Mansfield, Ohio, the town where the 1994 cult classic The Shawshank Redemption was filmed, is still hoping to cash in on the 15 minutes of fame it experienced nearly 20 years ago. Mansfield has recently developed The Shawshank Trail, a "drive-it-yourself" tour of the sites used in the movie, like the "Shawshank Oak Tree", the woodshop where the prisoners worked, the county courthouse, and the stretch of road where Red rode the bus after being released from prison.
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It appears someone is trying to put together a Shawshank Redemption reunion, 15 years after the film's release. "Looking for extras used in the making of Shawshank Redemption," reads a post on www.shawshankredemptionreunion.com. ... Read Post
A film about imprisoned men may sound incredibly depressing, but 1994's The Shawshank Redemption actually manages to feel uplifting despite its bleak setting. That's mostly due to prisoners men Andy (Tim Robbins) and Red (Morgan Fre... Read Post
Last year I wrote about a reunion held in Ohio for folks who worked on The Shawshank Redemption. Now fans of the movie can travel there and take "The Shawshank Trail," a tour of sites that appear in the 1994... ... Read Post