refer to AMC as "The Shawshank Channel".
Posted on 05/23/2014 5:11:05 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Bob Gunton is a character actor with 125 credits to his name, including several seasons of "24" and "Desperate Housewives" and a host of movie roles in films such as the Oscar-winning "Argo." Vaguely familiar faces like his are common in the Los Angeles area where he lives, and nobody pays much attention. Many of his roles have been forgotten.
But every day, the 68-year-old actor says, he hears the whispers—from cabdrivers, waiters, the new bag boy at his neighborhood supermarket: "That's the warden in 'Shawshank.' "
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Sidenote: The part where "Marriage of Figaro" is played over the prison loudspeakers turned me onto opera in a major way.
THe Shawshank Redemption is my gold-standard for movie adaptations of a short story or novella.
I got nothing from this movie, and left before it was done.
I’ve met many people who rave about this film. It bored me to sleep. Not every film, even a well made film, is going to please everybody. I also walked out on Avatar.
With Shawshank; one thing that threw me off from the suspension of disbelief is that Morgan Freeman was in it. Even back then, some what? 12 years ago, Morgan Freeman was the default actor when you needed, the type. I was already seeing too much of him. Driving Ms Daisy ,etc.Tim Robbins on screen personality was always a bit nebulous, never gripping to me. This may have worked for me with different actors.
I even (gulp) like Tim Robbins in it.
Despite him being a terrible person in real life.
Twenty-Years Later, Box Office Disappointment 'Shawshank Redemption" Is Still a Cash Cow
Robbins may be an unapologetic lefty but he's still a talented actor. Though the one who really stood out in this film for me was Clancy Brown as the sadistic Captain Hadley. Brown was robbed at the Oscars. He should've won Best Supporting Actor hands down.
+1
I leave the room.
Not apealing.
Green Mile is a better story.
But every day, the 68-year-old actor says, he hears the whispers—from cabdrivers, waiters, the new bag boy at his neighborhood supermarket: "That's the warden in 'Shawshank.' "
FWIW on this Memorial Day weekend, Gunton is also an Army veteran who received a Bronze Star for valor in Vietnam.
Making the warden some Bible-thumping hypocrite seemed gratuitous.
I know that Stephen King hates organized religion, but making the "Christians" villains in his stories is getting tiresome.
The Mist and Carrie also come to mind.
The guard should have thrown Tim Robbins off that roof....
If he did that, he never would have gotten that 35 thousand, tax free.
Didn’t make much of an impression on me either. Different strokes and all that I guess.
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