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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