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649. Kings of King: The Shawshank Redemption
🕑 Added 2023-11-13 14:00:09 +0000 UTC
Abe and Mike discuss the 1994 drama The Shawshank Redemption! Our kings discuss perhaps our most anticipated movie yet! Will it dethrone The Shining on the top of our list? Has Frank Darabont etched his way into the title of Best King Director? Will Red ever learn the harmonica? These things are more, right now!
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Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty
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Comments
Marcel Faust
I’d really love for you folks to read Falconer by John Cheever, I think King’s story is a bit of a carbon copy. But so much of what you discuss is elucidated whole clothe in Falconer
Andrew Cottingham
I LOVED this movie growing up. It was always on TNT. I feel like it has some of the qualities that make something a Dad Movie too. The short story is really bad though. Imo, one of the very few times the movie is actually far better than the original material. Darabont took a bunch of ramblings and really put it in an order that gave Reds stories purpose and direction. Also in the book, Red narrating makes Andy feel pretty distant, just by the nature of the mechanics of narration. Andy is just someone we’re often watching from afar or hearing about second hand. There are a lot of scenes of Andy and Red talking but we’re always with Red and never anyone else. The movie lets the camera leave Red and be with Andy and that connection to Andy is where like…all the magic of the movie seems to come from. Idunno the story just feels like garbage in comparison to the movie
Mike Williams
Yes, where is the link to purchase? I'm frantically searching every post on here
Andrew Cottingham
Right?! I’m excited to see what a book by Swaim looks like
E l i j a h
SWAIM BOOK?!! (great ep btw)
drunkencoyote
Bittersweet end to a great season. What a hoot
