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Question regarding the end of Shawshank Redemption
Posted on 6/4/17 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 6/4/17 at 7:36 pm
How was Andy able to perfectly place the Raquel Welch poster up after he had already gotten into the tunnel?
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Posted on 6/4/17 at 7:45 pm to hsfolk
he went in he didn't take the poster down he just lifted it up and climbed through the hole
Posted on 6/4/17 at 7:47 pm to supatigah
yes he climbed through the hole
Posted on 6/4/17 at 7:52 pm to hsfolk
Took a piece of chewing gun with him, attached it to the back of the poster then pulled on the gum to reseal it to the wall.
I just made that shite up
I just made that shite up
Posted on 6/4/17 at 7:55 pm to hsfolk
Only the top two corners were probably secured. The poster would just naturally lie correctly due to gravity.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 7:56 pm to vuvuzela
Damn she fine 
Posted on 6/4/17 at 7:58 pm to JohnnyBgood
she still is
Posted on 6/4/17 at 8:17 pm to Vicks Kennel Club
quote:This. They even showed it in the flashback montage with Red's voiceover. He was digging into the wall with the poster draped over his head and the top of it taped to the wall. Then he peeked out from under it to check if a guard was coming. It was clear as day.
Only the top two corners were probably secured. The poster would just naturally lie correctly due to gravity.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 8:20 pm to hsfolk
The poster was just pinned up by the top. He just slid underneath it.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 8:26 pm to Peazey
Posted on 6/4/17 at 10:59 pm to hsfolk
Shoulda been Rita Hayworth.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 11:39 pm to hsfolk
Keeping the poster up after he went through was small potatoes compared to digging that frickin hole. Probably easier than those rapes he endured also.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 7:47 am to PowerTool
I believe the original story was called "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" since she was the girl he first put up when the idea of "redemption", or digging the escape route, came to Andy.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 10:01 pm to Honest Tune
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believe the original story was called "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" since she was the girl he first put up when the idea of "redemption", or digging the escape route, came to Andy.
Correct, sir. It was a novella in the "Different Seasons" collection. He was in prison so long that he gradually updated the posters to more current pinups, but it started with the Rita Hayworth poster.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 6:59 am to PowerTool
The posters are also a nice plot device to add time/place to the story. In a prison movie especially, the audience can get bogged down and lose track of the fact that YEARS are passing Andy by while he wastes away in jail. By signifying eras of film, the posters give clues as to how many years have gone by since Andy first got to jail. Darabont did a good job with that and the music (Tommy going to jail with rock and roll playing, for example) in Shawshank to give his audience a timeline to follow.
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