Shawshank Redemption - Channel 4 tonight
02 October 2005, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by brihoppy
oh dont even get me started on highlander...fantastic film...it wrecks me when they ruin good films with crap sequals...!!!
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02 October 2005, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Paul Habgood
One of the best films ever IMHO!
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02 October 2005, 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by cookstar
Shawshank Redemption was also a very good book
Written by Steven King i believe
Written by Steven King i believe
02 October 2005, 02:56 AM
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I've only read the book, missed this thread, so how does the film compare?
Cracked me up as a kid when the wardens find how he got out, "Oh **** it's ****!" is that line still in the film?
Cracked me up as a kid when the wardens find how he got out, "Oh **** it's ****!" is that line still in the film?
02 October 2005, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by cookstar
Shawshank Redemption was also a very good book
Written by Steven King i believe
Written by Steven King i believe
it was actually a very good short story. It's in the same book as The Running Man and An Apt Pupil (the one about the ****).
02 October 2005, 08:32 AM
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Great film (up there with "the green mile").
got it on dvd - shame you have to physically turn the disc over half way through!
brill film though
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got it on dvd - shame you have to physically turn the disc over half way through!
brill film though
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02 October 2005, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by NotoriousREV
To be a pedant it was actually a very good short story. It's in the same book as The Running Man and An Apt Pupil (the one about the ****).
it was actually a very good short story. It's in the same book as The Running Man and An Apt Pupil (the one about the ****).The book that the Shawshank came from is called Different Seasons, and also has Apt Pupil(the **** one), The Breathing Method(havent read this yet) and The Body(turned into a film called Stand By Me).
The Running Man was a seperate novel.
Originally Posted by ScoobyDoo555
Great film (up there with "the green mile").
got it on dvd - shame you have to physically turn the disc over half way through! brill film though dan
got it on dvd - shame you have to physically turn the disc over half way through! brill film though dan
Sounds like you need to update your copy on DVD though, mine isnt a flipper
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02 October 2005, 11:00 AM
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Ah yes, you're right. I think The Running Man is also in "The Bachman Books" along with a few other well known stories (can't remember which ones now).
The Breathing Method is a great story!
The Breathing Method is a great story!
02 October 2005, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ScoobyDoo555
Great film (up there with "the green mile").
got it on dvd - shame you have to physically turn the disc over half way through!
brill film though
dan
got it on dvd - shame you have to physically turn the disc over half way through!
brill film though
dan
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02 October 2005, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Wizzbang
To really be a pedant
The book that the Shawshank came from is called Different Seasons, and also has Apt Pupil(the **** one), The Breathing Method(havent read this yet) and The Body(turned into a film called Stand By Me).
The Running Man was a seperate novel.
The book that the Shawshank came from is called Different Seasons, and also has Apt Pupil(the **** one), The Breathing Method(havent read this yet) and The Body(turned into a film called Stand By Me).
The Running Man was a seperate novel.
The Breathing Method is good but kind of relies on the macabre ending.
The Bachman Books also has The Long Walk which is a really good story too.
02 October 2005, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by NotoriousREV
To be a pedant it was actually a very good short story. It's in the same book as The Running Man and An Apt Pupil (the one about the ****).
it was actually a very good short story. It's in the same book as The Running Man and An Apt Pupil (the one about the ****).
02 October 2005, 03:39 PM
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Whoops didnt read page three before replying. 
Agreed "The running Man" book was far far better than the film, two totally different stories though.
If they had followed the book more when making the film it would have been brilliant
Agreed "The running Man" book was far far better than the film, two totally different stories though.
If they had followed the book more when making the film it would have been brilliant
02 October 2005, 05:05 PM
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Was chatting with a friend earlier about Shawshank-Apparently,when it first came out,it recieved a right slating in the revievs,and as said before,was a box office flop-ironically,its now put down as one of the finest films made.
03 October 2005, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by skoobidude
Set my Sky+ to record this. It failed!!!
damn.
damn.
My favourite bit was Morgan Freeman peering in from the left of the hole and the look of almost wonderment on his face
03 October 2005, 01:44 PM
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are my eyes deceving me!?!? someone made a post saying how good a film is and EVERYONE only had +'ve things to say about it!?! got to be a SN first surely!!??!?
one of THE best ever films!
one of THE best ever films!
03 October 2005, 02:19 PM
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I have to agree too - someone lent me Shawshank and American History X a few weeks ago, and have to say I thought they are probably two of the best films I've ever seen! (Apart from all the Hugh Grant chickflics, naturally )
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03 October 2005, 02:57 PM
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Shawshank Redemtion is what I call an "Etch a Sketch" film - after I'd seen it I really wished I could shake my head and forget the whole thing 
- just so I could sit through it all again and enjoy the twists and turns.
Sixth Sense would be another film in that category.....
- just so I could sit through it all again and enjoy the twists and turns. Sixth Sense would be another film in that category.....
03 October 2005, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by wez_sti
are my eyes deceving me!?!? someone made a post saying how good a film is and EVERYONE only had +'ve things to say about it!?! got to be a SN first surely!!??!?
one of THE best ever films!
one of THE best ever films!
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