I had the very good fortune to meet Bob Gunton (The Warden) at a con in Las Vegas. He’s such a ludicrously nice man in person and he loves talking to fans about literally anything. We spent 15 minutes just talking about life. Though I love his appearance in Star Trek, I just had to have him sign a picture of The Warden for me. He signed it: Skye, Put your trust in the Lord. Your ass belongs to me.

@user-wb8eh6lf5n

2 ай бұрын

I heard stories that a lot of actors who play villains are actually some of the nicest people

@momD612

2 ай бұрын

Classic!! 😂😂😂❤

@ryanbryce2752

2 ай бұрын

That is fantastic

@ZeeBee692

2 ай бұрын

Very cool!

@user-blob

2 ай бұрын

Excellent story 😊

He didn't just hide the rock hammer anywhere in the middle of the Bible, he put it starting in Exodus, which is about the Jewish people escaping slavery.

Legit one of the very very rare films you won’t meet a hater of

@0okamino

2 ай бұрын

Most certainly not Stephen King himself. I’m pretty sure it remains his favorite of favorites among adaptations, along with _Stand By Me._

@30noir

2 ай бұрын

Derren Brown thought it sucked.

Andy probably didn't want to leave any clues on paper in case Red was caught with any documentation. Andy is smart.

"I guess I just missed my friend" gets me every time.

@andreshernandez1180

2 ай бұрын

it's just 'miss'

I used to think that this was King's "non-horror" but it was pointed out to me that A) Giant spiders arent' real and B) Being sent to prison for a crime you didn't commit to be abused by prisoners and sexually assaulted by inmates is one of the most realistic horror scenarios

One thing that makes "The Shawshank Redemption" a rare and great film is. That it's a story about a friendship/relationship between two men. There is no cliche female/male love interest. In my opinion I think it should have gotten the Oscar for best picture but that went to the more feel good, family friendly "Forrest Gump". It was a good year for movies as "Pulp Fiction" was also released.

Not only is this film officially a classic, it's one of the few that features a true friendship between two men. They're not cop buddies working a case or criminals trying to do a heist together; they're just friends, and they talk about real life-and-death stuff. It's one of the many beautiful things about the film.

It's impossible to read the story now without Morgan Freeman's awesome narration reading it in my head.

The main character in this is the prison and what it can do to those inside. Monsters are real, and they’re us

Probably the best all-around movie ever. It's perfect: cast, characters, cinematography, costumes, lighting, plot, script, music, etc. All top-notch! One of the GOATS.

I love how careful the Warden is about making sure Andy can’t see the safe combination and it didn’t matter one bit. Andy didn’t need to get in there to screw him. 😂

i like how when Brooks and Red are released the guards look upon them with some level of reverence

$35,000 in 1949 is worth about $435K in 2024. $370K in 1966 is worth just over $3.5M in 2024. Crazy numbers

@jamesellis701

2 ай бұрын

And they would be spending it in Mexico where everything was cheaper

This movie is so important to me. I have the Rita Hayworth poster on my door Once, I moved in another country for work. I planned my moving and set everything in my new place until I realized I forgot my movies. I only had The Shawshank redemption "on me" and no internet until the next week. No friends yet, it was also a special week and lot of places were closed where I moved. So nothing to do. I watched the movie EVERY SINGLE evening for a week. And I wasnt bored a single time. This movie is so good

Andy was a genius there with the roof scene though. By putting himself in such danger he made the Guard feel like the big man who was doing Andy a favour. If he'd just walked up to him and said, 'Hey, I know how to get you that 60,000 for just a few beers' the Guard would have probably just beaten him

When Andy and Red were talking before he escaped, Andy said if he were to ever get out, he'd go to Mexico. Red said that was just a "shitty pipe dream" (foreshadowing)

@ScottGibbs

2 ай бұрын

Lol maybe Andy was having trouble deciding where to go once he got through his wall and that was what gave him the idea to go through the shit pipe.

@zedwpd

2 ай бұрын

How was the sewer pressurized when it was only half full? What would Andy have done if the end of the sewer line had a welded grate over the end?

@chipwhitley6509

2 ай бұрын

​Funny enough, that is the reason prisons now have sewer grates in their plumbing

@simplelife88393

2 ай бұрын

@@zedwpd It only became half full when the pipe burst and he would have died.

@irisblue2332

2 ай бұрын

@@zedwpd This has given me nightmares and I've thought about it way too much. Could he even scootch back in the pipe to the hole? Bend properly to get out of it when he reached the opening? Make it back up to the hole that leads to his cell? Having my arms pinned to my side and then being trapped at the end of it terrifies me.

