Tim Robbins
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West Covina, California, USA
Tim Robbins ranks among contemporary cinema's most acclaimed and provocative voices; a multifaceted talent, he has proved so adept at wearing the various hats of actor, writer, and director that no less a figure than the legendary filmmaker Robert Altman declared him the second coming of Orson Welles. Born October 16, 1958, in West Covina, CA, he was the son of folk singer Gil Robbins; raised in Greenwich Village, he made his performing debut alongside his father on a duet of the protest song "Ink Is Black, Page Is White." At the age of 12, Robbins joined the Theater for the New City, remaining a member for the next seven years; he also joined his high-school drama club, an experience which afforded him his first opportunities to direct for the stage. After briefly attending the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, he relocated to Los Angeles to study at UCLA; there he also joined the Male Death Cult, an intramural softball team comprised of his fellow drama students. After graduating, the teammates reunited to form the Actors' Gang, an avant-garde theater troupe noted for productions of works by the likes of Bertolt Brecht and Alfred Jarry. After guest starring on television series including Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere, in 1984 Robbins made his film debut with a bit part in the feature Toy Soldiers. His first starring role came in 1985's teen sex romp Fraternity Vacation. Small roles in hits including Top Gun and The Sure Thing followed before a breakout performance as a doltish fastballer in Ron Shelton's hit 1988 baseball comedy Bull Durham. An onscreen romance with co-star Susan Sarandon soon expanded into their offscreen lives as well, and the twosome became one of Hollywood's most prominent couples. A series of starring roles in films including 1989's misbegotten Erik the Viking and 1990s Jacob's Ladder followed, before Altman's 1992 showbiz satire The Player won Robbins Best Actor honors at the Cannes Film Festival. That same year, he wrote, directed, starred, and performed the music in Bob Roberts, a mock-documentary brutally parodying right-wing politics.Upon appearing in Altman's 1993 ensemble piece Short Cuts, Robbins enjoyed starring roles in four major 1994 releases: The Hudsucker Proxy, I.Q., Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter), and the Oscar-nominated The Shawshank Redemption. However, his most acclaimed project to date was 1995's Dead Man Walking, a gut-wrenching examination of the death penalty, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Director; Sean Penn, portraying a death-row inmate, garnered a Best Actor nomination while Sarandon won Best Actress honors. After a three-year hiatus from acting, Robbins returned to the screen in 1997 with the comedy Nothing to Lose; he soon announced plans to mount a film adaptation of Cradle Will Rock, the Marc Blitzstein play first staged by Orson Welles six decades earlier. The film, which examined the relationship between art and politics in 1930s America, premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. That same year, audiences could view Robbins as a clean-cut suburban terrorist opposite Jeff Bridges in Arlington Road, as well as see the fruits of his directorial work in Cradle Will Rock. Robbins opened the year 2000 with a brief but nonetheless fun role as the maddeningly calm Ian in High Fidelity. The early 2000s presented a series of misfires for Robbins -- AntiTrust (2001), Mission to Mars (2000), and Human Nature (2001), writer Charlie Kaufman's eagerly awaited follow-up to Being John Malkovich, fared rather badly in theaters -- though his versatility and respect within the industry remained solid. The polarizing presidential elections of 2002 certainly thrust Robbins into the political spotlight, if not major big-screen successes. After multiple appearances on Politically Incorrect and various awards shows gave Robbins a platform for some of his views concerning the right-wing agenda, the legitimacy of the Bush administration, and the controversial pre-
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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95% | My Darling Vivian |
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— | 2020 |
81% | VHYes |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | Vergiftete Wahrheit |
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— | 2020 |
89% | Dark Waters |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 45 Seconds of Laughter |
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— | 2019 |
90% | Marjorie Prime |
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$0.2M | 2017 |
71% | A Perfect Day |
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— | 2016 |
73% | Welcome to Me |
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— | 2015 |
68% | Life Of Crime |
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$0.3M | 2014 |
83% | Gore Vidal: The United States Of Amnesia |
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$0.2M | 2014 |
50% | Thanks For Sharing |
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$0.8M | 2013 |
36% | Back to 1942 |
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$0.3M | 2012 |
69% | Revenge of the Electric Car |
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$0.2M | 2011 |
100% | Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone |
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— | 2011 |
26% | Green Lantern |
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$116.7M | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Corrections |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Freedom |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country |
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— | 2011 |
61% | Cinema Verite |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | VIPs |
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— | 2010 |
37% | The Lucky Ones |
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$0.2M | 2008 |
53% | City of Ember |
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$7.8M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | One Giant Leap 2: What About Me? |
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— | 2008 |
58% | Noise |
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— | 2007 |
50% | Then She Found Me |
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$3.8M | 2007 |
69% | The Secret Life of Words |
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— | 2006 |
52% | Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny |
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$8.2M | 2006 |
75% | Catch a Fire |
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$4.3M | 2006 |
76% | Zathura: A Space Adventure |
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$28.1M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Embedded Live |
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— | 2005 |
