#983: The Shawshank Redemption at 30, Fail Safe (Lumet #4)

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🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 119 minutes

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For its 30th anniversary, Adam and Josh give the Sacred Cow treatment to THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, a Best Picture nominee turned cable TV staple. And the Sidney Lumet Marathon continues with 1964’s Cold War thriller FAIL SAFE. This episode is presented by Regal Unlimited, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. (Timecodes will not be precise with ads; chapters may start early.) Opening (00:00:00-00:01:59) Sacred Cow: “The Shawshank Redemption” (00:02:00-01:02:04) Next Week, Notes (01:02:05-01:10:55) Polls (01:10:56-01:24:49) Lumet #4: “Fail Safe” (01:24:50-01:55:09) Notes/Links: Lorrie Moore on Titanic: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3591572/Titanic-force-of-a-young-woman-in-love.html Dana Stevens on Titanic https://slate.com/culture/2012/04/james-cameron-s-titanic-starring-leonardo-dicaprio-and-kate-winslet-now-in-3d-reviewed.html Umberto Eco on Casablanca https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/10/28/the-cult-of-the-imperfect/ Vulture Movies Fantasy League https://moviegame.vulture.com/ Filmspotting Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/filmspottingpod/ Feedback: Email us at [email protected]. Ask Us Anything and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support us: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and complete archive access. http://filmspottingfamily.com -T-shirts (and more) on sale at the Filmspotting Shop. https://filmspotting.net/shop Follow: https://www.instagram.com/filmspotting https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting https://twitter.com/filmspotting https://facebook.com/filmspotting https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm https://twitter.com/larsenonfilm https://facebook.com/larsenonfilm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today?
0:36.5	You're not interested in aren't?
0:37.7	No.
0:38.7	Now look, we're going to do this thing.
0:39.5	We're going to have a conversation.
0:46.6	From Chicago, this is film spotting. I'm Josh Larson and I'm Adam Kempenar.
0:48.6	Because it comes down to a simple choice. You're busy living.
0:55.0	You get busy dying.
0:57.0	Get busy living.
0:59.0	Get busy living.
1:00.0	Or get busy die. That's damn right.
1:06.8	That's from the Shawshank Redemption. The best picture nominee
1:09.7	and beloved cable TV staple turns 30 this year. We've got a Sacred Cow review.
1:14.7	And we continue our Sydney Loomat marathon with the director's 1964 Cold War thriller
1:20.4	Fail Safe. It's all ahead. Like I always say Josh, get busy failing or get busy
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