This film deserves every bit of praise it gets.

The same director Frank Darabont did 3 Stephen King movies. The Mist (2007), The Green Mile (1999), The Shawshank Redemption (1994). He also created The Walking Dead TV show.

@MojiBeau

2 ай бұрын

AMC firing him after season one remains one of the most baffling decisions I’ve ever seen in television

@TheGovernor-vw9cf

2 ай бұрын

@@MojiBeauagree I wish they never did

The sign of a great movie is when you rate it even higher upon a subsequent viewing. Bravo!!

I almost didn't hit "like" for this video because I was on a work zoom meeting while this was playing low on the other side of the room... Then came "A Morgan free man", and I had to excuse myself and like this lol. Shawshank is my 9.999 movie. I can't find it on TV at any point in it and not just watch to the end. BTW everyone saying you have to check out "Stand By Me"is right! Some of the best acting you'll ever seen from kids in a film.

I don't think that anything Red said in his parole hearing had anything to do with him getting parolled. They just automatically parolled men when they were too old to be a threat. It didn't matter what he said. Nothing he had ever said at a previous hearing mattered either.

@0okamino

2 ай бұрын

I think his sincerity did have a bit of bearing on it, even if not much. I just hope there were no real hard feelings from the parole board when Red skipped town (and the country). He’s one that they could definitely just say “Oh well, he was ready to be out anyway” about.

Most people don't think about it, but it must have taken Red 5 days to get to Zihuatanejo Mexico from Portland Main.

It would be cool if the scene froze just when the warden sees the corruption and murder headline in the paper and you hear Morgan Freeman's voice saying "It was at this moment he knew, that he F*ed up."

I love watching this for the second and third time, seeing the warden motion to the poster on the wall that hides the tunnel andy is digging, “can’t say i approve of this” too funny, or later when he holds andys bible that hides the rock hammer and tells andy “salvation lies within”. Great movie the first time, even better with subsequent viewings.

Stephen King is probably one of the most important American authors ever. What he's given to the world is unmatched.

@0okamino

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I have to agree about him being way up there in importance. He’s not even close to the most prolific or successful (though make no mistake, he _is_ very prolific and successful as an author), but his sheer quantity to quality ratio is enviably impressive, as well as how much his work has become embedded in the cultural consciousness. It’s not for no reason that he is so highly considered.

@BBFilms88

2 ай бұрын

We’ve all joked about king as kids/teens, but as an adult, pushing 40, the man really is a true marvel

@ChefPatrickChase

2 ай бұрын

he’s given JK Rowling and RL Stine good reviews

@JuggyFWB

Ай бұрын

@@ChefPatrickChase He enjoyed Harry Potter a lot, but he turned against her when she went all anti-trans and regularly talks shit on her now.

Absolute masterpiece indeed!! one of my top 10 favorite films of all time, has to be the most satisfying ending of any film I have ever watched.

When I went to prison, the lice shower was decidedly better than in this movie, but it was still brutal. They give you a little bottle of shampoo that you're supposed to put on your hairy parts (I'm Irish, so they didn't give me enough, obviously), then you get in an insanely cold shower. They say hot water causes problems with the shampoo's effectiveness.

@st0n3p0ny

2 ай бұрын

Funny, Red is named Red because he's an Irishman in the book.

The idea for disposing of the pieces of the wall came from the film "The Great Escape."

@RetroRobotRadio

2 ай бұрын

Great movie.

@katherinedinwiddie4526

2 ай бұрын

Love that movie. Also Kelly's hero's

@libertyresearch-iu4fy

2 ай бұрын

Shows what I know. I thought it was from 'Chicken Run'.

@alexistrebexis3195

2 ай бұрын

How do you know? That’s not the only movie or story with a similar escape method and disposing of dirt. Are you just guessing he got the idea from that movie?

@bobbybobbatunday9959

2 ай бұрын

Well, do you know of another? Or maybe you finely honed troll instincts just prompted you to post? Truth to tell, there are other examples,but most wouldn't be known to the writer as they are obscured with time. OP's assumption is a good one and you don't need to be in the discussion if you have nothing more than a contrary attitude.. However, If memory serves, the Count of Monte Crisco that the movie references has dirt disposal, but they had no access to a yard in that story.

Great reaction as always, This story and another called 'The Body' are both from the same book titled 'Different Seasons' and both are amazing stories. Both also turned into fantastic movies. 'The Body' 's movie is called 'Stand By Me' and absolutely worth watching.

@0okamino

2 ай бұрын

I could have sworn they already did (sometimes it’s hard to keep track among so many reactors), but I looked, and couldn’t find _Stand By Me_ on the channel. If they actually haven’t, they sure need to.

