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...Shawshank Redemption...
...present-day France. Though this scenario is seemingly ripe for political commentary, especially given the French government’s recent controversies with Arab immigrants, the only politics present in the film are those of the frightening world of prison. It strays from the spiritualizing of “Shawshank Redemption” while managing to go far beyond the ruthlessness of “Oz,” thus capturing an accurate, typically unseen portrait of a real-life prison...
Over his 60-year career, he played many roles, including an aged convict in The Shawshank Redemption. To fans, character actor James Whitmore, 87, had a familiar face that he reinvented for each part...
...There's a line from The Shawshank Redemption that is apropos. It's spoken by Tim Robbins' character: "Get busy living or get busy dying." We've lost it all, but we're choosing to get on with living...
...play. What’s your favorite tragic death from another play or movie?CS: I don’t really watch bloody movies. I watch thrillers, but not horror movies or anything like that.RR: What’s your favorite movie?CS: I like “The Shawshank Redemption,” “American Beauty.” Let’s see, what movie have I seen the most? “Dirty Dancing,” which is embarrassing.RR: Wow, that is a tragedy.CS: Haha, yes, it is in itself.Nicholas J. Melvoin...