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[shira]

It's radius pretty much encapsulates Andy's body. Then he crawls through shit and stank for 500 yards. Holy shit. I'd die halfway through. If not from stink, then from lack of Oxygen. Am I wrong in this?

Not unless you ate it.

 

[Hiltz]

Lol imagine digging for like 20yrs and then get moved to another cell where he has to start all over again.

Hehe that was surely suck. That would have made for a great potential scene in the film.

 

[TheKaeptain]

To be fair, that was the year I realized they were bogus.

Also, that was 18 years ago.

How old were you back then? Like 20?

 

[Kentpaul]

Hehe that was surely suck. That would have made for a great potential scene in the film.

You could just arrange something with the new guy who moves into the cell. That's if they don't take down the poster.

 

[The Technomancer]

Yeah it seems unlikely but possible.
The less possible part to me is the small rock hammer not wearing down to a nub.

I think they address this in the short story, he keeps having to get rock-hammers smuggled in, but he finds a way to cover it up.

 

[Acquiescence]

I remember an interview in Empire magazine where the journo jokingly asked Darabont how Andy attached the poster back to the wall after climbing into the hole in the wall. His response was something akin to "hey, it's a movie!" Even the crème de la crème of cinematic masterpieces require you to suspend your disbelief every now and then. The message is just as powerful all the same.

 

[Neuromancer]

I remember an interview in Empire magazine where the journo jokingly asked Darabont how Andy attached the poster back to the wall after climbing into the hole in the wall. His response was something akin to "hey, it's a movie!" Even the crème de la crème of cinematic masterpieces require you to suspend your disbelief every now and then. The message is just as powerful all the same.

Couldn't he have taped just the top to the wall, and then crawled in like it was just a flap? I guess then it would have looked different when the warden threw the rock but still.

 

[Borgnine]

How did Andy hang the poster back up attached to the cell wall so nice, neat, straight, and undamaged from inside a hole he could not turn around in?

Magnets.

 

[-COOLIO-]

the fact that it was so unfeasible is what really drives the hope thing

 

[Count Dookkake]

How old were you back then? Like 20?

18 or so.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

The only question in my mind is how in the hell did he hang the poster up so snugly/tightly back against the wall from inside his escape tunnel.

 

[Kentpaul]

The only question in my mind is how in the hell did he hang the poster up so snugly/tightly back against the wall from inside his escape tunnel.

String and blu tack.

 

[tapedeck]

Magnets.

In all seriousness didnt he just detach it from the bottom and let it hang? And if he was almost the same size as the tunnel he was digging then he wouldnt have to worry about drafts blowing the bottom of the poster up.

 

[shira]

Lol imagine digging for like 20yrs and then get moved to another cell where he has to start all over again.

He seemed to get special priveleges

 

[Supermanisdead]

agamemnon busmalis did it 3 times basically

 

[Fenderputty]

Heh. My experience is from breaking apart old cast iron bath tubs. It's the only way to get them out and they're pretty easy to break apart with a hammer.

Cast Iron is also difficult to weld because of how brittle it is.

I wasn't ready for someone on GAF to bust out their construction materials metal knowledge though

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Best question: how badly was Pulp Fiction robbed?

Verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry badly. And I even kind of like Forrest Gump.

 

[alphaNoid]

The only question in my mind is how in the hell did he hang the poster up so snugly/tightly back against the wall from inside his escape tunnel.

He had 22 years to figure that out

 

[Borgnine]

After he broke the shit pipe he scooped up some shit and went back in the tunnel and shit glued the bottom of the poster.

 

[Grym]

After he broke the shit pipe he scooped up some shit and went back in the tunnel and shit glued the bottom of the poster.

this is the only logical answer. bravo!

 

[Hindle]

Greatest film ever made IMO.

Reds closing speech about Andy was incredible, you really wanted the guy to escape.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

I escaped from prison, but it took 14 years and the help of my second father to escape.

 

[Messypandas]

Anyone who liked this movie should check out Law Abiding Citizen. Its like watching it backwards

 

[Megasoum]

I don't get how everybody thinks that Andy is innocent just because of Tommy's story.

Andy did so much for Tommy that it would'nt be a stretch for Tommy to invent the whole thing just to help his mentor.

The story was never proven to be true or false in the movie because the warden kills Tommy right away to protect his money laundering scheme.

For me, Andy's culpability was always a sort of MacGuffin and I think in a way this is the most brilliant thing about the movie.

 

[BravesCountry]

Anyone who liked this movie should check out Law Abiding Citizen. Its like watching it backwards

Whatever you do don't listen to this guy

 

[StrangeADT]

I remember an interview in Empire magazine where the journo jokingly asked Darabont how Andy attached the poster back to the wall after climbing into the hole in the wall. His response was something akin to "hey, it's a movie!" Even the crème de la crème of cinematic masterpieces require you to suspend your disbelief every now and then. The message is just as powerful all the same.

How did Andy hang the poster back up attached to the cell wall so nice, neat, straight, and undamaged from inside a hole he could not turn around in? His feet have some amazing dexterity and flexibility!!

this is the only logical answer. bravo!

