Shawshank Redemption (1994) is a CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE !! (First Time Watching & Reaction)
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- Andy Dufresne, a successful banker, is arrested for the murders of his wife and her lover, and is sentenced to life imprisonment at the Shawshank prison. He becomes the most unconventional prisoner.
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No matter how many times I say, "I'm all done watching reactions to Shawshank", I still get pulled back in.... 😁
Lol, same here 😊
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!
Same here!
Its the number most loved film of all time for a reason. 🤣
There's no way. It's like when I'm flipping through channels and it pops up on anything, I HAVE to watch. Too good.
I think the best thing that gets overlooked is when Andy plays the record over the loudspeaker. He had been digging for 6 years. He could have had all his things, including the poster, taken away for his insubordination. He put his possible freedom at risk to play music for everyone, and that is amazing.
So crazy how Frank Durabant, for his very 1st feature length directorial debut, wrote and directed an absolute masterpiece. IMHO it's practically flawless. It's the highest rated film in IMDB history.
Edit: I'm so glad you enjoyed it Alyska. It is, without question, one of the greatest films ever made with one of the most pure, feel good, exorbitantly beautiful endings ever put on celluloid.
All the performances, stories, costumes, sets, cinematography, and music are just perfect.
He also had the presence of mind to have Morgan Freeman narrate the film. This was his film narration debut, and many films since have wisely followed suit.
I wouldn't say so much as "wrote" but adapted from the Stephen King Story "Rita Heywood and the Shawshank Redemption" which ended exactly the same way.
@cafesmitty Totally understood, but it's not, of course, word for word. A lot of the dialogue for it was re-written by Durabant, and the ending isn't the same. In the book, Red goes to meet Andy, but it's never confirmed that he gets to meet up with him. The film gave it a definitive conclusion that he did make it to him.
@@jediknightgeo originally the bus was the last scene, after a preview screening they added the last scene and it is better for it
One small thing about the cinematography of the scenes where Brooks and Red were released. Brooks scenes keep showing what's behind him, while Red's show what is in front of him.
It's a small thing, but gives us a subconcious change in emotions.
Incredible observation! I'd never noticed this before.
@@thelastshogun3913 Unfortunately not mine. I saw it in another reaction
@@LeMaqnifique Well, I guess it's one of those symbolic things, Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and in this case one really didn't know what would happen to either Brooks or Red. It's only after watching the movie more than once do most people pick up on some hidden details.
Since you asked, in the novella this is based off of, Andy finished his tunnel several years before he escaped. He just had to work up enough courage and/or anger to use it. Also had to wait for the proper storm to come and give cover for breaking into the sewage pipe.
“I’m a convicted murderer who provides sound financial planning.”
- The genius of this line is undeniable.
Stephen King, best known for his horror stories, also wrote The Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile. They are arguably the two best film adaptations of Stephen King stories - both written and directed by Frank Darabont.
Also The Shining, despite King's personal opinions.
Also Stand By Me.
Frank Darabont also made The Mist, another Stephen King book.
Stand By Me and Miserybwere also terrific. Stanley Kubrik took far too many liberties in The Shining.
When you realise he was hiding the hammer in the book at the end, you go back to watch it again and you realise that 'oh shit' moment when the warden nearly took the book off him earlier in the movie.
And that he hid the hammer in the book of Exodus!! Genius. 😊
White powder after showering was "delousing". Basically trying to kill anything like lice or other unwanted tagalongs that might come with people that don't clean/bathe regularly.
In the late 1940's that could be the insecticide, DDT.
It was another form of flea powder like what was used on dogs and cats.
"The attapulgite delousing powder is prepared from purified attapulgite clay, pyrethrum, stemona root, cnidium fruit, flavescent sophora root, garlic and borneol by mixing; grinding in a grinding machine and packaging."
