interesting project that took me even further back. In February, a genealogy website started a crowdsourcing project to create profile pages for every African-American listed in the 1880 US census. I grabbed my home county in Illinois that included Joliet, where I grew up. The prison there that you see in the beginning of The Blues Brothers was first built back in the mid-1800s, so the 1880 census included the prison. It was fascinating to see how the census taker organized his tally by where the men were employed in the prison-the buggy shop, the repair shop, and other various mini-businesses where the prison was profiting from their free labor.
Yup it was the 60’s but it also was Buxton Maine and I’ve lived in Buxton Maine and that area most of my life and I never saw any bad feelings against any man anywhere in my home state so Red had nothing to worry about. As far as I know Maine is still a friendly place to live for anyone and after 70 years I still live here. Nice reactions guys thank you.
So much I love here. Shawshank Redemption has always been one of our favorite movies & we love Morgan Freeman & Tim Robbins.
When Andy asks Hadley if he trusts his wife, he’s doing it because he is actually protecting Hadley’s interests. Andy knows that f he were in Hadley’s shoes and trusted his wife with a windfall, she and her golf pro lover would have run off with the money. He is really being a good banker looking out for his potential client.
It was also an opening line that guaranteed Hadleys attention.
Go to his lawyer?
He was allowed no telephone access and all outgoing mail in prisons is monitored.
I've watched tons of reactions to this movie and you guys NAILED it!
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The picture of Morgan Freeman at the parole hearing is his son and also the prisoner at the beginning saying “we’re reeling them in.”
@@hcrot27 seriously? WOW
I absolutely loved this reaction. You two are such good people and I hope you both have nothing but success and happiness in life
The message of hope is such a powerful thing. Even in this time and day with all that we face. This is my wife's favorite movie and mine. Thank you for sharing♥
This is one of the most comprehensive, well-thought, reactions of Shawshank that I've seen. Good job, you two! Thank you!
Good people always use their privilege to help those without it. Red helped Andy and others. Andy helped many too. It’s nice to see a true bro friendship develop so far. ❤
Bros is not lying. Digging a ditch with a shovel/pickaxe and elbow grease is gnarly work
Its such a pleasure to watch this movie again with you guys thank you
This is one of my favorite movies. I watch it every time it's on TV.
The most amazing thing about this film is it wasn't really a box office success, but when it went to VHS Video rental the word got around and it became an utter cult classic watched by millions, it is one of the the greatest films of all time. Great reaction we could see you were genuinely moved by it. Incredible to think also that it was only a Steven King short story called Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption and became this epic film. A film of true hope conquers all, a beautiful ending on the beach after all they had been through with a glorious panoramic shot from above.
My proudest moment working at Hollywood Video was trying to come up with a suggestion for a pretty intense high-frequency customer, and it came out he hadn't seen Shawshank. I stumbled a little explaining what made it so phenomenal but he took the suggestion. Came back a few days later practically wordless, nodding, like "THAT is an all time movie".
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. You go through all of the emotions during this film.
Can't believe this classic didn't win the Oscars for best picture
Red is really the silent friend who just gives and gives, and he doesn't expect anything from anyone, he just likes seeing people around him thriving. He is the main character in the story, but between the short story, the script, the shooting, and the editing then Andy became the main character, because he is the one that things happen to, meanwhile Red is again just the silent hero. But when its all said and done we all remember red again as the guy telling the story, the real protagonist. Thats how Stepehn King intended it I think.
In general, Stephen King adaptations are better than most, because he writes in *such* an evocative manner, but this is one of the very best. From the writing to the casting to the score to the direction, it was pretty much perfect.
This one and the green mile are the best!
I’m late to the party, love this movie, so you all can come full circle--awesome! Thank you for what you do! Keep doing what you’re doing!
In the book this is based on, Morgan Freedman's character, Red, is Irish. 16:34
One of Stephen King’s best.
“This part gets me every time! Every time it gets me!”
I guess this wasn’t a ‘first time reaction’.😎😉
Andy Dufrane was such a good guy that when the system put him in prison, he had no intention of breaking out. He was just gonna serve his time, but God had other plans for Mr Dufrane.
@@juliant That was pretty messed up of god to have Andy’s wife and Tommy killed.
