Why is The Shawshank Redemption #1 on IMDb?

[@robertgoss4842]

What a terrific review. You dig deep, and that provides great satisfaction in understanding the subject matter. This particular movie is one of my all-time favorites, and your treatment here shows a fine grasp of the film. Thank you.

[@ScriptSleuth]

You're welcome, Robert! Thank you for tuning in and leaving a comment.

[@stevenmccart5455]

"I guess I just miss my friend" That's the line out of many great ones that I remember the most.

[@ScriptSleuth]

And it makes me cry every time!

[@johnvrabec9747]

A perfect movie, with an ending that is joyous and happy. I cry every time. Tears of ultimate joy. My eyes are welling up as I type this, seeing Andy and Red together again. A love story to be sure.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Agreed, 100%.

[@brandonbuchner1771]

And to think...that scene was NOT going to be in the final cut. It was only added after the director's hand was forced either by the producer or a focus group...either way, i'm glad for it.

[@dstanl]

You haven’t mentioned the overwhelming satisfaction the audience receives when the warden gets what he deserves.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Excellent point!

[@1qwasz12]

You know how to dissect great films. You should have millions of views on YT followers.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Aw, shucks. Thanks for the nice comment!

[@abdulazizabdullah6497]

I was literally jumping for joy and crying happy tears at the end of the film 🤩

[@ScriptSleuth]

That's when you know you've had a great movie experience! 😊

[@mariaeddycesario3067]

"I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams". It gets me, always.

[@ScriptSleuth]

@@mariaeddycesario3067 Always makes me weep like a baby!

[@jmjaxson]

An absolutely mesmerizing story.

[@mohitandcinema]

It was hard for me to watch half an hour of content on movies before, especially if it was about screen play but I am addicted to this channel.

[@ScriptSleuth]

That's great to hear! I'm glad it's been useful for you.

[@chriswegener3346]

Great analysis , and I’ve send dozens of them on Shawshank. Always good seeing new angles to the greatest movie ever

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks for watching, Chris!

[@Jeredos]

I've watching your channel for hours now. Thank you man, I just found one of the greats screenwriting channels. Keep doing it, I'm sure in the near future it's going to get the attention that it deserves. Best wishes from Uruguay.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thank you, Jere. I'm happy you found it useful.

[@sexynelson100]

me too.. luv it

[@HistorywithHannibal]

One of the greatest? It is THE greatest

[@TXnine7nine]

This is my all time favorite movie but could never quite put my finger on what made it so good. This sums it up perfectly.

[@ScriptSleuth]

I used to think the same thing, never knowing exactly what made a movie so good. Now I know it's all about story.

[@GMAMEC]

Thank you for your analysis.. There was something about this particular movie that kept me going back to watch it on tv and streaming services. This was out of the ordinary because I don’t particularly care for watching anything more than once. Your analysis helped me understand why I am so drawn to Shawshank Redemption.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Glad you found it useful!

[@hejskipejski5751]

A shame that you dont get more views. LOVELY STUFF! Keep it up.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thank you! Slowly but surely.

[@ericdanielsbenavidez5867]

This was one of the few movie's where i was crying tears of joy at the end of it.

[@ScriptSleuth]

I wept like a baby!

[@ericdanielsbenavidez5867]

@@ScriptSleuth Idk, why but you know what is another greatest film of all time in my opinion. The plague dog's and where the red fern grows..both had me crying buckets at thier ending like...bad..lol.

[@abdulazizabdullah6497]

I was jumping for joy and crying happy tears at the same time

[@ericdanielsbenavidez5867]

@@abdulazizabdullah6497 lol. Nice.

[@issamhamad4448]

I've written a retelling of 'The Shawshank Redemption' --- with bird characters. My novel is called 'The Birdshack Redemption.'

[@ScriptSleuth]

Will Jake be in it? 🐧

[@issamhamad4448]

@@ScriptSleuth You guess.

