Daily Dialogue — January 16, 2011

Red: I don’t think you ought to be doing this to yourself, Andy. It’s just shitty pipe dreams. I mean, Mexico is way the hell down there, and you’re in here, and that’s the way it is.
Andy: Yeah, right, that’s the way it is. It’s down there and I’m in here. I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really: get busy living, or get busy dying.

 — Red (Morgan Freeman), Andy (Tim Robbins), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), screenplay by Frank Darabont, based on the novel by Stephen King

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is philosophy of life suggested by Martin_B. The Shawshank Redemption suggested by Francisco Magdaraog.

Trivia: Rob Reiner loved Frank Darabont’s script so much that he offered $2.5 million for the rights to the script so he could direct it. Darabont seriously considered Reiner’s offer but ultimately decided that it was his “chance to do something really great” by directing the movie himself. Reiner wanted Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise to play Red and Andy respectively.

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