They still use it. Its for lice and body lice
You made a good point about Andy's advice being "out of date at some time" (I don't think I've heard someone realize that before), because laws and rules change, but I would bet that the Warden had all of that brought to Andy at his request. Andy is that 'smart banker' who's going to know he needs constant new changes in laws.
After that room check with the warden I doubt they ever checked his room again, he was the wardens pet, he was protected
As a proud Mainah (resident of the state of Maine) I loved how places like Buxton are part of one of the greatest movies ever made.
Wasn't the film shot in Ohio? I know that's where the building used for the prison is.
@@Fred-vy1hm true. Unfortunately it’s REALLY expensive to shoot in Maine. It’s known as Vacation land for a reason.
1995 Academy Awards for Best Picture had Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump and The Shawshank Redemption. All three could have won.1995 was a good year for movies! Forrest Gump won. "Get busy Living or get busy Dying." Great Film, Thanks Alys!
The notion that Pulp Fiction has any business being in a conversation with Gump and Shawshank is the biggest joke in movie history.
@@sweaquitygaming3549 imagine having this much confidence and being that clueless. amazing
The weakest of the three won
The first of three collaborations between Stephen King and Frank Darabont...each very memorable in their own way.
The Green Mile and The Mist will really mess with your head, but also great!
I didn't love The Mist. But this and Green Mile are stellar
@@jsalvatori It's the ending of The Mist that was the ultimate mind f*ck. That was a script change from the book by Darabont.
The Mist and Shawshank Redemption are perfect companion pieces.
@@justinmccarty3886Yes they are...almost always think about them as a set....King's shorter stories seem to really adapt well to the Big Screen...
This movie didn't do as well as hoped in the theaters. It was only when released on VHS that it really developed a following.
The same thing happened with The Princess Bride. Gotta love VHS.
“Get busy livin or get busy dyin”
“That’s goddam right.” 🙂
No matter how many times I watch this movie, Brooks’ segment always gets me 😭
brooks killed his wife and daughter after a bad night of gambling. That's why he was in prison. I hope that makes it easier on you. I hope
It's kinda a metaphor in life as well, when you retire or let go from prison it's not a easy change and really can depress anyone! That's why hobbies are important.
Because Red adds his name to the wall in the boarding house, I feel that Brooks is no longer alone. One of his "own kind" is with him now.
Same here mate, he really wanted to eat that ripe maggot but gave it to Jane, what a dude
It’s even worse when you are watching people react to that scene because you are now tearing up from the scene itself and from the reactor breaking down. Double whammy!
In the original novel, Tommy was not killed but rather transferred to a less security prison to keep his mouth shut. And At last Warden Norton resigned instead of shooting himself. Hadley had a heart attack in novel due to which, he resigned from his job long before Andy's escape.
And in movie, Andy came to Shawshank in 1947 and escaped in 1966. But in novel, he didn't escape until 1975.
And the novel ended at Red moving on in the bus awaiting what's ahead, the reunion scene was absent in the novel.
My favorite movie of all time! Glad you enjoyed.
18:10 Red makes a comment here that Brooks probably couldn't obtain a library card even if he tried upon his being paroled. About five yrs after this film was released, I was employed @ the Malibu Public Library working the circulation desk. One day while I was on staff, actor James Whitmore entered into the building, made his way over to where I was stationed and stated to me that he'd been residing in that particular city for thirty yrs and that that was the very first occasion he actually made a point of visiting the local library there. So I registered him right on the spot. And therefore, I'd like to believe that "Brooks Hatlen" did, in fact, receive his library card after all.
That is awesome. :)
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Just my opinion, the movie should have won an Oscar for Best Original Musical Score. Magnificent soundtrack.
I always loved that the last word of the movie is "hope."
As defiant and flippant as Red sounded at his last parole review, he was approved for two reasons. 1) The parole boards had become "kinder and gentler" over the decades. 2) He was finally honest with them, instead of just saying what they wanted to hear.
The cynic in me says that the way he talked made it clear that they had broken him, and as such their mission was accomplished. "They sentence you to life, and that's exactly what they take."
