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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney and this week with special guest Charlene Lydon, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode along with them.

This time, Frank Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption.

Convicted of murdering his wife, Andy Dufresne is sentenced to two life sentences in Shawshank Penitentiary. A harsh and unforgiving prison, Andy struggles to hold on to hope as the years go by.

At time of recording, it was ranked the best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show notes:

• Recorded 10th December 2017.
• The Shawshank Redemption at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
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• The Shawshank Redemption (BFI Film Classics) by Mark Kermode at Amazon, August 2003.
• Alexander Hooke on the philosophy of The Shawshank Redemption at Philosophy Now, May/June 2014.
• Margaret Heidenry at Vanity Fair on the production and development history of The Shawshank Redemption, September 2014.
• Frank Darabont discusses fighting to direct The Shawshank Redemption with The Los Angeles Times, October 1994.
• Entertainment Weekly looks at the production of The Shawshank Redemption, September 1994.
• Mary Forgione on the use of Ohio State Reformatory as Shawshank, July 2014.
• Matthew Chernov at Variety on the evolving public opinion towards The Shawshank Redemption, September 2014.
• Paul O’Callaghan at The British Film Institute on how The Shawshank Redemption became the internet’s favourite film, September 2017.
• Mark Kermode reflects upon the lasting appeal of The Shawshank Redemption at The Observer, August 2004.
• Russell Adams at The Wall Street Journal on the strange and unforeseen long-term profitability of The Shawshank Redemption, May 2014.
• Kimberly Nordyke at The Hollywood Reporter talks to the cast and crew of The Shawshank Redemption about the film’s production and legacy, November 2014.
• Bob Gunton talks to Videoscope about creating the character of Warden Norton, September 2017.
• William Sadler discusses his work on The Shawshank Redemption with The A.V. Club, June 2015.
• Thomas Newman talks to The Wall Street Journal about providing the soundtrack to The Shawshank Redemption, June 2014.
• Steve Martin presents Tom Hanks with an AFI lifetime achievement award, June 2002.
• Tom Hanks’ typewriter app Hanxwriter, August 2014.
• Stephen King talks to The Huffington Post about his initial reactions to the screenplay to The Shawshank Redemption, September 2014.
• Stephen King talks to Deadline about his favourite adaptations of his own work, February 2016.
• Danse Macabre by Stephen King at Amazon, August 1981.
• Barry Schartz talks to TED about the paralysis of choice, July 2005.
• Clay Routledge in The New York Times wonders if millennials are afraid of Freedom, October 2017.
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