[@vipermark7]

I had an undiagnosed ailment in 2008 and had to go into hospital in 2008. It was three days before the Beijing Olympics started. They couldn’t diagnose me. So I was in for the whole two week trip Olympic event. During that time I was moved to a ward with a DVD player. And I asked for my family to bring in some of my faves. Shawshank was one of them. The simple fact is that shawshank is one of the greatest movies ever made. From the writing, to the acting to the music. It’s top .5%. Of all time. Everyone in my ward at the time(Random guys, from all walks of life), had tears in their eyes from a single watch. And that has to mean something. It’s an instant classic. And a timeless one. If I could meet time robbins, frank darabont or Morgan freeman, all I’d want to do is shake their hands. And say thanks. For the greatest cinematic masterpiece I have ever seen.

[@ScriptSleuth]

@@vipermark7 What a great story. Thanks for sharing! ❤️

[@Superlogie]

My all time favourite movie ever 😍 Wonderful analysis!

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks for watching, and the nice comment!

[@robertzorn1]

This is a wonderful video, Daniel! As a nonfiction author, this was most helpful to me... thank you!

[@ScriptSleuth]

You're welcome, Robert! Thanks for the nice comment.

[@hendynz6358]

One of my favourite movies of all time. I can’t believe it didn’t win an Academy Award.

[@GriffinSteve15]

Thank you for this! you have no idea how helpful this was

[@ScriptSleuth]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@ecmjr]

What a great analysis. I had to watch it twice because I enjoyed it, kudos!!

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

[@HistorywithHannibal]

@@ScriptSleuth I've watched this at least 15 times, your videos are some of the best content on KZbin

[@abdulazizabdullah6497]

Only twice?🤣 I ve seen it more than 20 times 😚

[@TogetherinParis]

I provided the fleshing out of the King short story for the screenwriter. I added my Georgia Tech business degree knowledge of tax returns/accounting, and lots of little episodes for it. It was natural, I never once thought about the concepts you bring on, however. Nice to see you thinking though it seems to me that your analysis only makes for duplication of past efforts, anathema to me. Like I did Pirates 123, I had to make it new and fresh each time, with the courage to do so since I had no stake in the game.

[@mra1326]

This is a awesome 🤩 analysis & beautiful post-mortem of a movie 🎥 ..this is a learner’s paradise… heartily thnq for sharing such content..🙏🏼💐

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks for the great comment! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@brimstonewinpete9306]

Fantastic story telling great characters ,one of the greatest films of all time

[@Squatch76]

Very good videos. You deserve many many subs. Keep up the good work man

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thank you, Austin, for the nice comment!

[@MBAinternetmktg]

Great analysis! Thank you

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks for watching!

[@RiadhXV]

Pure Explained, Thank you "Script sleuth" Wonderful stuff.

[@ScriptSleuth]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@SillyWillyFan47]

Delighted to find this and subbed

[@ScriptSleuth]

Welcome to the channel, William, and thanks!

[@gmalexander1035]

Every one of your videos I have watched has been superb.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Aw, shucks. I can't take any credit for the amazing sources of screenwriting. Thanks for the comment!

[@kiranpasha]

The way you explained is truly marvelous... Expecting more of David fincher and Coen's films.. Waiting....

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks for watching, Kiran!

[@cleverusername8319]

I honestly got pulled into Morgan Freeman's narration in between your analysis and your voice made me jump when you came back in

[@leonmayne797]

The last line of the movie also parallels the last line of The Count of Monte Cristo. ‘Wait. And hope.’

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Excellent and Outstanding!!! Why Did Shawshank Fail at the Boxoffice!!!

[@ScriptSleuth]

@@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek I think it had a lot to do with the title.

[@bskravivarman]

Wow... eagerly waiting... Pls do for The God father

[@ScriptSleuth]

That's an offer I can't refuse...

[@saiganesh7944]

Another great video by script sleuth

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thank you, my friend!

[@wal_sim4397]

this channel is great, you're doing excellent work ! :)

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks, Wal_Sim. You made my day!

[@rickpgriffin]

There is a huge part that wasn't covered here--the climax of the movie w/ Dufresne's escape ends up not only triggering a lot of Chekhov's Guns all in a row, but the audience isn't even aware that they were sprinkled into the plot the entire time. And it STILL manages to do it without any of these outcomes feeling cheap or unearned. So that ends up tying the movie together in a way where before it might have felt like many disconnected events AND recontextualizing nearly everything that came before.

[@ScriptSleuth]

@@rickpgriffin Yes! Well said.