44% | The Ballad of Greenwich Village |
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— | 2005 |
75% | War of the Worlds |
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$234.2M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'The Shawshank Redemption' |
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— | 2004 |
51% | Code 46 |
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— | 2004 |
79% | Orwell Rolls in His Grave |
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— | 2003 |
88% | Mystic River |
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$88.8M | 2003 |
86% | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | The Day My God Died |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | American Masters |
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— | 2003 |
34% | The Truth About Charlie |
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$5.3M | 2002 |
49% | Human Nature |
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$0.7M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil War |
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— | 2002 |
56% | The Party's Over |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | A Voice from Heaven |
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— | 2001 |
24% | Antitrust |
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$11M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Bruce Springsteen: Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 |
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— | 2000 |
91% | High Fidelity |
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— | 2000 |
25% | Mission to Mars |
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— | 2000 |
64% | Cradle Will Rock |
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— | 1999 |
63% | Arlington Road |
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— | 1999 |
52% | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me |
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— | 1999 |
28% | Nothing to Lose |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | The Typewriter, The Rifle and the Movie Camera |
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— | 1996 |
95% | Dead Man Walking |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | The Gospel According to Jesus |
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— | 1995 |
42% | I.Q. |
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— | 1994 |
24% | Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) |
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— | 1994 |
91% | The Shawshank Redemption |
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— | 1994 |
59% | The Hudsucker Proxy |
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— | 1994 |
95% | Short Cuts |
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— | 1993 |
95% | Bob Roberts |
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— | 1992 |
98% | The Player |
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— | 1992 |
81% | Jungle Fever |
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— | 1991 |
73% | Jacob's Ladder |
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— | 1990 |
55% | Cadillac Man |
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— | 1990 |
47% | Erik the Viking |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Twister |
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— | 1989 |
75% | Miss Firecracker |
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— | 1989 |
60% | Tapeheads |
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— | 1988 |
97% | Bull Durham |
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— | 1988 |
78% | Five Corners |
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— | 1987 |
13% | Howard the Duck |
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— | 1986 |
56% | Top Gun |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Malice in Wonderland |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Vacación Fraternal |
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— | 1985 |
85% | The Sure Thing |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Toy Soldiers |
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— | 1984 |
57% | No Small Affair |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | Quarterback Princess |
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— | 1983 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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88% |
Castle Rock
2018-2019
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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24% |
Here and Now
2018
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No Score Yet |
Tavis Smiley
2013-2018
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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No Score Yet |
Conan
2010
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55% |
The Brink
2015
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74% |
The Spoils Before Dying
2014
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81% |
The Spoils of Babylon
2014-2015
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
Late Show With David Letterman
1993-2015
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94% |
Portlandia
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
Sunday Morning
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
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No Score Yet |
Arts & the Mind
2012
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No Score Yet |
Flipped Off
2012
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97% |
Treme
2010-2013
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No Score Yet |
Independent Lens
1999
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No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
1999-2015
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No Score Yet |
Rachael Ray
2006
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No Score Yet |
Colbert Report
2005-2014
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88% |
Jack & Bobby
2004-2005
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No Score Yet |
American Masters
2001
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No Score Yet |
MADtv
1995-2009
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85% |
The Simpsons
1989
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No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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No Score Yet |
Amazing Stories (1985)
1985-1987
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97% |
Moonlighting
1985-1989
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No Score Yet |
St. Elsewhere
1982-1988
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No Score Yet |
Treme
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Quotes from Tim Robbins' Characters
B: | Hookers don't count? |
Mambrú: | Hookers don't count. |
