I just noticed, in this moment, Andy saves Red, by giving him a purpose once he gets out on parole ... Instead of being so afraid and taking his life like Brooks did, he went to that place Andy told him .. Such good movie
That's the thing. Andy figured Red would get out eventually (he even asked him about it). Red mentioned about being institutionalized now like Brooks had been and Andy, planning his escape, wanted to save Red from suicide by having him make that promise to go there and dig up what was buried there.
Smart move from Andy, he doesn't tell Red what's under the stone so it'll keep him guessing and stuck in his mind and that way, he will never forget those instructions.
But what’s most amazing about that scene is when Andy tells Red about the Maine hayfield and the tree and the volcanic glass rock, which Red would have to pry up to see what’s underneath. When Andy says this there’s NOTHING buried under the rock. Andy doesn’t put it there until after he escapes. One of the greatest plot twists ever and people barely even realize it. The foreshadowing in this scene, the economy of words they speak, the superb performances, all make this one of the best scenes in one of the best movies ever made. A true masterpiece.
@@airira I noticed this scene. The little package of money is in the box. And a letter. Andy had to cash that bank check some wheres. He left the bank a check. How many checks did he have.
It's a fantastic trick. My psych teacher once pointed to a number on the board and said, "Do you see this? Your homework is to forget this number." That was twenty years ago. The number was 452. I still effing remember.
I was 14 when this movie came out. When the credits rolled my dad looked over at me and said "You dont often witness a perfect motion picture, today we did" welp, 25 years later and pops was on the money. RIP to my old man. He loved movies.
Glad you have a solid memory of you and your dad sharing a moment. That way he is never gone. You always remember him. I lost my dad in 2011 and remember so much
Andy smiling while talking about his future is him actually realising how close it is to happening. He's already dug the tunnel and has planned his escape to perfection. All that stops him from leaving is himself and his ability to overcome the sense of comfort he has established within Shawshank.
Unfortunately the face he has to wear, esp being fresh from another stint in isolation, lead Red to believe that Andy had snapped here and was ready to end it. Man, walking into that cell to see it completely empty of Andy took three huge piles of rocks off of Red's heart.
@@MikeJ2023 He has access to the paper more than likely, while working in the Warden's office. So he could check that I suppose / listen to news on the radio.
Haha i was like "wait, did he just say shitty pipe dream" ? and went down the comment sections to check, cause i couldnt believe i didnt catch this before
No explosions. No sex. Nothing. Just two guys talking. Wondering about life, and their future. That's what makes this movie, the greatest film of all time.
Um, it's a great film, but is it really the greatest film of all time? Have you seen Citizen Kane, Grapes of Wrath, Casablanca, The Seventh Seal? For example.
Judging by your brilliant and grammatically correct reply, it's obvious you're a film scholar of international renown; I mean, who but the brightest would start a sentence with a lower case and use an ellipsis in place of aperiod to end a complete sentence? And who can argue with the fact "this is the best rated movie of all time"? Can you please let us know where you got that from? Your source(s) please. ClassicGamer21, I'm not trying to embarrass or humiliate you, but you say stupid shit, you need to get called out on it.
One element that is often overlooked in this scene is the lighting. Notice how they are in the shadow at the beginning, then when Andy says, "Get busy living, or get busy dying," he walks into the light. Then as he tempts Red with his secret, Red also walks toward the light, though not completely out of the shadow. It's perfect foreshadowing for the end of the movie. So so beautiful.
Well made films such as this are full of metaphors like this that can get over looked.The scene where Andy locks himself in the wardens office and plays opera music over the PA system is another such masterpiece.
Except the fact that he didn't tell Red the address. A little attention to detail is always nice in a movie. Yeah yeah.... just go look for a rock wall and an oak tree some random place. No worries! Hahaha
@@puckered6036 and you should I just lost my dad 3 months ago he was on hospice, and let me tell you it's something you'll never be prepared for!!! All the times you could've spent with him hurts way worse than him dying, take advantage of every moment and enjoy them!!!
