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  1. unmapped (star leverage): The Shawshank Redemption → Seven. Freeman reportedly took Se7en because Shawshank showed he could carry the story.
    “the fact that Shawshank, I was narrating and I got to carry the story.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 0:45:37 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (reading the dossier) (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): The Shawshank Redemption → Goodfellas. Listener's list of narrated Rewatchables: Shawshank, Goodfellas, Apocalypse Now, Ferris Bueller, Fight Club, Stand by Me, Big Lebowski and more.
    “He, best movie of all time, Shawshank.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:36:27 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): The Truman Show → The Shawshank Redemption. The basement escape scene is a little Shawshank-ish.
    “A little Shawshankish.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:40:34 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): Pulp Fiction → The Shawshank Redemption. Gump and Shawshank are among the most seen movies of the past three decades and both are originals.
    “Force Gump and Shawshank are like 2 of the most seen movies of the last 3 decades.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:45:47 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  5. contrast (contrast): The Shawshank Redemption → The Big Chill. Shawshank's deleted Red scene shows why a director may keep cut scenes buried.
    “I remember seeing the deleted scenes from Shawshank”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (same year / slow burn): A Bronx Tale → The Shawshank Redemption. 1993 was crowded, so films like Shawshank got lost and had a belated moment; this one did too.
    “Shawshank got lost and then, you know, belatedly had a moment.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:39:18 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (episode format): A Bronx Tale → The Shawshank Redemption. The lessons-from-the-movie segment was done before only for Shawshank and maybe Goodfellas.
    “I've only done this a couple times with the rewatchables when there's lessons from the movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:42:27 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (channel idea): A Bronx Tale → The Shawshank Redemption. Bars, an all-jail-movie channel idea, would run Shawshank, Escape from Alcatraz, Face/Off, and Oz.
    “I always wanted an all-jail movie channel called Bars, B-A-R-Z.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:05:05 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  9. lineage (lineage): Misery → The Shawshank Redemption. King adaptations ranked: Stand By Me, Shawshank, Misery, and The Shining as the four best.
    “Misery's the 3rd of that of the 3 best ones, I think, and the Shining, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:04:34 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)
  10. career (career): Tim Robbins → The Shawshank Redemption. The Player is a step in Robbins's run from Bull Durham to Shawshank, and two years from Dead Man Walking.
    “I think Robin needed this for his Bull Durham, to the player, to Shawshank”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:14:05 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. programming (programming): Seven → The Shawshank Redemption. Both are movies you get sucked into on cable by the last 40 minutes.
    “The same thing with Shawshank.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:17:05 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  12. people (that guy): Mark Boone Junior → The Shawshank Redemption. Delahunt is played by Boggs from Shawshank, who led the sisters and became forever known for that role.
    “Boggs from Shawshank has a key role in this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:27:55 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)