@SparksDrinker if GOD is above all which he is, then all life and all death is a part of his plan.
@@juliantyeah, like giving cancer to babies. You're stating what you believe as a fact.
@@juliant It's spelled Dufresne and that's quite the leap crediting god for his salvation, if there is such a thing as a "god" then he was also responsible for all the horrors Andy endured, but I suppose you as a Christian will use the old "mysterious ways" trope to explain that contradiction.
@@Fred-vy1hm i'm not going debtate my beliefs or religion with you. That's my personal view and you can have yours. end of discussion on my end.
I think institutionalized is the coping mechanism of people to find a comfort zone in a state that you are in right now. If you give man comfort, he will forget his goal... While on the other hand, Andy quietly stayed focused on his goal till the end. He did not fall into the traps of becoming institutionalized.
"I hope."
The best final line of any movie ever.
"You dusty with yo' cheeks out" literally made me spit my drink out. LOL! Well-played!
Been a pleasure to watch this wonderful film along with you both - it's been one of my faves for years and never loses its power to move me! Always cry when Red reunites with his much-missed friend! Great reactions, Syntell and Cortney! 💙
Call "Brooks" "Booksie" is crazy 😅😂
1:06:19 I never noticed Albert Einstein's glee at the Warren's downfall!
If you notice when Brooks gets out the prison is behind him.
And when Red gets out the world is in front of him
Really like your channel, Syntell! Subbed! Shawshank is one of my fave movies! William Sadler is a local where I live, met him a few times. Great guy, and an awesome Mandolin player as well!
My two favourite reactors, love you guys... Much love from Australia...
Saw this movie theatrically, like 14 people in there. No one saw this att he Movies. One of the best, word of mouth films ever.
"That's just a SHITTY Pipe Dream!" -Red
Andy then escapes through a Shitty Pipe....
I love this reaction! I appreciate your insights at the end. One of the best movies ever made!
One of the best things about Andy is that he saved Red's life with and even seeded the idea before he got out.
"...hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." That simple sentence gets me every time.
"First time watching!"
Also "This ending gets me every time!"
One of my favorite movies! I enjoyed your reactions so much, thank you. Thank you. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for another fun reaction. For me, one of the greatest ever movies. I love the last line. “I …hope.”….(p.s.Also it’s funny how you bleeped fart and not Sh.t.)
I have never thought about the line about him being a closed book. Great observation.
That's what happened to me. I was halfway thru the movie and one of the people i was watching it with have array the ending. But I still loved it because the journey was so good. Wish I could go back and see it fresh.
Time outs are time to plan, I’ll remember that, thank you. Great reaction guys
To me what makes this movie so good, is how subtle time changes. Movie doesn't tell you, the characters do, or see them age a bit. Example: Jake, seeing at the start we see him as a baby, grows into an adult.
Andy being a closed book was a give and take and he never stopped being one it is who he is. It estranged him from his wife and did not win him the sympathy of the jury but on the other hand it helped him endure the first years of prison and helped him hide his plan from everyone including his best friend which enabled him to escape in the end.
43:41 - Andy got 2 weeks in solitary for locking himself in that office and playing that music.
Yet Boggs, the guy who kept beating Andy up, only got a week in solitary.
Did you notice the sound of a harmonica when Red is moving along that rock wall towards the tree?
Great reaction! Thanks for sharing.
One of the best movies that has ever been created about hope and friendship. Thanks for watching. :)
I used to work in a second run movie theater back in the day, so for about 10 years I got to see every movie that came out for free. It was a great time for me since I’m such a movie buff. This movie was one of the films I watched then but it stands out from every other film I saw there for a weird reason (maybe?). At about 3/4 through the movie someone seated a few rows behind me cleared their throat and snapped me out of a sort of trance I didn’t know I was in. I was so tuned in and absorbed in the story that I completely forgot I was in a movie theater with other people! I’ve lost myself in movies before, but never like that. I’ll always consider this movie to be one of the best films ever made if not the best. It’s just an all around masterpiece.
Red opens the envelope: "Look how he looking around like who see me?" LOL exactly what I was thinking because I was feeling I would have done the same darn thing.