@Alfaqwad

2 ай бұрын

There was also an apt pupil movie with Ian mckellan I believe

@robertbunting3117

2 ай бұрын

@@Alfaqwad yup, but as i remember not nearly as good of a movie

Thanks to Cameron and Isaiah! ⛵ Kudos to writer Stephen King and director Frank Darabont. 🔸 Since Zay wondered, the powder thrown on 'Andy' after being hosed down was an insecticide... to discourage lice.

@0okamino

2 ай бұрын

All that delousing powder, and they still ended up with a warden and captain who were very lousy. 😉

@auntvesuvi3872

2 ай бұрын

@@0okamino Yes, indeed! 😆

He deliberately kept the tiny hammer in the book of Exodus. Exodus means an exit or departure, particularly from enslavement or captivity as in the book of Exodus when Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt.

This movie is a privilege to watch. I can put a lot of different high marks on different films though this is an example of a story done exactly right.

Congratulations, you have now seen the greatest film ever made.

@LoneRanger-et7gq

2 ай бұрын

Your opinion, I hope?

@wackyvorlon

2 ай бұрын

@@LoneRanger-et7gq my opinion, it’s also ranked as such on IMDb.

@bobbybobbatunday9959

2 ай бұрын

The AFI top 100 series from 2000 had it up there for the 20th century. I haven't seen too many films since then that can compete with it.

@jasoncar1469

2 ай бұрын

​@@LoneRanger-et7gqno, it's a fact. Absolutely perfect movie. The emotions, the acting, the ending, the rewatchability. Perfect

@LoneRanger-et7gq

2 ай бұрын

​@jasoncar1469 It is a good film, but it is not the greatest film of all time. Godfather 1&2 still holds that honor.

Did you notice that when the warden opened the bible revealing the rock hammer cut out, it opened to the book of Exodus?

"He is the worst individual ever omg"... Percy enters the chat.

The $370,000 in the warden's crooked proceeds that Andy walked off with would be worth $3.6 million today.

Cam is so ready to be a dad with his jokes.

@0okamino

2 ай бұрын

His kids’ eyes are going to be so tired from rolling.

*_”Nice to meet you, Norton the Warden!... My name is Gaston the felon!”_* 🤣

The Stephen King book title is Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption ✌️

It's still the funniest thing to me that most who were kids in the late 90s will always think of Clancy Brown not as a terrifying sadistic prison guard, but as Mr Krabs. Me included!

This is my favorite drama and so glad you both liked it. Your convo about the movie after was one of your best and made me rethink Red’s character. Love you guys

Stephen King is a master of horror and suspense, not necessarily just the supernatural. Each of his stories approaches the subject of horror from different angles, including Shawshank. Imagine being innocent and accused of murder, knowing in your own mind that you’re not guilty. The insanity of the situation could easily drive you mad. Your mind could slip, and your soul could be crushed within days, as it happened on the first night with the man who was beaten to death by the captain. The terror of spending a lifetime/infinity behind prison walls is hell, is horror, is terrifying. Men who succumb to it are in two prisons, the actual prison, and the prison they create within themselves in order to survive the horrors of their reality.

"The Shawshank Redemption" was influenced by "The Great Escape." The director of "The Shawshank Redemption," Frank Darabont, has acknowledged that he was inspired by "The Great Escape" when making the film. Both movies share themes of hope, friendship, and the struggle for freedom, although they are set in different time periods and locations.

I think the big turn in direction for the two characters was when Andy was telling Red to find that Rock..The big line was, "If you ever get out of here"..This must have struck Red dumb, because he probably never believed there was a real chance of getting out, and getting out with something to actually look forward to..Andy was using a little psychology 101, to spark something in Red. Some hope, because he knew how hopeless Red was. Here's, at least, a little something he can hope for..Great exchange!

I've lost count of the number of times I've seen this film, but when I'm flicking through the channels on the TV and this film is on I'll have to watch to the end, no matter where in the film it is.

$370,000=$4.3 million in todays worth ..this is one of the best movies ever made .never heard a bad word said about it ..

I just checked.... $35,000 back in 1949 is the equivalent of $450,000 today! :O

Can't believe you guys haven't seen it. So happy, enjoy. I read this Stephen King short story in his book "Different Seasons" . It was so well done. GREAT movie.

90s films are so good! Shawshank, Silence of the Lambs, Usual Suspects, LA Confidential, Misery, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Player, Short Cuts. The list goes on and on!

You guys remind me of me and my best friend, 30 plus years later. ...Get busy living, or get busy dying.... GD right!

