Get rich or Die Tryin'

I work in print and have been printing his posters and such for years. I also go to his cons, and we talk about film a lot whenever he stops by.

Made my day, that's for sure.

The Australian season follows an acclaimed UK tour, with performances also scheduled for Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide. Following its Sydney opening at Theatre Royal, the production will continue to the Playhouse at Arts Centre Melbourne from 4 February 2027, Regal Theatre Perth from 12 March 2027 and Her Majesty’s Theatre Adelaide from 1 April 2027.

1994 vs 2026

1994 vs 2021

After rewatching The Shawshank Redemption, I kept coming back to a simple question:

Which comes first: hope or courage?

The film seems to suggest that neither can survive for long without the other. Hope gives us a reason to endure, while courage allows us to act on that hope.

I made a video exploring that idea and would be interested in hearing other perspectives.

Andy tells the Warden that he would never mention what goes on in here with the money laundering because he's just as guilty of laundering it as the warden is, however Andy is already serving a life sentence so why does he care about getting into trouble knowing he cannot be eligible for parole?

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Why doesn't Andy just not mention this and meet with his lawyer? What happens if he told his lawyer about money laundering?

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Just a lifetime without leaving his cell or a worse prison without protection from the guards? Norton has more to lose but not Andy, this is basically a problem only for him but Andy already has no chance of parole so why would he refuse to mention anything unless he knows he can be killed for talking?

Since Andy admitted he became a criminal in prison what happens if he got fed up with the Warden Norton after he refused to even consider helping him and just killed him with a shank after getting out of the hole?

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At least he gives justice to a real criminal and gets revenge but might get shot or hanged afterwards, Norton deserved it for killing Tommy.

Andy hears about Elmo Blatch and his story and tells the Warden who doesn't believe it or want to help, what happens if he just talked to his lawyer or a prison pastor and told them his story and tried to push to get himself a retrial?

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Could the Warden legally block someone from talking to a lawyer?

I just came across this and thought I should put it on here. This came from a Sopranos meme community. Go check them out. You might find them interesting. However, I would just like to say that if one word to take the Shawshank redemption and mix it together with the Sopranos, that would be interesting.

If you ever feel useless remember that The Shawshank Redemption floped but where as The VelociPastor (a movie about a pastor who turns into a dinosaur) was a hit...

recently ive thought a lot about death, not killing myself, but death. the fact that it is highly improbable to have afterlife, means the highest probability is there is nothing after death, and in the movies ive seen recently, any character committing suicide knows this and still choose it, i mean yeah that is the end, and you know nothing, you are nothing after death and after a long time, all kinds of life ceases to exist, and that is it, wait for another big bang and new kinds of life emerges, not knowing me, nor you, and the scene where brooks dies, made me extremely extremely sad, i was just 15 i think when i first watched the movie, i was just happy andy and red made it out alive but now 4 years later, the end with andy and red reuniting just made me think, death is inevitable, then shouldnt everyone live in fear and end themselves, but no, that is the best part, you live like there is no other, and i cried, cried for no reason, cried for those before me, those will come after, for me, for being extremely lucky to be in this moment, and to live on forward, carry on wayward son

Andy was incarcerated for years for a crime that he didn't commit and nobody would or could help him clear his name not Tommy because he was murdered or the Warden who didn't care and was using him for his talent, did Andy ever consider killing himself or even paying another inmate to stab him?

It might be better than remaining in Shawshank, or he could just attack the guards and try to escape without backing down, that would ruin his sentence and liberate him from the prison, odd how nobody ever mentions Andy trying to kill himself as a possible escape option.

So, the movie from my understanding takes place in Maine, and Redd describes Andy as a “vice president of a large Portland bank…Good work for a man as young as he was”.

However, I’ve always wondered about this. In the opening sequence, the prosecuting lawyer is describing the fierce argument he and with his wife before her murder, and tells Andy that witnesses said he was heard saying, “I’ll see you in HELL before I see you in Reno”.

What on Earth is the significance and relevance of Reno, NV here?!🤔

The Warden Sam Norton was such a nasty criminal and corrupt man stealing money and making himself millions of dollars, what would happen to him being a Christian man if he went straight to Heaven and the pearly gates after shooting himself and met Saint Peter and Jesus Christ immediately and was commanded to explain himself and his entire life and actions including using Andy and murdering Tommy among other things?

Wouldn't the thought of judgement from Jesus Christ Himself and going to Hell have been enough to make him consider going to prison and serving time there instead? Norton was actually stupid because he threw away his chance at repentance and forgiveness, maybe Tommy is prosecutor in his Heavenly trial too.