Luckily, the film had test screenings because, in the original draft, it ended when Red said he hoped the Pacific was as blue as it had been in his dreams. You never saw if they had reunited or not. Test audiences hated that the old friends weren't together again. The original ending would've made it a great film, but the ending we got makes it a masterpiece.
I'll respectfully disagree. If there was one thing I would change about the film, that is it.
@@shauntrek 🤡
Brooks was here scene is one of the most powerful scenes ever made
When Red carves his "good-bye" in the plaster, it's as if Brooks is no longer alone.
“Salvation lies within” -Warden as he hands the Bible back to Andy not realizing the rock hammer is inside
Don't forget the hammer was hidden in Exodus.
This movie was so much better than the book. The movie gave us the reunion that we needed.
[18:40] "... No idea how to fend for itself". True for the bird, equally true for Brooks
Some films have good endings, and others have happy endings. This film had a triumphant ending!
exactly!!
Omg yes! Green Mile is next! lol
I hope so 🙏
Joker: Forget the Green Mile! Try walking the Brown Mile!
@@Umbra-r4k Mr Jingles trumps the Joker. Go Green Mile!
ending a comment with "lol" makes everything else worthless...
Green mile is boring, I don’t like it at all.
Easily one of the greatest movies ever made. Possibly THE greatest movie ever made. I don’t cry in movies normally but I cry a few times throughout this film every single time.
GIVE US BACK OUR A'S, PRIICKS!
I know I've said this in other youtube comment sections, but when you consider that Brooks entered Shawshank in 1905 and was let out in 1955 it blows your mind how much had changed for him and how alien the world was to such an old man. Old people feel alienated anyway today, and they lived through all the changes, Brooks missed it all in prison and there was no support system in place to help him make friends and understand the world he now inhabited.
Everything went from oil lamps to light bulbs with electricity, televisions sets were invented and were on the cusp of replacing radio as the main family entertainment, 2 world wars and the Korean war occurred, the atom bomb was invented and used, cars became cheap enough and widespread to replace horse and cart as main travel, trams which had been the noisiest and most dangerous part of cities were again being phased out for cars or underground subway train systems, people went from living their whole lives and working in one town to moving everywhere for work and travelling the world, towns and cities went from everybody knowing each other and always having the time of day to chat to everyone being in such a damn hurry to get places and being strangers, aeroplanes became cheap enough for widespread commercial flights, the Empire State Building and most of the famous sky scrapers were conceived and built, and high rise housing became the norm thus changing most city skylines completely beyond recognition, the gold standard was replaced by paper money causing heavy inflation and creating the financial crash of 1929, universal suffrage happened allowing women and most men who didn't meet the financial and property requirements to vote.
The same for anyone who's been in prison over the last few years. The internet, mobile phones, social media, etc Things have changed massively in a very short time.
He planned to leave during a storm so it wasn't luck. He needed the cover of thunder.
As a Star Wars fan I figured you'd like how much Clancy Brown (plays the head guard) has contributed to Star Wars over the years. He's voiced a lot of characters (Savage Oppress from Clone Wars, Montross in the Jango Fett Bounty Hunter game and Ryder Azadi in Rebels) and played a few live action ones too (Burg on The Mandalorian and Ryder again in Ahsoka). Outside of Star Wars he's been in a lot of live action stuff (Highlander, Buckaroo Banzai, Daredevil) and voices a ton of characters including Mr Krabs on Spongebob.
He saved the entire human race in Starship Troopers.
@@clh35 It wasn't the mighty fleet or a fancy new weapon, it was a drill instructor named Zim who captured a Brain!
When it’s all broken down, it’s a story about love. Love that one person has for another. Whether it’s romantic or platonic, humans have a desire to love and be loved. Andy and Red find that, one way or another.
Maybe I'm just saying what you are a different way, but to me it was about hope.
