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People are surprised to hear that The Shawshank Redemption was not a big hit when it first came out. But you have to put that kind of thing in context. It opened in October of 1994, the same time as Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump and Jurassic Park. Today we know its a brilliant motion picture. At the time it was just a stark prison drama starring Susan Sarandons boyfriend with no special effects, no action sequences, no girls, no dinosaurs and no Tom Hanks. It never stood a chance. Just one of the many reasons why we should stop letting box office results dictate the success or failure of a movie.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 01:34:43 +0000

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