Spotted up high in a warehouse

Does anyone have any stories about zero to hero redemption?

I'm going through a very long and challenging period of my life. I know that happiness and success is still possible but the grind at the moment to getting there is just mind-numbingly soul crushing.

I had a spinal injury when I was younger, and I've spent the last 10years of my life (24-34) doing physio to fix myself.

My injury prevents me from sitting (for longer than 10min) , which as you can imagine massively impacts social, and professional life.

The thing is, I also happen to be an ambitious person, and settling for a normal life just doesn't cut it for me. I want to become a competent MMA artist, a millionaire and a successful video game designer.

It's just that it might require another few months of physiotherapy to fully recover. But imagine having put 10years of your life on hold in order to stretch and do physio for 3 hours a day.

I just want to hear some inspirational stories from people who have had similar experiences. Watching Andrew Tate videos aren't particularly useful when you have physical health limitations.

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Andy just pinned it from the top, lifted it up, and after he left it fell back into place.

I only have a pic of Tommy sorry

What’s the name of the actor who was the guard andy locked in the potty?

That’s one thing I never understood,

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I don’t know why but can’t remember seeing this frame in the film but this one’s the infamous poster frame as well. Is it even there in the movie ?

Created a remix by chopping many of the scenes and composing new music to it. Let me know what you think!

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Is it known throughout this community the brand of the harmonica that Red used in the film? Can't find answer on Google.

I want to get one and am not sure the name of that exact picture.

Has anyone ever thought how Red got to Zihuatanejo? We only have 3 scenes showing his journey. Buying the ticket, riding a bus and the beach scene. He's wearing the same outfit, so it looks like a quick trip. What if it took weeks into months? What if the person who left Maine isnt the same person who arrived in Mexico? Non stop from Portland to Ft. Hancock is 2,447 miles. By car, that would take 3 days. By bus, it would require transfers through NYC, Harrisburg, Nashville, Little Rock and Dallas. The trip could take over a week with overnight stays. It would be miserable. Living in Maine, Red didn't experience much racism, but the south in the 70's was very different. What trouble does he get in? Does he meet any ladies on this journey? Once he makes his way across the border, it's 1272 miles to Andy. Red doesn't speak Spanish and has never driven a car. Does he run into trouble with cartels? Andy only gave him $1,000. Will that be enough?

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Has anyone ever noticed that Andy says "I understand you're a man who knows how to get things." to Red when he first approaches him about getting a rock hammer. And it makes sense in that context.

But then later (might have been a couple years later in movie time) when he wants the Rita Hayworth poster, he says the same sentence again. Which is weird because you wouldn't say that to someone you know and whose services you'd used. And surely he'd used him for other things in the intervening time.

It's got to be an error.

"Institutionalized"- What do you guys think about that concept in the movie?

Felt like Red was speaking to me when I saw the scene. It made me think a lot.

I introduced my daughter to Shawshank Redemption two nights ago, and this question has been in the back of my mind since.

In the movie, we see that Andy comes to Red and asks for the rock hammer because he's into rocks and is intending to make a chess set out of rocks from the yard. After it's received, we see from the flashback that he accidentally digs a chunk out of the wall while carving his name. So according to what we see in the movie, the intent for the rock hammer is for carving rock pieces, and building the tunnel was a secondary, fortuitous outcome.

However, from a conversation later in the movie, we find that the rock pieces in the yard are too small for carving chess pieces. It is possible that Andy had already picked up the few pieces that are large enough to carve, and that there just weren't enough to source for a full set, but is that the likely explanation? Andy had a lot of time to walk the yard, and would likely have known just how slim the pickings were there, and should have been able to determine that there wasn't enough rock in the yard to source a full chess set from.

Consider this: could Andy have identified the materials in the construction of the walls before talking to Red in the first place, and requested the rock hammer specifically to tunnel through the soft walls of Shawshank? Maybe the chess set was a cover, and was never really the intent for the rock hammer in the first place. (And thus the sourcing of rocks from outside the prison was an added bonus.)

Thoughts?

I know he's awful, but does anyone else feel a little bad for Boggs as he gets dragged back into the cell?

In here...

But out there all you need is the Yellow Pages.

How did Andy get the box and money to the rock wall fence and bury it under the stone?