Delousing was a fine powder. Gas or liquid. That was original applied to animals to kill external parasites on the animal's body. It was just greatly by the Gremans between 1938-1945.

Regarding Red's (and most of the other inmates') repeatedly rejected parole hearings: my personal theory is that the Warden had the evaluators in his pocket so he could hold onto the inmates

@InjuredRobot.

2 ай бұрын

Its not a bad theory.

@dmaxwell910901

2 ай бұрын

That'd actually make sense. Andy and Red already witness so much corruption, just as prisoners. It's very unlikely that they (and by extension, we) would have known everything, corruption is usually hidden. And with how quickly the Warden took advantage of Andy's skills for nefarious means, and with so much confidence, it's safe to say it's not new to him.

@lsaria5998

2 ай бұрын

For me it ties in more with what Red said earlier: "They send you here for life, and that's exactly what they take; the part that counts anyway." The only way you get released is when you served your time or you reach a point where you don't care if you're in or out; alive or dead.

25:31 That scratch across the record just kills me every time.

It’s been a long time since I clicked on a notification so fast! Glad you two enjoyed this classic 🎉

40:42 "You wanna be free?" Good question indeed, how far would you be willing to go for freedom?

The head guard, Hadley, (Clancy Brown), also does the voice of Mr. Krabs on the Sponge Bob Square Pants cartoon show.

This movie really never disappoints no matter how many times you watch all or parts of it. 😊

There is a stark contrast between Brooks leaving prison and Red leaving. Brooks is shown with the prison gate surrounding him. Red leaves facing the outside world towards freedom. The view of Brooks shows the prison in the background and the viewer looking in. The rock hammer scene, as Andy is etching his name , was happenstance as the wall crumbles easily.

Morgan and Tim were interviewed recently at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. When asked about the pipe escape, Tim said that the sludge that he crawled through (chocolate, sawdust, etc.) was much safer than the water he fell into which was from the countryside filled with cow urine and a toxicologist had to come out to test him.

Excellent commentary, guys! Stephen King is one of the great modern writers. It's great to see younger generations appreciate adaptations of his work.

One of the best movies I’ve ever watched, love watching people react to it. Glad you enjoyed !

7:37 You’re not the first reactors to watch this movie that didn’t know what a “louse” was. I always find that surprising. Do you know what a mouse is? What’s the plural of mouse? Follow that logic through and you should be able to figure out what a louse is.

@jtoland2333

2 ай бұрын

Didn't you guys have lice screenings at your school??

" A MORGAN FREE MAN"😅🤣🤣 The best joke ever!😂😂😂😂 got me.

I didn't need a reason to take a break from work, but this movie is a gem. Thanks, guys!

Most satisfying ending EVER!

When the Rejected form is shown, the picture on it is of Morgan Freeman's son.

Damn it you genuinely made me laugh out loud Cam. That was beautifully executed..

"Is that not contraband? Having a full on raven?" Next person to go to prison, see if you can smuggle in a Canada Goose X3

When i found this reaction i was like yes finally!! Been wanting this since green mile!! This is thw best film ever! It's actually still #1 on imdb since it came out!! ❤️🔥

Best movie quote ever; "Get busy living or get busy dying. That's god-damn right"

"Canzonetta sull'aria," is a song from Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro. " I highly recommend listening to this opera or watching the video. There are clips on KZread. The opera is a romantic comedy of the class system, mistaken identity, infidelity, forgiveness , and rejoice.

Have you guys watched Stand By Me? It’s from the same book as Shawshank, Different Seasons. It’s a book of 4 stories for 5 seasons. Stand by Me was based on the story The Body. If you haven’t seen it, you really should. It is the best adaptation of King’s non-Horror stories.

@sladestumbo4117

2 ай бұрын

Edit: 4 stories for 4 seasons. (Sorry)

@billymuellerTikTok

2 ай бұрын

Apt Pupil was also adapted into a movie

@sladestumbo4117

2 ай бұрын

@@billymuellerTikTok Personally, I don’t think they’ve successfully adapted Apt Pupil yet. 2 problems: these stories do better as period pieces, nostalgia and darkness. Second, they aged the young man. It’s a a dark coming of age. He loses much of his vulnerability if he isn’t still somewhat a child.

I kind of agree that the "Redemption" was in the most part, Reds. After all it is called The Shawshank RED-emption. Great analysis of this all time classic film. Never get sick of watching reactions of this movie. Well done.

I noticed you'd uploaded this just before I was heading off to bed at 12:30am. Even though my alarm goes off at 6:30am I did seriously consider staying up til 1:30am just to to watch it. I didn't, but only so I could properly enjoy it later on when I get home!

