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*** Which was written by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] and not [[Thomas Newman]]. [[Captain Obvious|Just making that clear.]]

* [[Ear Worm]]: The music that plays when {{spoiler|the police are coming to get Captain Hadley and Warden Norton}}.

* [[Family Unfriendly Aesop]]: The storyline implies that it is justifiable to {{spoiler|unlawfully escape from prison in a society that thinks you are a murderer, if you were wrongfully convicted}}. It also implies that it is justifiable to {{spoiler|engage in all kinds of sneaky treachery, including setting up a complex scheme to launder money for one person, so long as you plan on using that same scheme to expose the person you were laundering money for as a crook}}. In other words, this movie implies that ends justify means. Yes, it has family-friendly aesops as well (the themes of hope and perseverance come to mind), but the moral perspective implied from some aspects of the movie (especially the {{spoiler|scheming, underhanded nature of the protagonist}}) is quite at odds with more conventional forms of morality.

* [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: The storyline implies that it is justifiable to {{spoiler|unlawfully escape from prison in a society that thinks you are a murderer, if you were wrongfully convicted}}. It also implies that it is justifiable to {{spoiler|engage in all kinds of sneaky treachery, including setting up a complex scheme to launder money for one person, so long as you plan on using that same scheme to expose the person you were laundering money for as a crook}}. In other words, this movie implies that ends justify means. Yes, it has family-friendly aesops as well (the themes of hope and perseverance come to mind), but the moral perspective implied from some aspects of the movie (especially the {{spoiler|scheming, underhanded nature of the protagonist}}) is quite at odds with more conventional forms of morality.

** Well, Andy says it himself - he [[Had to Come To Prison To Be A Crook]].

* [[Fandom Rivalry]]: In 2008, a somewhat complicated series of votes on the [[Internet Movie Database]] to give ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' the spot on the Top 250 as the #1 film of all time (that was from ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]'') ultimately led to ''Shawshank'' topping the list. ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]'' had held that position for quite a long stretch of time, and its fans were, to put it mildly, not impressed; even now, over a year later, a visit to ''Shawshank'''s IMDB forums reveals thread after thread attacking it as unworthy of being #1 (and, implicitly or explicitly, favouring ''The Godfather'').

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