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recently i re-watched the shawshank redemption in the comfort of my room. it's amazing that this movie was made in 1994 and yet 14 years later remains one of my favorites. It holds up so well. the first time I saw it was around 2000 or so when my English teacher showed it to the class.
I went on wikipedia to find more information about the movie and this is some interesting stuff that I found:
>Brad Pitt was considered for the role of the guy who was shot after saying that he talked to the guy who killed Andy Dufresne' wife and her lover.
>Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Nicholas Cage, and Charlie Sheen were all considered for Andy Dufresne! Can you imagine that?? How different the movie would have been.
>Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, are among a few who were considered for the role of "Red"! Again, WTF. I'm so happy Morgan Freeman got the role.
>The director also directed the Green Mile, both movies about prison and of course both written by Stephen King. He also directed The Mist. Also a King book.
>In the year that it came out, two other movies came out: Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction. Both movies completely overshadowed SR, winning all the Oscars. But 2008, most people rank Shawshank above Forrest and Fiction on Best Movies of All Time lists.
>In the movie, when Red is approved parole, the young man in the picture of his ID is that off his son Alfonso. He also plays the guy at the beginning of the movie when the new arrivals appear and he's calling out 'fishy fishy' holding an imaginary rod.
That's it. I'll probably see this movie again soon.
 
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Such a fucking amazing fucking film. It is just so fucking AMAZING! Stephen king is a complete genius there's no two ways about it
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What a coincidence, I just re-watched this film with a friend today, it still totally kicks ass in every way.
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Charlie Sheen woulda been pretty badass, but I still think it was an awesome casting job.
Kinda hard to put it on an all time movie list against Gump and Pulp. Three totally different movies.
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I thought that it was hokey. I also dislike Morgan Freeman, but that's simply due to overexposure.
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I just watched it recently, actually, amazing film. I find it hard to compare this and Gump though, so different in nature.
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I like Morgan Freeman a lot!
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weird, just got this on Blu Ray the other day.
Brooks 
edit: pulp fiction > shawshank though 
english, mother fucker! do.. you.. speak.. it??!
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I do admit I like pulp fiction more than shawshank... but shawshank is still brilliant. And I love morgan freeman!
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You cant compare pulp fiction with shawshank,mate, those 2 have nothing in common expect the fact that they are both movies
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One of the best movies ever, and of course you can compare movies even if they are not about the same theme ect. You can still compare the acting, editing, soundtrack, story, the directing ect.
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Here's a little spoiler:
This isn't major or anything, just a editing error but when Brooks is about to be released and goes psycho holding a knife to that dude's throat(name escapes me), look at the throat. In one scene there's blood and then in the next seen you only see a small wound but no blood at all. They must have reshot the scene and wiped the blood off by accident.
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Yup... It's a good movie alright. Nothin to jizz my pants over though.
If you haven't seen Finding Forrester, I'd suggest that movie too... Not many people have heard of it, but it was really good. I don't know if I'd say it was better than the movies mentioned in this thread, but I'd certainly say they're all on the same par (except Forrest Gump... I liked that okay, but it wasn't that good  )
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On December 10 2008 07:59 Oystein wrote:
One of the best movies ever, and of course you can compare movies even if they are not about the same theme ect. You can still compare the acting, editing, soundtrack, story, the directing ect.
Not really... Most people judge movies based on the impact they had on them. It's hard to put a movie that was trying to make you laugh up against a movie that was trying to make you think. They're not really comparable on any meaningful level.
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On December 10 2008 07:55 disciple wrote:
You cant compare pulp fiction with shawshank,mate, those 2 have nothing in common expect the fact that they are both movies
Well, in any given movies list, you're going to have different movies of different genres and so on. So yes, you can compare.
Speaking personally, as I've seen both very recently, I like Shawshank much more. I only saw Pulp Fiction once and probably won't see it again, but SR is gonna have a few more views in me for sho.
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On December 10 2008 07:59 Chef wrote:Yup... It's a good movie alright. Nothin to jizz my pants over though. If you haven't seen Finding Forrester, I'd suggest that movie too... Not many people have heard of it, but it was really good. I don't know if I'd say it was better than the movies mentioned in this thread, but I'd certainly say they're all on the same par (except Forrest Gump... I liked that okay, but it wasn't that good )
I saw Finding Forrester and I thought, no offense to you, that it was complete sap. It's basically the black version of Good Will Hunting with too much melo drama. It's watchable but is then forgettable.
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pulp fiction is on another level to me
SR is good, no doubt about it
edit: its really weird, i randomly watched Mystic River yesterday and was still under impression
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There are a lot of movies out there where wikipedia mentions who was considered for what roles. Harrison Ford almost didn't get the role for Han Solo, for instance. But if any of those people got the role and did a good job you'd be thinking how disastrous the movie would have been if Tim Robbins did it.
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Personally, it's my favourite film. I love everything about it.
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