A better anology would be "time capsule". A "time machine" implies that can go back or forward through time, and theoretically make changes to the time line. Whereas, a time capsule marks a certain period in time, when viewed from a point further in the future.
Because it pays homage to great American icons (Elvis, JFK etc) & you know the Yanks are all about promoting their greatness. At least Forrest Gump was a worthy winner too & this movie didn’t get beaten by trash.
The suspense of what lies buried there, must have been unbearable .Even if Red had any thoughts of giving up, there was still an unanswered mystery. The need for an answer must've been soooo compelling. Andy knew how to save Red ,how to keep him alive, give him a purpose, greater than any adversity. Knowing that there is something buried, JUST 4 YOU, likely kept Red awake, for countless nights.Who could ask for a better friend? Brilliant indeed.
2:44 on first viewing, your first impression is that Andy is bitter and angry at his situation and is slowly accepting it. However when you know what he does later, re-watching it has a completely different meaning; he's excited and nervous about his escape he has planned later that night and he has trouble containing it, but he knows he must put up a façade to prevent others from knowing. Top notch acting from Tim Robbins.
i was lucky to be able to watch this film without any previous information. watching this scene, i genuinely thought he was going to kill himself. i thought this scene was him saying goodbye for good.
The way Tim Robbins acts this out is just first class. I loves how he shifts over the conversation towards what seems like resentment and frustration. On first pass - you think its a resignation that his life is over and Norton has won... But It's his frustration at a few things: 1. At Red (a man he cares deeply for) for thinking this is all there is for them (while knowing there's much more to life) 2. at the institution for taking away his life to now - he's about to destroy his oppressors and that rage he has held towards them is starting to leak out 3. The man's about to put it all on the table - a one time chance to claim back his life and he's pushing through the fear of failure - the thought that "it's MY time" The "Get busy living or get busy dying" part, where despite his frame of frustration - is actually full of optimism when you consider he tells Red all the details of the future he wants. It's simply brilliant acting - all these emotions perfectly captured over 4 minutes.
Just realized that Andy's demeanor totally changes when Red tells him this thinking is a 'shitty pipe dream'. I always thought he got all upset because it hurt his feelings that somebody was telling him that he's stuck here forever, but it's really because he feels terribly sad and conflicted that he can't have Red escape with him.
Yes, the first time is played straight up, and you really feel Andy is at his limits. You really feel two ways, Andy is no chump has to have a plan, or he is done, for those few moments we are thinking of the worst possible outcome.
To me this scene has a deeper meaning than it gets credit for. For me personally it represents being trapped in a way of life my whole life and hoping to one day change it for the better. Andy represents the hope that the change will happen. Red represents the doubt that it is even possible.
Totally genius. He composed American Beauty's soundtrack, such a masterpiece as well. Goddamn, this is the reason of why I love filmmaking, nothing but simple visions put them on screen with such a beautiful melody.
It really is a shame that this film tanked at the Box-office. The greatest film I’ve ever seen . No film has been able to move me so profoundly . I felt hope for the first time after watching this master piece.
Yawwwwwwwn!!!! Give me some monsters or dragons or blood or boobies or a spaceship or something. This shit is boring AF! I almost fell asleep in the 4 mins it took for this vid to play out
What makes me tear up is Andy's undying faith in his best-friend & homie Red. He tells him not to underestimate himself & knows he's better than his current circumstances. I pray that I can find a friend who has faith in me again; the same faith Andy had in Red.
One of the greatest movies ever filmed. One if the greatest actors in history. Morgan Freeman is a true great on film and in life. Incredible example of a real men. Honor, dignity, respect.
I love this movie, this acting, this writing. For those who don't realize, Andy during this entire scene from when Red tells him he's been institutionalised, is digging Red's own escape tunnel. He is set on giving his friend a way out, a way to be free, free to hope. That's why he puts Red through this convoluted series of tasks, to go to Buckston and find a hayfield with a slab of volcanic glass, they are all steps that lead to a mystery Red will want to solve because of the promise he made to his friend. And because of that, Red escapes the fate of Brooks, because Andy gives him a reason to 'get busy living' and break free of the prison bars inside Red's own head. Jesus Lord how I love this movie. A modern day masterpiece that will always make me cry at the end, for those dear friends wo get to meet beside the Paciffic and embrace. 😂😂😂😂😂 Get busy livin, or get busy dying. That's God damn right.