[@ScriptSleuth]

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[@Huy-gn1eo]

another thing: when andy said "you know not when the master of the house cometh" it could also be interpreted as andy (the master of the house) exposes the warden and therefore laying judgement on him, making the his judgement cometh sign in the warden office all the more meaningful. (which is another big story reversal in and of itself)

[@ScriptSleuth]

@@Huy-gn1eo Yes! Great observation. Notice how every single thing amplifies the story.

[@mra1326]

Nice explanation... wonderful analysis 🧐

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks, Mr. A!

[@krisherman3513]

This movie has some of the best reversals. The only other I can think that compares is The Sting.

[@ScriptSleuth]

The Sting is an excellent example! The entire movie is full of them.

[@krisherman3513]

Probably why these two movies are among my very favorites!

[@brandonbuchner1771]

Greatest love story ever told.

[@Angelfish-wr1pp]

very thorough

[@frankbillingsley2678]

Real fine, Thanks

[@ScriptSleuth]

Cheers, Frank!

[@Larkinchance]

I haven't read the book but the voice-over narration is so good, simple and almost poetic. I don't know if it is King's writing or the screen writer. One small criticism in the name of authenticity. Everyone in prison is homosexual and the aggressors are usually type A straight guys who would never call themselves, "The Sisters"

[@chrisprou9216]

We all live in Shawshank. Escaping from a system meant to rob us of our agency and autonomy is the redemption Andy actual achieves.

[@finseaf]

Thanks for a great content!

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thank you for watching!

[@AxmedBahjad]

Thank you so much for uploading these interesting moving pictures. Would you analyse: 1. A River Runs Through it, 2. Top Gun, 3. Forest Gump, 4. Road House, 5. School Tie, 6. Remember the Titans, 7. Horse Whisperer.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Great list! Forrest Gump had been done but it got blocked by Paramount Studios. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@AxmedBahjad]

@@ScriptSleuth Thanks for the reply. It is a shame, really, that the studio has blocked the review of Forest Gump. One of my favourite moving pictures is Dersu Uzala. Masterpiece storytelling.

[@ScriptSleuth]

@@AxmedBahjad I absolutely loved that movie! I really need to add a Kurosawa film to the list...

[@AxmedBahjad]

@@ScriptSleuth Cheers.

[@HistorywithHannibal]

@@ScriptSleuth what about Throne of Blood (1957)?

[@Haschrebellen]

good video analysis m8

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks! And thank you for watching.

[@Medietos]

One feature is the reversal of the normal and of audience expectation: The protagonists Andy and Red are not handsome, whereas the bad men are: The blond prison guard, the blond abuser prisoner and the Warden.

[@crystalfoster9573]

I love this review. I just want to point out that Warden Norton did indeed violate the commandment, “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” When Norton was in Andy’s jail cell after discovering the escape, Norton said, “ Lord it’s a miracle.” As an audience at this point, we know Norton does not believe in miracles and he said that with pure sarcasm and blasphemy.

[@ScriptSleuth]

@@crystalfoster9573 Thanks for the comment! ❤️

[@crystalfoster9573]

@@ScriptSleuthThanks for the reply and thanks for putting this awesome video together. It’s thorough, well-organized and enjoyable. As a huge Shank fan, or a Shankie as I call myself, I am delighted with your analysis. ❤❤

[@josecasillas4081]

Shawshank humanizes prisoners like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest (another great movie) humanizes mental patients at the ward, and their commonality rests in that both depict characters that are deprived of their freedom, and that both have freedom as one of their major themes.

[@MrSlimnigga]

I have this movie on DVD with all of the subtitles and behind the scene clips as an Christmas gift from my sisters...this my most FAVORITE movie of all time!

[@ScriptSleuth]

It's definitely one of my favorites as well!

[@emiliog.4432]

This story works because of the time period. I wonder what the Coen Bros would have done with this story. Great film.

[@ScriptSleuth]

That would have been interesting!

[@daveburns3886]

I’m a big Steven king fan although ‘horror’ is not my genre literally or cinematically.. my faves of his are ‘the stand’ , pet cemetery and ‘dark side’ I’ve seen other commentary that gave screen play writer a great amount of credit for the movie, but I read the ‘ novella’ short story and it seemed to be almost verbatim..

[@terrymiller111]

The warden would have been a "perfect" politician.

