He also starred in The Shawshank Redemption and, more recently, Michael Winterbottom's Code 46.

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The greatest film of all time, by the way, is "The Shawshank Redemption, " and No. 4 is "Inception" (this year's film, so perhaps premature).

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Horn eventually left Norman Lear's company to found Castle Rock Entertainment, a film company best remembered for When Harry Met Sally and The Shawshank Redemption.

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Sort of like Morgan Freeman's character, Red, from "The Shawshank Redemption, " who, after being released from prison, famously couldn't "squeeze a drop" without asking permission.

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If you've seen writer-director Frank Darabont's films (including two King adaptations, "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile, " that earned him Oscar nominations), you'll know he's an old-time Hollywood classicist at heart.

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Though CBS ' (nyse: CBS - news - people ) The Late Show host is widely believed to have bombed during his one attempt to host the Oscars, the show, in which box office hit Forrest Gump beat out Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption for Best Picture, was the second-most-watched in the last 25 years.

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