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september63

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Feb 16, 2011 11:26 AM
Is this a top 10 movie from the past 25 years?
Feb 16, 2011 11:26am
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Feb 16, 2011 11:30 AM
don't know, but it certainly is my favorite

Feb 16, 2011 11:30am
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4cards

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Feb 16, 2011 11:30 AM
...yes.

and anyone that doesn't " I will sing them a lullaby you pile of monkey spunk."

Feb 16, 2011 11:30am
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thavoice

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Feb 16, 2011 11:35 AM
Has some of my favorite quotes.....

"Get busy livin'......or get busy dyin'"
Feb 16, 2011 11:35am
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Feb 16, 2011 11:48 AM
thavoice;680645 wrote:Has some of my favorite quotes.....

"Get busy livin'......or get busy dyin'"

Amen to that ....................... and yes it is easily Top 10.
Feb 16, 2011 11:48am
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Feb 16, 2011 12:35 PM
Great movie.
Feb 16, 2011 12:35pm
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se-alum

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Feb 16, 2011 1:18 PM
One of my all-time favorites.
Feb 16, 2011 1:18pm
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Feb 16, 2011 1:25 PM
The scene with the guard above when he is arrested and is getting read his rights, my cousin was an extra in that scene. He is the state trooper to the right side of the guard! Loved this movie, just watched for the billionth time last night!
Feb 16, 2011 1:25pm
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Feb 16, 2011 1:28 PM
You’ll like that one, Heywood. It’s about a
jailbreak.
-Jailbreak? Maybe we ought to file that one under ‘Educational’ too.
Feb 16, 2011 1:28pm
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thavoice

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Feb 16, 2011 1:28 PM
'seems as the world has gotten into a big damned hurry'.......no truer words have been spoken!
Feb 16, 2011 1:28pm
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Feb 16, 2011 1:29 PM
redstreak one;680810 wrote:The scene with the guard above when he is arrested and is getting read his rights, my cousin was an extra in that scene. He is the state trooper to the right side of the guard! Loved this movie, just watched for the billionth time last night!

My buddy and his dad got up at 3am in the morning so they could make it to Mansfield to play extras (prisoners) in the movie.
Feb 16, 2011 1:29pm
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Feb 16, 2011 1:32 PM
Red: [narrating] "I'd like to think that the last thing that went through his head, other than that bullet, was to wonder how the hell Andy Dufresne ever got the best of him. "

Feb 16, 2011 1:32pm
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Feb 16, 2011 1:53 PM
september63;680631 wrote:Is this a top 10 movie from the past 25 years?

No. It's a top 10 movie of all time. Personally, it's my #1.
Feb 16, 2011 1:53pm
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Feb 16, 2011 1:55 PM
Red: [narrating] "Two things never happened again after that. The Sisters never laid a finger on Andy again... and Boggs never walked again. They transferred him to a minimum security hospital upstate. To my knowledge, he lived out the rest of his days drinking his food through a straw."

Feb 16, 2011 1:55pm
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Feb 16, 2011 2:12 PM
Easily, and how it lost to Forrest Gump blows my mind.

This movie has it all:
-Acting
-Writing
-Plot
-Score (music)
-Sub-Plots
-Mystery
-Action
-Suspense
-Lighting
-ETC
-Comedy

From someone who is a huge movie buff, it is one of very few movies that has just about everything you look for in a movie. I think Shawshank and Godfather (I and II) are the 2 (or 3) most complete and well put together movies ever made.
Feb 16, 2011 2:12pm
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Feb 16, 2011 2:18 PM
It's easily a top 7-8 movie of all time,but Forrest Gump is a better film
Feb 16, 2011 2:18pm
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Feb 16, 2011 2:20 PM
Gump or Shawshank....both excellent flicks. If on any given ten nights what would I select...probably Gump 6-7 times...and SR the other 3 or 4.

Gump just has that little extra thing to it.....just so much other stuff goin on
Feb 16, 2011 2:20pm
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Feb 16, 2011 2:25 PM
Forrest Gump has a great soundtrack to it, which might give it a slight edge to some people. However, Shawshank is the GOAT in my opinion.

And just when I didn't think I could love it anymore, I toured the Mansfield Reformatory and gained even more of an appreciation.
Feb 16, 2011 2:25pm
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thavoice

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Feb 16, 2011 2:29 PM
FG does have a great soundtrack, no doubt.

I think what we can all agree on........if those are the two choices for movies, and we had a blind, retarded midget with a lisp and was a democrat, picking out the movie I dont think anyone would really complain which one was selected.
Feb 16, 2011 2:29pm
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Feb 16, 2011 3:01 PM
thavoice;680911 wrote:FG does have a great soundtrack, no doubt.

I think what we can all agree on........if those are the two choices for movies, and we had a blind, retarded midget with a lisp and was a democrat, picking out the movie I dont think anyone would really complain which one was selected.

wow--you just described this guy...how'd you do that?? :o
Ty Webb;680891 wrote:It's easily a top 7-8 movie of all time,but Forrest Gump is a better film
Feb 16, 2011 3:01pm
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Feb 16, 2011 3:05 PM
prolly my favorite quote in the movie:

ANDY: ...or come to think of it, I suppose I could set it up for you. That would save you some money. I'll write down the forms you need, you can pick them up, and I'll prepare them for your signature... nearly free of charge... I'd only ask three beers apiece for my co-workers, if that seems fair. I think a man working outdoors feels more like a man if he can have a bottle of suds. That's only my opinion.
Feb 16, 2011 3:05pm
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ytownfootball

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Feb 16, 2011 3:17 PM
Damn, I love irony.
Feb 16, 2011 3:17pm
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Feb 16, 2011 3:23 PM
My #1 movie.
Feb 16, 2011 3:23pm
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Feb 16, 2011 4:16 PM
i need to catch this flick again, rented it years ago, need to sit down with a few cold ones and take it in
Feb 16, 2011 4:16pm