[@MBAinternetmktg]

Thanks!

[@ScriptSleuth]

Wow. Thank you so much for this! You really made my day with your generosity and support. ❤️

[@MBAinternetmktg]

@@ScriptSleuth your analyses of the movies are more helpful to us wannabe writers than you might know.

[@HistorywithHannibal]

There are reversals at the scene, sequence, act and story levels in Shawshank Redemption. Are there any movies with dramatic irony at the scene, sequence, act, and story levels?

[@ScriptSleuth]

Perhaps The Apartment? There's dramatic irony throughout the entire movie. Maybe also films like Tootsie or Mrs. Doubtfire.

[@HistorywithHannibal]

@@ScriptSleuth oh yeah, Mrs. Doubtfire has non-stop dramatic irony, so does The Lives of Others

[@stealthven2352]

It’s like 22 on WGAs list. On mine it’s definitely top 10 and probably 5.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Agreed! 🙂

[@ScriptSleuth]

What other films would you like to see me cover? Let me know in a comment below!

[@bskravivarman]

Pls watch, Bajarangi Bhaijaan Indian movie,

[@ScriptSleuth]

@@bskravivarman Thanks for the recommendation!

[@ScriptSleuth]

@@skp30998 Thanks for the suggestion! Noted.

[@nathanaelyemiru3083]

The Prestige would be a great one

[@Angelfish-wr1pp]

# 47 Grave of the Fireflies (1988) pls

[@HistorywithHannibal]

Which do you prefer? The Green Mile or Shawshank Redemption

[@ScriptSleuth]

Shawshank, hands down. (Although The Green Mile is still really good!)

[@HistorywithHannibal]

@@ScriptSleuth I prefer Green Mile, but love Shawshank too

[@michellegonçalves7860]

Two brilliant movies🥰🥰 .. I love❤ both but I prefer The Shawshank Redemption😍!!

[@Mark-jt5cs]

Morgan is a Free Man 😉

[@rosarosini8592]

Wundervoller Film💪✌🌎🌍🌏

[@94460706]

I love your videos I would love to see a video about planet of the apes

[@ScriptSleuth]

Cheers, Fabio!

[@wimblyninetynine6315]

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”

[@viveakg4263]

Subtitle please for other country people who could not catch the speed of language

[@ScriptSleuth]

Viveak, there are English captions available. Were you able to see them?

[@XanderShiller]

Lol "grab the audience by the throat and never let them go". (Rated PG - Parental guidance suggested)

[@ScriptSleuth]

Heehee... The figurative throat! 🙂

[@XanderShiller]

@@ScriptSleuth "mommy ? What's my figurative throat? Why did you bring me here? This is not the zoo..! There are grown-ups in the cages..is daddy really on a long business trip?" Jk - the ratings system is definitely vague.

[@Larkinchance]

Film is literature.

[@margalitebitton4890]

Did the movie got the Oscar?

[@ScriptSleuth]

Nope!

[@bskravivarman]

Pls add subtitle, from India

[@ScriptSleuth]

On its way

[@ScriptSleuth]

Would you like to add your own language to the captions? That would be a huge help!

[@bskravivarman]

@@ScriptSleuth Ofcourse but how can i add?

[@ScriptSleuth]

@@bskravivarman kzbin.info_video?ref=share&v=hBLUu3mQlmI This link is in the description of every video. :)

[@mortalclown3812]

And yet America is getting more cruel than ever in our prisons. 13 states don't have AC in their prisons - and it's in the hottest and most religious states. Big surprise. Here's to stopping the hate that's metastasizing in America... in the world.

[@lash570]

how is " name in vain " applicable - "non-technically"😁

[@eastcoastrifraf]

Hate how he jumps around in the movies...

[@oobrocks]

An excellent film but it's #99 in my book

[@ScriptSleuth]

What's #98?

[@practicaliching2311]

Want a screenwriting tip. Don't make a prison movie. They are all unwatchable. Nobody wants to see the inside of a prison.

[@ScriptSleuth]

No?

[@MatteoPrezioso]

Excellent analysis, thanks.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks for watching, Matteo!

[@michellegonçalves7860]

Love❤ this movie so much.. it's absolutely brilliant.. my favorite🥰🥲!!!