Born in Ohio (not 15 miles from the Mansfield prison) I always wanted to get back there, after my favorite film was shot in the area......last week I did just that.
I visited over a dozen film locations from Shawshank Redemption last week. It was a trip, and an experience, that I will never forget. I will continue to post a number of photos I took along the way, I hope (I hope) you enjoy them as much as I did
Opening scene (screen cap) with Andy drinking....the golf pro's house:
As you can see in the photos I took, there were MANY cabins in this area of Malabar Farm. The story said it was the golf pro's house, so I'm guessing that the woodpile in the screen cap above was put there to cover up the cabin to the right.
Shawshank Prison:
Screen Cap:
You can see where the metal fence posts are left for the filming of the movie, they just removed the fence itself:
Tour Photos:
This is the stairway going up to the warden's office, seen in a few shots throughout the film:
None of the Shawshank Prison cellblock scenes were filmed at the Mansfield Reformatory. They wanted the same "look", but needed both tiers to face each other in order to make certain scenes work (the opening bet scene in particular, where the guys bet on which new fish would crack first)...so, they completely built the prison cells in a warehouse just up the street from the prison.
During the confession of the guy that really DID kill Andy's wife and the golf pro you can somewhat make out the above jail cells and this window....that scene WAS shot at Mansfield Reformatory:
This was the room where the guys watched the Rita H. film. If you watch the movie, you can see the painting of ***** and the hole where the movie projector light shines through the wall:
The stairs going from the movie room to the outside of the prison were used in the scene where Floyd comes down the steps to tell Andy & Red that Brooks was trying to kill Haywood:
The door to Andy's desk and the Warden's office...this was the window Hadley broke to get at Andy for playing the music over the prison PA system:
Warden's office:
This is where the wall safe was:
The Brewer, where Brooks and Red stayed after getting out (this building was designed by the same Architect as Mansfield Reformatory) :
Screen cap:
Trip photos:
The room where Brooks killed himself is actually in Mansfield Reformatory, on the same floor as the Warden's office:
Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'....that's gorram right:
The delousing room and the yellow line:
Where Brooks was almost hit by a car:
Screen cap:
Trip photo:
Me, & THE tree...(and yes, that is an electric fence behind me)
-Ss
I visited over a dozen film locations from Shawshank Redemption last week. It was a trip, and an experience, that I will never forget. I will continue to post a number of photos I took along the way, I hope (I hope) you enjoy them as much as I did
Opening scene (screen cap) with Andy drinking....the golf pro's house:
As you can see in the photos I took, there were MANY cabins in this area of Malabar Farm. The story said it was the golf pro's house, so I'm guessing that the woodpile in the screen cap above was put there to cover up the cabin to the right.
Shawshank Prison:
Screen Cap:
You can see where the metal fence posts are left for the filming of the movie, they just removed the fence itself:
Tour Photos:
This is the stairway going up to the warden's office, seen in a few shots throughout the film:
None of the Shawshank Prison cellblock scenes were filmed at the Mansfield Reformatory. They wanted the same "look", but needed both tiers to face each other in order to make certain scenes work (the opening bet scene in particular, where the guys bet on which new fish would crack first)...so, they completely built the prison cells in a warehouse just up the street from the prison.
During the confession of the guy that really DID kill Andy's wife and the golf pro you can somewhat make out the above jail cells and this window....that scene WAS shot at Mansfield Reformatory:
This was the room where the guys watched the Rita H. film. If you watch the movie, you can see the painting of ***** and the hole where the movie projector light shines through the wall:
The stairs going from the movie room to the outside of the prison were used in the scene where Floyd comes down the steps to tell Andy & Red that Brooks was trying to kill Haywood:
The door to Andy's desk and the Warden's office...this was the window Hadley broke to get at Andy for playing the music over the prison PA system:
Warden's office:
This is where the wall safe was:
The Brewer, where Brooks and Red stayed after getting out (this building was designed by the same Architect as Mansfield Reformatory) :
Screen cap:
Trip photos:
The room where Brooks killed himself is actually in Mansfield Reformatory, on the same floor as the Warden's office:
Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'....that's gorram right:
The delousing room and the yellow line:
Where Brooks was almost hit by a car:
Screen cap:
Trip photo:
Me, & THE tree...(and yes, that is an electric fence behind me)
-Ss
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