![]() The movie is a fan favorite and considered by many to be one of the best movies of all time, but it didn’t exactly break any records at the box office. The movie didn’t make much of a splash in theaters. When Andy walks into the library and asks “Hey Jake, where’s Brooks?” you notice Tim Robbins carefully watching the crow to look for an impending squawk before beginning his line.Ĥ. The crow that Brooks keeps as a pet wasn’t the best at squawking on command, which meant that Tim Robbins had to carefully time his lines around the crow. Tim Robbins had to adjust his acting for Brooks’ pet crow. He came into work the following day with his arm in a sling.ģ. Morgan Freeman threw the baseball for the entire nine hours until the shot was finished. Andy and Red’s first conversation in the prison yard where Red is playing baseball might only last a few minutes on film, but the scene took nine hours to shoot. Andy and Red’s first conversation lasted all day. Tim and I fell into each other as actors it was one of those easy experiences.”Ģ. When my agent told me it was Red, I couldn’t believe they were giving me the movie! I never imagined it would be that character. “Most of what I remember is that when I read the script, I didn’t know which character to read for. ![]() Freeman loved Stephen King’s short story, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, but he wasn’t sure which part he should audition for when he got the script. Morgan Freeman wasn’t sure if he was auditioning for Red or Andy. Oh, and that tunnel of filth - it was chocolate syrup.ġ. To celebrate Andy Dufresne’s crawl to freedom through 500 yards of filth, here’s some trivia into how the movie came together and the difficulties of acting alongside a crow. The affection for “Shawshank” is the eternal hope that “whatever you’re trapped in, you can find that warm place in the sun.” Most people have some part of their life that feels like a prison, a trap, he added. “It’s something to do with the idea that everyone wants to believe there is a place for them on the beach at Zihuatanejo,” Robbins said. Tim Robbins believes that’s what resonates so well with viewers. There’s also the movie’s powerful message that no matter how bad things get, there’s always hope. It’s that constant rotation that helps make up a big chunk of Warner Brothers’ $1.5 billion profits from television-licensing fees, and consistently rank the film among IMDB voters as the best movie ever. It’s seemingly playing on the network about “every five minutes,” said director Frank Darabont. Turner, who bought the film’s production company, Castle Rock Entertainment in 1993, sold the film’s cable broadcast rights to his own network, TNT, in 1997, and has since made the movie the network’s most-played film ever. The movie is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its release this week, and if Ted Turner doesn’t have it somewhere on the TNT schedule then he’s dropped the ball big time. Like many I assume, I’ve seen bits and pieces of it probably 500 times, thanks to TNT’s constant rotation. As of 2022, Freeman has a further five movies in production - still continuing his very fruitful career.I’ve seen The Shawshank Redemption from start to finish twice. In his personal life, Freeman has been married twice to Myrna Colley-Lee and Jeanette Adair Bradshaw respectively, and has four children. He has also won three Obie Awards for his performance in theater productions. Throughout his career, which spans over five decades, he has received multiple awards, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. After graduating, he studied theater arts in Los Angeles and began his career in acting in the 1970s with a role in the television series “The Electric Company.” After a few uncredited and small roles in several films, Freeman got his breakthrough in Hollywood with the movie “Street Smart,” which earned him an Academy Award nomination.ĭuring the 1980s, Freeman starred in a further 13 movies, one being the comedy-drama “Driving Miss Daisy,” which afforded him his first Academy Award nomination for ‘Best Actor.’ In 1993, he directed his first movie, “Bopha!,” and one year later, he was cast in one of his most famous films, “The Shawshank Redemption.” Freeman has also starred in numerous notable movies through the years, such as the crime-thriller “Se7en” alongside Brad Pitt, Clint Eastwood’s sports drama “Million Dollar Baby,” and “Invictus” in which he portrayed Nelson Mandela. Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in Mississippi with his three older siblings, where he attended school. Morgan Freeman is a household name the world over and it’s no secret as to why.
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