Hope when life deals you a cruel hand, hope to keep your head and your heart when the good you do is wrested away, hope to resist and triumph over evil, the hope of being free within even when you're sitting in a prison for decades.
One of the most satisfying endings in film history.
After all the darkness & turmoil your face visibly brightened when you realized Andy had escaped, and the end of the movie gives you the feel good factor.
The stuff tossed on the new inmates was actually for delousing them. It wouldn't do to have the prison infested with lice.
24:44 - "washing the money?" LOL, that is the cutest - she was thinking of "laundering" money, which sounds like laundry, hence, washing the money. 😊🤣😊
I could listen to Morgan Freeman read a phone book...and every time I see him waiting in the park alone for Jake, my heart breaks...💔
-Brooks was here
As a kid i remember just finding it funny the meanest guard in the movie is played by Clancy Brown the actor who voices Mr Crabs
Clancy Brown, in an interview much later, said that he felt conflicted about playing such a nasty character, until he realized that he was actually portraying Red's version of the worst aspects of the guards, and not actually a real person. At least that's how Clancy was able to deal with playing such a viscous character.
Clancy Brown got a little typecast after this and also before this, having played one of the more vile bad guys in Highlander in 1986, the Kurgan.
He started going for good guy roles, but often was cast into good guy but bad ass roles, like his role as a drill instructor in Startship Troopers.
He's a fantastic actor who plays bad asses very well.
@NateAZ One role that I liked him in was the Frankenstein monster in the little-known movie The Bride, with singer Sting from The Police.
Although monster would not be the appropriate term in this case, as he becomes more human as the movie progresses.
He redeemed himself when he played another guard in “the Hurricane” with Denzel Washington.
@@TXRager "redeemed himself"?
I didn't know he had done anything wrong.
The cardigan that Andy started wearing was Brooks
Warden whistling "A Mighty Fortress is our God," as he leaves the room before Andy escapes. Brilliant.
Alyska! I strongly recommend “Interstellar” (2014). I give it my highest recommendation.
It is one of the best science fiction films ever made. A true emotional roller coaster.
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy and Michael Caine
I recently saw it for the first time and I easily consider it to be one of the greatest movies of all time.
24:45 “Washing the money” lol close! It’s called laundering.. similar to laundry so I see how you made that connection 🤣🤣
Her saying that remind me of a joke I said at a laundramat one time that scarred the hell out of a woman. The woman was taking her laundry out of a washing machine when she pulled out a twenty dollar bill and I told her she better hope the police don't find out about laundering that 20. She looked at me, puzzled by what I said. I told her that it was against the law to launder money and showed her an article that happened to be in the newspaper that day about a drug dealer who had been convicted of multiple crimes including money laundering. After I realized it scarred her, I felt bad and had to convince her that money laundering (the crime) wasn't literally washing it but was obscuring where the money came from and this was often done by depositing in a bank under an assumed name.
@@chuckster255 I wonder how far you coulda taken that joke if you hadn’t told her the truth lol
Andy left that for Redd after he got out, but he planned it all along. Andy told Redd about the wall/tree hoping he would get out. That was amazing!
Love this reaction.. you have brilliant energy and enthusiasm
The Green Mile for sure, it's another adaptation of a Steven King story, also set in a prison and with the same director.
Green Mile sucks. Too supernatural. Big man crying like a baby doesn't make it a good movie.
@@budmcnew7763 ya it was only nominated for 4 academy awards including best picture and screenplay but we will have to go with your opinion on this one. 🤔
@@Fred-vy1hm a lot of movies are nominated for various categories but how many do they win. Where does it rank in IMDb's list? Not sure if it's in the top 25. I'll check though.
@@budmcnew7763you’re certainly entitled to that creative opinion, sweaty. We’ll pray for you lol
I wasn’t expecting you to watch this movie, but yes I’m glad you’re watching The Shawshank Redemption, because it’s the number (#) one (1) highest rated movie in the IMDB, it’s easily a masterpiece, and I think you should definitely watch The Green Mile, Gladiator, The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, and Stranger Things at some point
Such a fantastic film and pretty faithful to the story written by Stephen King. Other movies directed by Frank Darabont based on Stephen King's stories I recommend are The Green Mile and the The Mist. One might leave you in tears; the other might give you nightmares.
