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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Mar 19, 2007 17:56:03 GMT -6
Has anyone seen this movie?
I've seen this several times, but like it each and every time I see it!
After having a barbecue with our next-door neighbors (Chris and his family) this past Saturday, he suggested watching it. So I borrowed the VHS tape from my parents and we watched it again.
The movie takes place in the Shawshank prison. Morgan Freeman plays one of the convicts (Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding) who has been locked up for a long time. He befriends a new convict, Andy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins), who has been convicted and sentenced for a crime he didn't commit. The two become good friends over a long period of time, making the best of the life that has been handed down to them.
One of my favorite supporting actors, Clancy Brown, has a role as Capt Byron Hadley, a very menacing guard at the prison; and James Whitmore plays Brooks Hatlen, an old-timer convict, about to be paroled after 50 years in prison, facing what his life will be like in the free world after having been locked up for so long!
Anyone who has never seen this movie, certainly must! It is about as factual a movie as there is pertaining to what life in prison is like. It is very well-written (short story by Stephen King — who would've thought?), and well-directed (by Frank Darabont, never heard of him before, though)!!!! :thumbsup:
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Post by Midge on Mar 19, 2007 18:45:38 GMT -6
Yes, I've seen this movie, Larry. It is one of the best prison movies ever made, I think. (By the way, how do you know what prison is like? Is there something you're not telling us? )
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Mar 19, 2007 18:55:46 GMT -6
I'll never tell! :uhuh: :angel:
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Post by Roger Thornhill on Mar 19, 2007 19:04:35 GMT -6
Yes, I've seen this movie, Larry. It is one of the best prison movies ever made, I think. (By the way, how do you know what prison is like? Is there something you're not telling us? )
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Post by Kimmer on Mar 20, 2007 17:18:11 GMT -6
This is one of those movies that you can watch over and over again and learn somehting new every time, it's excellent. My ex-stepdad worked in a very tough prison for several years....Richard Speck was one of the inmates there.... He actually sent us a Christmas card one year....
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Post by Midge on Mar 20, 2007 17:28:34 GMT -6
Kimmer, Richard Speck sent you a Christmas card? :nervous: Did you save it? That would be a real collector's item.
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Post by Kimmer on Mar 20, 2007 17:32:20 GMT -6
No, we didn't save it--unfortunately. I was totally freaked out by the fact that he sent a card to our HOME address. I wasn't really scared, but I was just stunned that he'd be able to get the address. My stepdad just shrugged and said that he was never going to get out anyway so not to worry about it. My stepdad was a psychiatrist or psychologist--I can never remember which one.
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Mar 20, 2007 17:47:19 GMT -6
May I inquire as to who Richard Speck is, please? :angel:
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Post by Roger Thornhill on Mar 20, 2007 17:47:29 GMT -6
If I had ever had a Christmas card from someone like Richard Speck then I would have wanted to get rid of it as quickly as possible. I think that you are much better off without it.
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Post by Midge on Mar 20, 2007 17:49:17 GMT -6
Kimmer, if your stepdad was a M.D. and was allowed to prescribe, he was a psychiatrist. If not, he was a psychologist.
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Post by Kimmer on Mar 20, 2007 17:50:27 GMT -6
May I inquire as to who Richard Speck is, please? He murdered 8 student nurses (and raped at least one of them) in July of 1966 in Chicago. Only one survived because she hid under a bed and described him perfectly. He was arrested not long afterward. I'm sure if you do a search you'll find out lots of info.
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Post by Kimmer on Mar 20, 2007 17:51:19 GMT -6
If I had ever had a Christmas card from someone like Richard Speck then I would have wanted to get rid of it as quickly as possible. I think that you are much better off without it. Yeah, I think it would have bad vibes.
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Post by Roger Thornhill on Mar 20, 2007 17:52:15 GMT -6
Larry, he was a mass murderer, from what I remember he went on a killing spree and killed a number of nurses at an accommodation block.
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Post by Kimmer on Mar 20, 2007 17:52:39 GMT -6
Kimmer, if your stepdad was a M.D. and was allowed to prescribe, he was a psychiatrist. If not, he was a psychologist. I can't remember (and I haven't talked to him in years) so I'm not sure which one he was. I'll ask my mom, I'm supposed to see her tomorrow.
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Post by Roger Thornhill on Mar 20, 2007 17:57:23 GMT -6
It reminds me of that old definition "A psychiatrist is someone who gives you a check-up from the neck up"
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Post by Kimmer on Mar 20, 2007 18:07:26 GMT -6
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Post by Kimmer on Mar 20, 2007 18:08:23 GMT -6
I'm pretty sure (judging from Midge's definition) that he was a psychiatrist.
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Post by tclion on Mar 30, 2007 19:20:41 GMT -6
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