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Apex Mountain

The panel gives positive apex verdicts to Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, prison movies, Frank Darabont, and the supporting cast.

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  • Morgan Freeman receives a positive verdict based on the run from Unforgiven through Shawshank and Seven.
  • Tim Robbins receives an unqualified positive verdict despite joking alternate references to Arlington Road and Top Gun.
  • Prison movies receive a positive verdict over Escape from Alcatraz, the movie rendered as Brewbreaker, and The Jericho Mile.
  • The movie is treated as an apex for its many recognizable supporting actors.
  • Frank Darabont receives a positive verdict over the later launch of The Walking Dead.
  • Rita Hayworth is rejected because she has another apex.
The Shawshank Redemption The Rewatchables
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The Shawshank Redemption

Casting What-Ifs

Tom Hanks, Kevin Costner, and Tom Cruise were considered for Andy; Brad Pitt for Tommy; James Gandolfini for Boggs; Johnny Depp and Nicolas Cage were rumored; and Rob Reiner proposed Cruise and Harrison Ford.

This discussion recalls a choice from an earlier episode.

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  • Tom Hanks was offered Andy but could not accept because of Forrest Gump; the panel prefers Tim Robbins because the role became inseparable from him.
  • Kevin Costner was offered Andy and is considered a credible alternate, although the panel thinks Robbins better preserves doubt about Andy.
  • Tom Cruise attended table readings but declined over the director's inexperience; the panel thinks his intensity would distort Andy.
  • Brad Pitt was intended for Tommy before Thelma & Louise created other opportunities; the panel thinks his presence would make Tommy disproportionately prominent.
  • James Gandolfini was intended for Boggs but chose True Romance instead.
  • Johnny Depp and Nicholas Cage are discussed as rumored Andy possibilities whose dreaminess or intensity could have fit parts of the role.
  • Rob Reiner offered Frank Darabont three million dollars and another financed project for the right to direct with Cruise as Andy and Harrison Ford as Red.
  • Jon Favreau auditioned for the fresh-fish prisoner and later called it his worst audition.
  • Bob Gunton's height helped him plausibly share clothes with the taller Tim Robbins for the escape plot.
  • Tom Cruise is suggested instead for Tommy Williams.
  • The hosts imagine Cruise preparing for the pipe crawl by practicing with Navy SEALs.
  • Favreau is reported to have used the failed audition as motivation to lose weight before Swingers.
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The Shawshank Redemption

1994

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