Amazing reaction! Thanks ❤❤❤
Afternoon. Although set in Maine, the prison used was the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. The large main building and Cell Block 1 are now a Museum. They offer tours, can be used for special occasions, and offer overnight cell accommodations for the brave. ( haunted ) The street scenes were primarily N. Main St where the shop owners agreed to have their stores redone to fit the time period. Many still look the same. The halfway house is the Bissman Building, and still looks the same today. (It was a beer distributor, hence the name "Brewery") The store was the E and B Market on 4th Street which has been torn down. I was fortunate to be an extra con in the yard scenes. The premiere was held at Mansfield's Renaissance Theatre, a restored 1929 movie palace, before New York and Los Angeles. I volunteered working the theatre restoration. The prison was also used in the movie "Tango & Cash” and was the Russian cell block in "Airforce One". An interesting side note: In the bad winters, crows from 7 or 8 counties move into Mansfield by the hundreds due to large granaries that used to be between town and the prison. Brook's crow was a natural. The passage of time from the unfiltered Chesterfields to the filtered cigarettes offered Tommy by the warden, and the subtle aging of everyone is superb. Many people miss the subtlety of when Brooks left the prison, you see the prison through the gates, and when Red left you are looking forward over the fields toward the town. And they don't notice when the warden opens the Bible and finds the cut out, that it is the book of Exodus! I am 75 now with Parkinson's and don't get to attend movies very often. I enjoy the reaction videos on TH-cam.
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
The book end with “I hope.” You don’t know the end of Red’s journey. Test audiences for the movie demanded the ending where you see them meet.
Seriously the best reaction to this movie ❤
Great reaction!! One of the best reactions i've seen
As a movie collector for almost 4 decades, here is my top 5 movies ever:
1. Titanic
2. Braveheart
3. Schindler's list
4. Shawshank redemption
5. Gladiator....
and also
6. The green mile
7. Ben Hur
etc... (you will notice that all of this movies are about 3 hours long, or more...) Greetings from Croatia!
“That is some weak cement!” Syntell’s face: 😶
You guys gotta do Forrest Gump, tropic thunder, field of dreams, good will hunting, braveheart, gladiator, rain man, dead poets society, saving private Ryan
How did they even enjoy this movie!? They talked and did play by play the whole time! How did you hear anything happen?
The old guy’s name was Brooks not Booksy
One of the greatest endings, if not the greatest ending ever to a movie in my opinion... This real prison is in Mansfield, Ohio and it's called Mansfield reformatory. You could actually go there every Halloween. They have a haunted prison and it's pretty amazing. Of course you get to see some parts from where the film was, There's also a Shawshank prison tour where they take you to film locations, I think the crazy thing about this movie it completely bombed in the theater. It was nominated for best picture but lost to Forrest Gump but it became a classic once it came out
Really enjoyed the reaction to a fantastic movie. Louse is the singular lice.
the movie is considered by many one of the best ever made , there is an actual town Zihuatanejo on the western Mexican coast . Mt daughter vacationed near there . The movie helped with the town's already popular beaches.. to think all of the dialect , actions of the movie were created by the mind of one artist , Stephen King . There are many forms of art and I hope all appreciate them
This movie is one of the best I've ever seen.
Andy liked to play chess. He just played a 19 year chess game with the warden. His moves and counter-moves planned out years in advance. I think that lunch box was there before, judging by how old it looks and how rusty it is. Probably had some mementos from when he and his wife were there. He removed them and put in the items for Red, his last act to give Red hope at a new life on the outside.
Glad Y'all enjoyed the film, remember this was set shortly after WW2 where we fought against Japan. Hence Brook's comment in the Library.
I say this with all Shawshank reactions. The one thing you don't notice is that Tim Robbins is actually 6'5". The camera work and angles doesn't show it. The one brief moment you see it is after he shines the wardens shoes he's walking through the doorway and he ducks under while the guard follows. Great reaction.
Such a slap in the face that this movie didn’t receive awards.
The one thing I wanted to point out that was ironic, that right when you guys mentioned the harmonica, a few seconds later when Red got to the rock wall you hear the harmonica being played for the first time EVER in the movie! And I think it was put there intentionally at that moment to represent that Red was finally going to be free.
They say that Stephen King is the master of horror , he’s also a master of tearing your heart out