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“The Shawshank Redemption”’s Triumphant Escape Scene Found Tim Robbins Filming in a Creek Filled with Real Cow Poop

Thirty years after The Shawshank Redemption opened in U.S. theaters on Sept. 23, 1994, director Frank Darabont revealed the lengths Tim Robbins went to in portraying the film’s hero. “Not overnight ...
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Tim Robbins Swam Through Creek "Filled With Cow Poop" In "Glorious" 'Shawshank Redemption' Escape Scene, Says Director Frank Darabont: "Actors Can Be Real Troopers"

The Shawshank Redemption may be a work of fiction, but one poignant (and apparently poop-filled) scene held a certain aura of authenticity. According to director Frank Darabont, the “glorious moment” ...
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‘The Shawshank Redemption’ At 25: Frank Darabont’s Great Escape – Q&A

Twenty-five years ago, The Shawshank Redemption finished as a first-run failure that seemed sentenced to obscurity. But then Frank Darabont’s stirring cellblock epic found an unlikely reprieve and ...
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‘No good thing ever dies’: ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ marking major milestone

MANSFIELD, Ohio (WJW) – Mark your calendars and prepare to “get busy livin’.” A multi-faceted celebration is planned for the weekend of August 9th – 11th for the 30th Anniversary of the release of ...