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

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.
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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/
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