Andy: The funny thing is, when I was on the outside, I was an honest man...straight as an arrow...I had to come to prison to learn how to be a crook.
Chess is played with a white square at the right end of the first row. You see the chess board with the stone figures in Andy's cell, and every time there is a black square on the right. Andy would have known better. See more...
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Directed by Frank Darabont, starring Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, William Sadler (add more)
Genres: Drama
There are many references to the number 237 in the movie. For instance, this is the number of Red's cell, and these digits are on Andy's prison I.D. This number makes appearances throughout Steven King stories, the most famous one being the room where the murders take place in "The Shining".
When the Warden opens the Bible from his safe after Andy escapes, he opens to where Andy hid his rock hammer. The book of the Bible he opens to is the book of Exodus, the book chronicling the Israelites escape from Egypt.
The real warden makes a cameo appearance as the black inmate who sits behind Tommy on the bus.
The photo of the young Red on his "Approval" document is a photo of Morgan Freeman's son. It was a police photo of him after he was convicted for joyriding.
The sound of the warden shooting himself is the same sound of the man stamping "Approved" on Red's paper.
Shawshank State Prison is actually the Ohio State Reformatory located in Mansfield, Ohio. If you take a tour, you can see the Warden's Office used in the movie and also Andy's tunnel. The prison has been used in several movies and music videos like Godsmack's "Awake."
Originally, the film was supposed to end before Red and Andy met again. The last shot was of Red's narration saying, "I hope the Pacific is as blue as it is in my dreams." After a huge argument, a few final shots of Red meeting Andy on the beach were added in.
The Humane Society had to be present for the scene when the maggot is feed to the bird, Jake. The Society said it was cruel to the maggot, so it had to get a maggot that died of natural causes before the crew could shoot it.
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