You sure you never saw this before? You literally guessed every thing that happened right before it did throughout the movie lol. Thanks for your reaction to the best movie ever!
Brooks was here.
So was red
I reluctantly went to see this film with my mom and brother when it was first released in the theaters . I’m not a fan of prison movies , and my expectations were low , but like you I was pleasantly surprised ! At the end , we all agreed that this was a GREAT movie !
I know you've played RDR. You probably don't remember it, but there was a tree and long wall that looked similar to what you saw in this movie, I believe not far from Beecher's Hope. It was one of the treasure quests you can do in the game. Anyway, the tree and wall are an Easter Egg for this movie.
A couple of weeks late, but just to address a couple of your questions: Red was in prison for murder. If i recall correctly from the novella, he cut the brake lines to his wife's car and she and a passenger were killed. Andy's value to the warden and guards gave him special privileges in prison, so he didn't get cellmates and they didn't toss/inspect his cell after that initial time with the warden. (There may have been a cellmate for a brief time in the novella, but im not sure and if he did have one he was quickly removed. My apologies that it was so long ago I read it.).
I got my tissues ready 🤧
Ull need them for the Green Mile
The white powder at the beginning is delousing powder. Delousing powder works just like flea powder in dogs. It is a chemical that is toxic to lice but not (normally) to people. And the redemption was Red's, not Andy's.
Single most satisfying movie made
"Randall Stephens" is Frank Darabont giving Stephen King and one of Stephen King's greatest villains in some of his novels..Randall Flagg (The Stand and The Dark Tower series) a shoutout. Frank Darabont LOVES The Dark Tower series of novels by Stephen King.
You should watch Green Book, it's fantastic with a similar feel to shawshank
The problem I have with this movie about male bonding is that "The Negro Motorist Green Book" is an offhand mention in the movie. The fascinating tale of Victor Hugo Green's creation of "The Negro Motorist Green Book" has yet to be told.
In case your curious, in the story this movie is based on Brooks was convicted for murdering his wife and daughter after a streak of losing at poker.
Weirdos is a funny way of spelling rapists...
Not showing remorse?Looks like he was pleading not guilty.
The powder they throw on the new prisoners is delousing powder that is meant to kill insects like lice/scabies/crabs.
I agree about the checking behind the poster issue. That being said, there could be an argument made that Andy didn't get checked after that first meeting with the Warden , after that first meeting he had more privelidge .
Andy and Boba Fett have things in common. Like stuff and things.
I understand Brooks. Sometimes I wake up as scared middle of the night. Trying to find out where I am and who I am. Then trying to go back sleeping but my heart bumps too powerful that I feel like bed shaking because of earthquake.
They don't make great movies like this anymore, still some, just not many. This movie was when I became a Frank Darabont fan, his filmmaking skills are remarkable, still hates how AMC treat him in The Walking Dead, imgine if he still on the project.
18:36 Good call. In the short story, Jake's body is found by the wall not long after (just in case Brooks' fate wasn't enough of a bummer).😭
I was reading through to see if anyone had said this, but you beat me to the punch.
@@SFOlson Got lucky on this one.🙂
And most people here probably never read it.🤔
Great reaction and editing from a YT veteran.
Maintaining this is Red's story, that Andy came into HIS life, the meaning behind the film's title carries more weight.
Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie of all time. I really admire Andy, a character I long to emulate every day.
Just an amazing movie. It's much more brutal to watch the first time, because you don't know how it ends. On subsequent viewings, you know the end is coming, so it's easier to deal with the rough moments.
My favorite movie of all time.
I've seen this movie many times and still get emotional. It's one of the best ever made. I still can't believe Steven King wrote it. Who da thunk.