Couldn't you guys at least do some cursory research by watching the bloody scene again? He comes to a point after the tunnel he dug where he could turn around, go back and attach the poster with his hands.

40 seconds into this clip.

Andy's Escape

It doesn't show it, but it could have been done.

I escaped from prison, but it took 14 years and the help of my second father to escape.

lol, nice.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

Anyone who liked this movie should check out Law Abiding Citizen. Its like watching it backwards

That movie has Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler in it. Those two factors, plus it being a terrible movie, make it not worth watching.

 

[ratcliffja]

Best question: how badly was Pulp Fiction robbed?

It wasn't as good as Forrest Gump or Shawshank Redemption, so not at all.

 

[MarauderShields]

It wasn't as good as Forrest Gump or Shawshank Redemption, so not at all.

Great year though

 

[Borgnine]

Anyone who liked this movie should check out Law Abiding Citizen.

I agree, watching that movie is like crawling through five football fields of shit.

 

[Messypandas]

Whatever you do don't listen to this guy

That movie has Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler in it. Those two factors, plus it being a terrible movie, make it not worth watching.

I agree, watching that movie is like crawling through five football fields of shit.

I'm not disagreeing with any of you but it charmed me with its awfulness

 

[Brian Fellows]

Best question: how badly was Pulp Fiction robbed?

Not nearly as bad as LA Confidential.

 

[BravesCountry]

I'm not disagreeing with any of you but it charmed me with its awfulness

Haha yeah I was just giving you a hard time, I didn't like the movie at all but one of my friends loves it, god knows why.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

What if the pipe emptied into a pool full of piranhas?

damn fine question right here, fellas.

 

[nVidiot_Whore]

I don't get how everybody thinks that Andy is innocent just because of Tommy's story.

I really have never once thought Andy was anything but innocent.

I've watched the film several times, and never thought at any point they were suggesting it was anything but a film about an innocent man being imprisoned. It's called Shawshank Redemption.. His "redemption" (from being wrongfully imprisoned) coming from eventually being free, and taking a large amount of laundered money to go live his life in Mexico.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Couldn't fit in the waste tube. They're not that big in real life. And yea, there's no air in that. He's suffocate pretty quick.

 

[BertramCooper]

It's about as realistic as a magical negro who can absorb people's sicknesses and spit them into the air.

 

[poppabk]

Anyone who liked this movie should check out Law Abiding Citizen. Its like watching it backwards

Now there is a movie with plot holes and unbelievable things happening. I still can't believe that the ending relied on the super planner, technological black ops genius not having a single piece of surveillance on his entry into his cell. Movie was 15 minutes of interesting build up, followed by x minutes of dumb.

 

[Mr Cola]

The mist was far better than people give it credit

 

[Eidan]

It wasn't as good as Forrest Gump or Shawshank Redemption, so not at all.

Smart man.

 

[nVidiot_Whore]

Now there is a movie with plot holes and unbelievable things happening. I still can't believe that the ending relied on the super planner, technological black ops genius not having a single piece of surveillance on his entry into his cell. Movie was 15 minutes of interesting build up, followed by x minutes of dumb.

I was ready to say I liked the movie if the daughter were to explode on stage at the end playing her violin or whatever.

 

[Platy]

I escaped from prison, but it took 14 years and the help of my second father to escape.

Wich makes me wonder that this is basicaly the story if Dufresne had changed cell and other inmate had got his hole...

 

[Messypandas]

I was ready to say I liked the movie if the daughter were to explode on stage at the end playing her violin or whatever.

 

[Hawkian]

Couldn't fit in the waste tube. They're not that big in real life. And yea, there's no air in that. He's suffocate pretty quick.

Well, that one obviously was big enough, had a hole in it and a hole at the end of it (500 yards away from the other hole), so there was plenty of oxygen. Not passing out from the nausea would be the real feat.

That escape was masterful whether or not it could be repeated in real life. I love how he waited for the night of a storm, and only smashed the pipe amid the cracks of thunder to avoid the noise attracting attention.

 

[Dogfacedgod]

I first heard about Shawshank Redemption from a friend of mine. He told me he saw this awesome movie.

I asked him what is was about and he said: "It's about this guy who escapes from prison."

Still an awesome movie but it would have been nice not knowing the ending going into it.

 

[TAJ]

Couldn't fit in the waste tube. They're not that big in real life. And yea, there's no air in that. He's suffocate pretty quick.

Wat. It's open to the outside. Science is hard.

 

[Hawkian]

They kind of give it away in the middle of the movie with the Count of Monte Cristo scene. But I agree that would annoy me.

 

[RionaaM]

How could you be so obtuse?

That's it, you're getting a month in the hole!

The Shawshank Revengeance

Shawshank is an unashamedly uplifting, feelgood film done right. A lot of people hate it for that sole reason. I think it works incredibly to its advantage

You made me laugh out loud in front of my boss. I hope you're happy...

That's TWO months in the hole for you.

 

[Yeef]

I agree, watching that movie is like crawling through five football fields of shit.

Oh, how I miss your musings.

 

[ROFL]

Has anyone here read the novella?
I always felt the movie version stretched the believability to breaking point, but there are several differences in the book that make things a bit more plausible.