The Shawshank Redemption | Red is Released From Prison After 40 Years | HBO Max

Red (Morgan Freeman) questions the meaning of the word "rehabilitated" and explains why it's just a made-up word. #ShawshankRedemption

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The Shawshank Redemption | Red is Released From Prison After 40 Years | HBO Max

[StreamOnMax]

What's your favorite moment from The Shawshank Redemption?

[jarredkennedy]

This scene was when Morgan truly became a Freeman.

[Jack_The_Ladd]

20 years: “Sit”
30 years: “Sit down”
40 years: “Please sit down”

[ELCLAVE]

Imagine Red's reaction when he learned that is parole was approved. "Damn I wish I would have thought of that speech 20 years ago."

[dylan]

He finally was approved after telling the truth for once rather than saying what they wanted to hear.

[milhouse]

It's hard to believe that he didn't win an oscar for his outstanding performance in this great film

[SpeccyMan]

There is no denying that Morgan Freeman nailed this role to perfection. Extraordinary actor.

[martialartssoldier]

Red had secondary protagonist powers
"Have you been rehabilitated?"
"No"
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[robwalsh]

Even though Red murdered someone, he wasn't subject to the deadly malevolent spirit that a lot of convicts had. He genuinely regretted what he did.

[bobbodaskank]

"You did it. You passed the test. This — all this! — was to get you to see that parole isn't a packet of papers or a stamp. The parole was inside you all along, Red. You just had to find it."

[TheSerpent]

I like how by this point Red just doesn't care one way or the other because he knows it doesn't matter.

[stephencooper]

Fun fact... the character Red was originally written to be a white (Irish) guy. The director had several other major actors in mind for the role: Gene Hackman, Harrison Ford, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, and Robert Duvall. Sidney Poitier was also considered at one point, but he said he didn't want to play a convict.

All these guys are great actors in their own right, but damn... Freeman absolutely nailed it. It's hard to imagine anyone else in this role.

[TheBinoyVudi]

Outstanding actor. Master of his craft. When he says these words, it's exactly what a man who is in prison in real life, for the same exact crime and the same exact situation, feeling mentally the same thing.. would do.

[Varnika]

"You can never change the past nor control the future, but you can change the mood of the day by touching someones’ heart with your smile"'

[frogdogink]

Morgan has been Perfect in every role he ever had. A brilliant actor. A wonderful man who sees the good in everything ❤️

[williamsmith]

I was looking through the comments on here, and one writer mentioned Red being released from prison after 40 years, into a world which had drastically changed over the years! Reminds me of a case of a prison escapee, whose escape was profiled on "America's Most Wanted ". He had been in prison since the 1970's! He broke out, and was on the run for a while. However, he had stolen a vehicle from later, when he went to a gas station to fill the tank, he had no idea how to operate a gas pump. The world had changed so much during his years of incarceration. He eventually surrendered!

[gerrymcintosh]

Discovering the escape tunnel was perfect, but honestly the whole movie was outstanding.

[atiashaunbaker]

4 decades in prison ! My Lord! I'm barely 40 years old. This character Red would literally be released into a new world from what he knew as a kid . and everyone he knew most likely died . that's scary. If he didn't get paroled this time he would have died in prison.

[khanhminhhoang]

And after that, he realizes the world outside is like a huge prison, with its rules.

[Surfmus]

Not long ago I saw a picture of myself in my freshman year of college. Sitting down in the middle of group of students. I was leaned, muscular and athletic. I told my mother. Wow, that kid is long gone, he died several years ago. She said: It's still you. But I beg to differ. All those cells died and millions other regrew. I think in a way we keep dying, and regenerating as the years goes by and stages/layers of our self's fade away in the atmosphere.