You ever watch a really good movie for the first time and it makes you smile, but it doesn't have the same effect next time around, it's still a good movie but you don't get the same experience the next time around. Not this movie, every single second of this movie is pure gold. It makes me smile like I'm watching it for the first time, no other movie has that effect on me. Just perfect cinematography.
I've been trying to work out what it is that makes this film special, because that's what it is. I think perhaps it's that every human emotion is on display. The writing; the acting; the storyline; the music; the finale.....all brilliant. For me it's the best movie ever made, and that's saying something.
Its special because it taps into something primal about how we view ourselves. Especially as we get older, and we view our past and its mistakes...and the consequences of those mistakes holding us prisoner trapping us into our current situation. I first watched this film thinking it was about Andy Dufresne...and it is, but the central character isn't Andy...it's Red. Red is the one telling us the story. Red is the one whose character is changing. In the end, the story is Red's...and is Andy's only in so far as his story changes Red's story. Red starts the movie as the 'only guilty man in Shawshank', he is the only one who self identifies as a guilty man, and guilty of something life changingly heinous. The film shows how Andy's interactions with Red lead to Red's salvation and freedom. How Red could move on from the past, leave the trap of his own walls, and 'get busy living'.
I will never get tired of watching this movie and the Oscar worthy performance of both Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman!!! Still upset neither of them won anything for this masterpiece!!!!!!
This scene follows Andy's 60 day solitary confinement. Brilliantly Andy plants hope. When Red gets out he finds the rock at Buxton, and reads Andy's note. "Hope us a good thing". My trip to Zihuatanejo is in 2 days and I will bring back great memories. 👍
What’s great about this scene is you become so curious (Red does too I’d imagine) about what’s buried there, but even Andy doesn’t know. He hasn’t put anything there yet.
Only the one thing he knows will be there. Might have even put it there not long after that day as his own little marker of a wonderful event in his life.
@@samsonguy10k Maybe something was put there as a young man, maybe the box with a note for his wife, but he went back after the escape to leave the note and cash for Red.
I was in college when this movie came out and was completely enthralled the whole time and never wanted it to end - same thing almost 30 years later - best movie ever
This was his way realising that red was hopeless and he saved him by that favour ,damn every time I see this movie I discover a thing that I ve missed the first time I watched it .
They truly were friends. The ending was so perfect because all we need to know is Red made it. They met in their own personal hell and end up in paradise.
3:17 the tone changes instantly in this scene. Goes from mournful and reflective to straight up foreboding. The soundtrack with the piano chords sells it. When Andy tells Red to find the spot, that’s true intensity.
What I find interesting about this movie it wasn’t received well when in the theatres. But now it’s ranked one of the greatest movies of all time, as it should be. Truly brilliant
If I remember correctly, it was around the time the whole war on crime situation got intense and since the movie showed criminals in a brighter light, the critics trashed the movie as a result.
The moment this movie ended when I watched while in theaters I decided it was then the best movie I ever I ever I ever watched. I did not care what others thought, some 25 years later the world agrees with me, it is the best movie ever made.
@@sergeidiaz2284what critics, I recall it had 5 star reviews, Ebert and siskel gave it 5 stars thumbs up, I think it got drowned out by the release of pulp fiction 4 weeks later, you see its a prison movie, and mostly men went to see it, and men do not talk, so they just didn't spread the word I guess, later on 1995 1996 on video when woman saw it the word of mouth spread the news, then it spread like wildfire, my theory is the news of OJ Simpsons arrest and impending trial just put the studios off from prompting the movie
This film always reminds me not to take for granted our freedom. And to live with true meaning and purpose. But most of all the most precious thing in life is time and how we choose to use it.