I don't doubt that people have already suggested The Green Mile by the same director, Frank Darabont. I always tend to suggest a little less popular movie of his, The Majestic (2001) with Jim Carrey, some of his best acting.
The Shawshank Redemption is in my top 10. Another top 10 film for me is Empire of the Sun (1987). I don't know where people suggest films to you, so I'm suggesting it here. Just like Red finally found hope, I also have hope that one day you will watch this film too ;D
Another great movie to watch is Good Will Hunting...has all the feels...Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Robin Williams
Normally in prison movies, you expect a breakout to be tried. In this case, I actually did get surprised by that. The story had a firm grip on me and never let me go. Pure excellence!
Such a great movie that sadly didn't win any Oscars
Watch the Abyss special edition
Have to recommend that you read the source material as well. Stephen King’s Different Seasons which contains “ Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” also two other of the stories in Different Seasons had movie adaptations… Stand by Me and Apt Pupil.
This and the Green Mile are the best adaptations of stories written by Stephen King.
The maggot part went from ew to wholesome lol
In Darabont's original vision for the end of the film, Red is seen riding a bus towards the Mexican border, leaving his fate ambiguous. Glotzer insisted on including the scene of Red and Andy reuniting in Zihuatanejo.
If you haven't seen The Green Mile you should watch that too it's written by Stephen King as well and directed by Frank Darabont also.
In America, W-2s are our records of income for the year
Many argued this was an Oscar winning picture but although this movie was nomated for Best Picture at the 1995 Oscars, nothing stopped Forrest Gump that year as it beated out Shawshank for Best Picture.
"Stand by Me" is another great film adaptation of a Stephen King short story.
I watched this ina highschool class, i wonder if others fell asleep while i watched
feedback: your reaction and comments were good towards the end of the movie but at the beginning you were kind of smiling here and there on dramatic moments, and that felt weird. Everybody watching your reaction probably has seen this movie 20 times. I bet nobody is laughing on those dramatic moments. You need to respect the mood of the film. Maybe you are just too young :) and pretty ;) ❤
"What say you fussy britches?"
A month is solitary is not really that long. When I was a kid well over 30 years ago I got busted for stealing some stuff and ended up doing almost a year in solitary. Humans are very adaptable. As for the escape remember this is set a LONG time ago. Now you are not allowed to have ANYTHING on the walls, not even a towel hung up to dry and cell is checked fully at least once a week including all the bars being hit with a weighted rubber hammer to see if any are lose.
Don't feel bad. Morgan freeman has joked that the reason the movie did bad was because people couldn't say the title to recomend it to others XD
The fact this came the same week as jurasic park didn't help either ;w;
Many of the same writers directors producers and actors in Green Mile!
Great reaction.
Brooks talking about Jake showing up to say hello -- yeah, that's the part that usually gets me.
Hard to believe that the actor that played the vicious guard was Clancy Brown, who was also the voice actor for Hank in Detroit Become Human. I'm sure there are some of us here that still remember you playing that gem of a game.
Mr Krabs, too!
At 36:48, nobody ever seems to notice this but Red is narrating how Andy's favorite hobby is toting his wall out into the exercise yard. Which begs the question, how did Red know? But we don't find out until the end of the movie how he knows.
Well it must've happened after these two reunited when Andy must've recalled his tale to Red about how he managed to put his escape plan into action.
@@BillyButcher90 That's precisely what must have happened. But for first time viewing, I don't think anybody catches up on this as they're watching this scene.
Great movie. I always wondered how he taped the poster back to the wall from the inside.
If I recall, from the book, he weighted down the bottom corners
The Thomas Newman score was the perfect compliment. Dont recall what it was up against at the Academy Awards but it was one of the many times Newman got robbed. Nice reaction. New subscriber here and looking forward to seeing your honest reactions to other heart wrenching films.
*complement
This movie is one of my top 5 of all time I have seen. So good. Great casting, and great story.