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It is not difficult to know the answers to this series of questions.
At the film exchange meeting three months ago, before Li Fan decided to shoot a movie with the theme of "prison", he once asked Tim Robbins, the protagonist in the film, a question on Robin. Is there a prison called Mansfield State Prison in his hometown of Ohio?
After getting Robbins' affirmative answer, Li Fancai decided to shoot a movie with the theme of "Prison".
Then, the answer is obvious. The Shawshank Prison in the film is Mansfield State Prison in Ohio.
The following major media reports in Mansfield State City also proved this point.
And why did Li Fan change the name of "Mansfield State Prison" to "Shawshank Prison"?
It may be difficult to have an accurate answer to this question, but from a dialogue between Li Fan and Robbins at the scene of the film exchange at the time, it may be possible to know some reasons.
At that time, Li Fan said that the name "Mansfield State Prison" was too long, and it was not very convenient every time it was mentioned. Perhaps it could be changed to a shorter name.
At that time, everyone at the scene didn't care about this. Looking back now, everyone knows that Li Fan hadn't finished what he said at the time.
What I didn't say was, "Bey calls it Shawshank Prison."
This may be why Li Fan changed the name of "Mansfield State Prison" to "Shawshank Prison".
As for why Li Fan chose to shoot at Mansfield State Prison? This is still unknown.
Maybe you will know the answer in the future, maybe there will never be an answer, it doesn't matter.
The important thing is that the Shawshank prison in the film is located in Mansfield, Ohio, and everyone can go to the prison scene.
When thinking of this, countless people suddenly had a strong desire to go to Shawshank Prison and watch the scenes in the film that are very familiar.
For example: Andy stayed in his cell for 19 years, the cell leading to freedom, the prison playground, library, the roof of the building renovated by Andy, Reid and others outside the prison, Andy crawled to the sewer of freedom, The stream outside the sewer and so on.
Once such a desire has grown, it is no longer difficult to suppress it.
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In front of the gate of Mansfield State Prison, Mansfield, Ohio.
Relevant government officials, Clarence, Arvid, Johannes and others, are now excitedly directing the workers to do something.
The name of the prison on the prison gate, "Mansfield State Prison", was replaced with "Shawshank Prison".
From this moment on, "Mansfield State Prison" will be officially renamed "Shawshank Prison."
Seeing "Shawshank's Redemption" continue to ferment all over the world, Clarence, Arvid, Johannes and others quickly made such a decision.
They knew that Shawshank Prison was about to welcome a large number of tourists.
Li Fan really managed to turn the usually fearsome prison into a tourist attraction through a movie.
Before, who would have believed that one day he would have a strong desire to visit a prison?
Prison, it is definitely a place that everyone can't avoid. How could anyone be interested in visiting the prison?
I have to say, this is a miracle! A miracle created by Li Fan through a movie!
Clarence, Arvid, Johannes and others were filled with emotion, excited and looking forward to it!
Arvid, who had strongly advocated the demolition of the prison before, laughed and said: "Clarence, Johannes, I really want to thank you for your strong opposition to the demolition of this prison. Otherwise, it may be in ruins now. It’s impossible for our prison to be as famous all over the world as it is now."
Johannes laughed and said: "We should really thank Mr. Li Fan. It is Mr. Li Fan who made our prison known all over the world in this way. This is absolutely a miracle, and only Mr. Li Fan can create such a miracle. .
Arvid said: "Of course, Mr. Li Fan should be most grateful. He really did turn a prison into a tourist attraction. This is really incredible."
Johannes said: "From now on, this prison will be officially called Shawshank Prison. To be honest, its original name is indeed too long."
Arvid said: "I also like the name now."
Johannes said: "Avid, you didn't like this prison very much before."
Arvid said: "Johannes, you also said that it was before. I have completely fallen in love with this prison now. Our entire Mansfield City will be proud of this prison. This was before, indeed. It's hard to imagine."
Johannes said: "But now it has become a reality, and Mr. Li Fan has created such a miracle."
The two are talking, and the work of changing the prison name has been completed, and all scenes in the prison that have appeared in the film have always remained the same.
Now, only waiting for tourists to come.
And the first tourists arrived soon.
A group of people came from a distance, at least as many as a thousand people. There were tourists from the United States as well as tourists from other countries.
"Look, Shawshank prison, we are finally here!" A group of people looked excited and expectant, and walked towards the gate quickly.
From a distance, they saw the outline of the prison in front of them, which was exactly what the Shawshank prison looked like in the film, which made them, who were already excited and looking forward to it, even more excited and looking forward to it.
When they came to the gate, they found that the name of the prison was written as "Shawshank Prison", which made them even more excited.
They naturally know that this prison was not called "Shawshank Prison" before. The name was obviously changed because of the movie "Shawshank's Redemption".
This gives them an inexplicable pride, proud of the movie "Shawshank's Redemption".
Only if the influence is large enough can the prison be renamed.
They certainly like that the prison was renamed "Shawshank Prison".
At the gate, all the tourists looked east and west, recalling the scenes and stories in the movie, and were deeply moved.
At the beginning of the story, Andy entered the Shawshank Prison through this gate, staying for 19 years.
Thinking of the story in the movie, the original excitement became a little melancholy.
Of course, this melancholy is more of a kind of emotion, both for the film itself, and also for the many things they thought of through the film.
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2018 has passed, and the countryside is here to sincerely thank every book friend for his company in the past year.
In 2019, I urge everyone to continue to support!
May everyone be healthy and happy every day in the new year!
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