Given that Andy is talking about that hayfield in past tense, it would not be beyond his ability to pay someone to put that cache and that volcanic rock there in advance. Meaning he was already thinking about that town and the hotel and that boat beyond that simple conversation. He had given it a lot of thought and already pegged Red as the guy to help him get started. I mean, hell, he had been tunneling through that wall for nearly 20 years; Andy wasn’t the kind of man to not plan a few years ahead after the fact. He probably also used the years to study the infrastructure of the prison itself, in particular the sewer pipe. How far it ran under the prison, whether there was a chance of him getting stuck down there and dying, whether the bag that was caring the evidence and the new suit would keep together and water tight, and whether or not you could stand all of the shit smelling fumes for the full 500 yards. A man does not successfully create a fake identity from prison for money laundering purposes with no one suspecting without entertain the notion of actually using that identity on the outside. Like Red observed, Tommy’s death prompted andy to put his escape plan into motion. That and also the sadism of the warden and two months of solitary to beat him into submission, of course. And he had 20 years to work out all the kinks and prepare contingencies in case something happened unexpectedly. So no; arranging for that box and that rock to be placed in that hayfield on that wall is not beyond andy’s abilities.
Did anyone ever tell you that this is a movie..a made up script..by some screen writer..Unfortunately Andy does not exist in reality. Now if you were to talk to the screen writer..maybe he might explain to you why he wrote the cache into the script alot better than your assumptions..I admitt..one hell of a movie though!!!
I always figured that Andy put the tin with the money and everything under the volcanic glass himself after he escaped, and before making his way south.
The dialogue and acting is so strong in this scene, it doesn't need the soft, gentle music, but the music just adds that much more. What a great movie.
One of the most amazing scenes in cinematic history, deep amazing emotion. This movies gotten me through more hard times than I can count, if your feeling sorry for your own lot in life this beautiful film will not only show you that it’s not just that others have had/had it worse, it shows you that hope can be there even if your all alone.
This movie tells a lot about how God plans your life, people think they are too great, but God tells them that if you have hope and you believe then imagination and dreams come true in life. The power of almighty is greater than the human understanding, praise the Lord alleluya( best Christian movie ever Made)
Abhishek vaid i would not consider this a Christian movie. Jimmy, Flywheel, Fireproof, Facing the Giants, Courageous & War Room are Christian movies that need to be watched by everyone.
This movie is anything but Christian, in fact it is anti-Christian, have you seen how the warden treated prisoners while the bible is the center of everything in his life
But that's the whole point...he didn't follow the bible in action, but was a hypocrite and was exactly the same sort of person that Jesus condemned when He was on earth....had the Warden read and properly understood, he would have been a changed man!
I'm just here to call bullshit on your religious tripe. God is just a figment of human imagination and so is religion (Christianity and all the rest of them). But hey, whatever makes you happy :)
Get busy living; do things that will make you happy and contented Get busy dying; continue living your flavourless boring life Unfortunately we don't all have a choice in the matter So it's up to our own interpretation Get busy living Or get busy... Well you know
They say the pacific has no memory. Such a beautiful line and brilliant delivery. From two prisoners in Maine to finding paradise on the pacific in Mexico
Such a brilliant film. When Andy steps forward the second time and says to Red "promise me Red, if you ever get out, find that spot" the film changes key and the hairs on the back of the neck just stand on end. Absolutely super film :-)
Red knew he upset Andy, so he was willing to listen to him, and make that promise to him. There's something about a promise between friends that will keep you going.
Watching this movie for the first time had me hooked, such a great movie! I could still watch it over and over again but ain't nothing like watching it for the first time.
I am so glad that this movie is appreciated for the masterpiece that it is. I will never understand why, when it was initially released, it didn’t do that well in theaters. I’ve watched Shawshank more times than I can count and it still moves me
I've heard it said the problem was the title. People lost interest before they finished reading it. Not saying it's not a good title. It's just a mouthful. And it's hard to lose interest once you start watching it.
Also I think a load of other good films were released this year plus political sentiment was being on tough on the causes of crime so this might be it.
Crazy that this movie was a box office flop. Now it's one of the greatest movies of all time. Personally my favorite drama of all time. "Get busy living, or get busy dying" one of the best movie quotes.