The Robot Chicken version of this movie with Batman is actually the funniest toilet humor I've ever seen.

You are correct. The redemption is Red, not Andy. Theres a very good reason this is regarded as one of the best, if not THE best movie of all time. Its just soo damn good. A testament to the absolute genius of a storyteller that Stephen King is. Also, my favorite trivia....Hadley, captain of the guards...also the voice of Mr Crabs from Spongebob. Loved yalls reactions. Its soo good. New sub here.

When you want to give a 10 but channel rules don't let you give a 10 ;) This is probably my favorite movie, it was fun to see you react to it!

The prosecutor actor was one of the guards in _The Green Mile;_ I loved his character on Darabond's _The Walking Dead._ The inmate friend who picked up petrified horse manure played the father of the murdered girls in that film, and the main bad guy in _Die Hard 2._ Delousing powder is insecticide for killing a louse. The plural of louse is lice. The librarian actor was a cop in the classic creature feature _Them!_ The actor who played Boggs, the leader of "the sisters" was Vasquez' buddy in _Aliens._

Masterpiece.

I love to imagine just how long The Legend of Andy Dufresne lasted at that prison, and if it spread to other prisons in New England. Prisoners from Shawshank had to have gotten out of there and landed in another place after doing another crime, just like Tommy. One arrives somewhere like Hartford, CT, goes to their horrible prison library, and compares it to Shawshank’s premier example to his new buddies, telling them about who created that library and what he did to screw over the warden. Then the story starts to spread, and in 25 years, all that remains is The Legend of Andy Dufresne.

Per Kings story: Brooks murdered his wife and daughter after losing a card game. Red murdered his wife by cutting her brakes to collect her life insurance policy, and also murdered the neighbor woman and infant she’d picked up before her brakes failed. Brilliant movie, but it makes you love and sympathize with characters that murdered kids. That’s easy to forget.

@RocketToTheMoose

2 ай бұрын

I feel like the movie implies that Red killed someone while doing a robbery when he was pretty young.

@billymuellerTikTok

2 ай бұрын

Red also really was Irish in the book... and the movie omits what happens to Jake who was institutionalized too

@karidennis6154

2 ай бұрын

@@RocketToTheMooseyeah, kind of hard to sympathize with someone that kills their wife premeditatedly and the another woman and child. Guess that’s why they don’t mention that in the movie.

@karidennis6154

2 ай бұрын

@@billymuellerTikTokthe movie shows jake dead, did something else happen to him in the story? Haven’t read it in years.

@RocketToTheMoose

2 ай бұрын

@@karidennis6154 I think the movie is definitely changing his story. It seems that he did his crime as a teen (based on his mugshot in the parole hearings). That sort of insurance crime doesn't really seem like something a kid would do.

A Morgan Free Man 🤌

This movie tears at your heart. 😢

Cool! I've been waiting for you guys to hit this one

Clicked "like" immediately as this is my all-time favorite movie.

I think you guys are great. You're so insightful and funny already at this stage in your lives, I can't wait to see you guys in your twenties. Keep it up!

47:16 I laughed way harder at this than I would like to admit...

Hadley is Mr. Krabs FYI. Also the drunk cop dude from Detroit: Become Human.

You can also see Bob Gunton (The Warden) in the 1989 movie "Glory." He plays the part of General Charles Garrison Harker, the General who finally agreed to let the 54th Massachusetts fight (After a bit of blackmail by Col. Shaw and Maj. Forbes). My apologies to anyone who might take this comment as a small spoiler.

Such an amazing film... Tim Robbins ( Andy ) also plays in Mystic River which I highly recommend.

A deleted scene showed that Jake didn't make it on the outside either, without Brooks. That look on Zay's face when the sewer pipe broke, he looked exactly like Val Kilmer!

The delousing powder thrown on the prisoners at the start of the movie is to get rid of lice. As for Red being released, you might notice that when he walks into the parole room for the last time, it’s from his perspective instead of the people behind the table. And when he leaves the prison, again, you see the gates from his perspective, heading out, opposite of when Brooks left.

Hadley is Mr. Krabs, FYI.

Seeing you both be so all about appreciation of a movie like this, as well as some fun, cool camp like _The Lost Boys_ (and so many other points on the cinematic map) really makes me smile. It’s just great to see how enjoyably well-rounded your tastes are.

Great reaction guys and a really thoughtful summation.

oh golly, I've been hoping you two would do this one!!

"the Shank" 🏆

Awesome reaction and thanks for the fun, boys!

I was scared to watch the film after I read the short story. They did it justice. I loved it. Completely worth watching again with you guys. Thanks.