Andy Dufresne: | It's funny. On the outside, I was an honest man. Straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook. |
Oliver Lang: | He wishes someone had to pay. |
Andy Dufresne: | [in letter to Red] Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. |
Andy Dufresne: | Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | hope is a dangerous thing my friend,it can kill a man... |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | Hope is a dangerous thing my friend,it can kill a man... |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | Hope is a dangerous thing my friend, it can kill a man... |
Andy Dufresne: | hope is a good thing maybe even the best of things and good things never die. |
Andy Dufresne: | Hope is a good thing. Maybe even the best of things and good things never die. |
Andy Dufresne: | All right. But you should know that sudden serious brain injury causes the victim to bite down hard. In fact, I hear the bite reflex is so strong they have to pry the victims jaws open with a crowbar. |
Bogs Diamond: | Where do you get this shit? |
Andy Dufresne: | I read it. You know how to read, you ignorant fuck? |
Andy Dufresne: | Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. |
Andy Dufresne: | You know, the funny thing is, on the outside I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook. |
Andy Dufresne: | My God, Warden! How could you be so obtuse! |
Warden Samuel Norton: | What the F*** did you call me?! |
Andy Dufresne: | Remember Red! Hope is a good thing, may be best of things and no good thing ever dies. |
Andy Dufresne: | [in letter to Red] Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | King me. |
Andy Dufresne: | Ah chess.. now theres a game of kings, knights, strategy... |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | And a total fucking mystery. I hate it! |
Andy Dufresne: | "Hope is a good thing, may be the best of the things. And good thing never dies." |
Andy Dufresne: | Hope is a good thing, may be the best of the things. And good thing never dies. |
Andy Dufresne: | [in letter to Red] Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. |
Andy Dufresne: | Dear Warden, You were right, Salvation lay within - Andy Dufresne |
Andy Dufresne: | Salvation lies within. |
Andy Dufresne: | I don't waste time on losers, Tommy. |
Heywood: | The Count of Monte Crisco... |
Floyd: | It's CRISTO ya dumb shit. |
Heywood: | By Alexandre Dumas...dumb ass. |
Andy Dufresne: | Dumas. Ya know what that's about? |
Heywood: | Huh uh... |
Andy Dufresne: | You'll like it, it's about a prison break. |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | Well we oughta file that under educational too, oughtn't we?? |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | Well we oughta file that under educational too, oughtn't we? |
Andy Dufresne: | You know, the funny thing is, on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook. |
Phil Blumbertt: | I want you to concentrate...and READ MY MIND! |
Howard T. Duck: | You're thinking...they know I'm a fake...they know I'm a yo yo! Tell me if I'm warm on any of these, Phil. |
Andy Dufresne: | You know what the Mexicans say about the Pacific? They say it has no memory. That's where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory. |
Norville Barnes: | You know.....for kids. |
Norville Barnes: | You know...for kids. |
Andy Dufresne: | Remember, Red......Hope is a good thing......Maybe the best of things....And no good thing ever dies. |
Andy Dufresne: | "You know, the funny thing is, on the outside I was an honest man, straight as an arrow, I had to come to prison to be a crook." |
Andy Dufresne: | You know, the funny thing is, on the outside I was an honest man, straight as an arrow, I had to come to prison to be a crook. |
Andy Dufresne: | I remember thinking it would take a man 600 years to tunnel through the wall with it. Any did it in less than 20. |
Andy Dufresne: | I remember thinking it would take a man 600 years to tunnel through the wall with it. Andy did it in less than 20. |
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding: | I remember thinking it would take a man 600 years to tunnel through the wall with it. Andy did it in less than 20. |
Dave Boyle: | Are things looking any better on that Sprite....Sean? |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | What're you in for? |
Andy Dufresne: | Killed my wife and her lover. |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | Why'd you do it? |
Andy Dufresne: | I didn't. |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | (chuckles) You're gonna fit right in. |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | [chuckles] You're gonna fit right in. |
Andy Dufresne: | there are places in the world that aren't made out of stone. there's something inside they cant touch |
Andy Dufresne: | Forget that... there are places in this world that aren't made out of stone. |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | what are you talking about |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | What are you talking about. |
Andy Dufresne: | hope |
Andy Dufresne: | Hope. |
Bogs Diamond: | Now I'm gonna open my fly, and you're gonna swallow what I give you to swallow. And after you swallow mine you're gonna swallow Rooster's cause you done broke his nose, and I think he oughta have something to show for it. |
Andy Dufresne: | Anything you put in my mouth you're gonna lose. |
Bogs Diamond: | Naw you don't understand. You do that and I'll put all eight inches of this steel in your ear. |
Andy Dufresne: | All right. But you should know that sudden serious brain injury causes the victim to bite down hard. In fact, I hear the bite reflex is so strong they have to pry the victim's jaws open with a crowbar. |
Bogs Diamond: | Where do you get this shit? |
Andy Dufresne: | I read it. You now how to read? You ignorant fuck. |
Andy Dufresne: | 'He's a phantom, an apartition, second cousin to Harvey the Rabbit |
Andy Dufresne: | He's a phantom, an apartition, second cousin to Harvey the Rabbit. |
Andy Dufresne: | Anything you put in my mouth, you're gonna lose |
Andy Dufresne: | Anything you put in my mouth you're gonna lose. |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | Get busy living, or get busy dying. Damn right. |
Ellis Boy "Red" Redding: | Get busy living, or get busy dying. |
Andy Dufresne: | Get busy living, or get busy dying. |
Senator Hammond: | Son,we're gonna get you out of here. |
Senator Hammond: | Son, we're gonna get you out of here. |
Andy Dufresne: | Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. |
Andy Dufresne: | Remember, Red, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies |
Andy Dufresne: | Remember, Red, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. |
Andy Dufresne: | get busy living or get busy dying (the moron who submitted quoted Red, who was quoting andy) |
Andy Dufresne: | Get busy living or get busy dying. |
Andy Dufresne: | Remember, Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds you and find you well. |