+Kelsborrow Wayfinders Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 Bit of an odd subject title I admit but has anyone seen this excellent film which was on TV again at the weekend? Towards the end of the film Red (Morgan Freeman) goes out into the country to find a hidden container armed only with a compass (no GPS!!!). He searches in a wall and finds the container under a rock. Hands up those people who epxected him to open the box and find a travel bug, logbook, plastic lion, keyring and a spare set of batteries? I know I did. Are there other similar moments in films? Quote
JackiePenn Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 ANDY: There's this big hayfield up near Buxton. You know where Buxton is? RED: Lots of hayfields there. ANDY: One in particular. Got a long rock wall with a big oak at the north end. Like something out of a Robert Frost poem. It's where I asked my wife to marry me. We'd gone for a picnic. We made love under that oak. I asked and she said yes. Promise me, Red. If you ever get out, find that spot. In the base of that wall you'll find a rock that has no earthly business in a Maine hayfield. A piece of black volcanic glass. You'll find something buried under it I want you to have. RED: What? What's buried there? ANDY: You'll just have to pry up that rock and see. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. My fav line "In the base of that wall you'll find a rock that has no earthly business in a Maine hayfield." Quote
Lactodorum Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 Buried? In a wall? I would never approve it....... Quote
+The Hokesters Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 (edited) I know where Buxton is - its just up the road in Derbyshire. We were caching there a month or so ago Perhaps I should log it on the Old World New World Locationless? The Hokesters... Edited August 9, 2004 by The Hokesters Quote
+Kelsborrow Wayfinders Posted August 9, 2004 Author Posted August 9, 2004 I think it was a broken wall so he may have got away with it Quote
SlytherinAlex Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 I would never approve it....... I thought that you only "reviewed" these days? Quote
Leoness Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 Now... I wonder how long it will take for a cacher from Buxton to find a (disused) dry stone wall and hide a cache called "Shawshank Redemption"? I'll give it a couple of weeks! Quote
+The Hokesters Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 (edited) been there, done it, got the t-shirt! Eckington - where are the forum archives held? We are looking for the post which reveals your caching handle Edited August 9, 2004 by The Hokesters Quote
+Happy Humphrey Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 Meanwhile, back at the thread... "There are those with guns, and those who dig. You dig.". HH Quote
+snaik Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 Buried?In a wall? I would never approve it....... Whats a Wall!! Quote
JackiePenn Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 Meanwhile, back at the thread... "There are those with guns, and those who dig. You dig.". HH Okay thats from 'The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly' geocaching scene. I guess you can include just about every pirate movie too for the geoaching content (thats pirate movie as in black beard, not any ol'film copy sold by dodgy geezer at bootsale) And what about the IRA who had their own special type of geocaching sites dotted all over Ireland and UK. Quote
+Happy Humphrey Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 Stonefisk, You're right about the quote, of course. The other cache hunt that comes to mind is the bonkers "It's a mad,mad,mad,mad world", which involves a puzzle cache if I remember correctly (I'm not sure about the number of "mad"'s though...) . HH Quote
+wildtrekker Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 Bit of an odd subject title I admit but has anyone seen this excellent film which was on TV again at the weekend? Towards the end of the film Red (Morgan Freeman) goes out into the country to find a hidden container armed only with a compass (no GPS!!!). He searches in a wall and finds the container under a rock. Hands up those people who epxected him to open the box and find a travel bug, logbook, plastic lion, keyring and a spare set of batteries? I know I did. Are there other similar moments in films? I think the only thing missing was a GPS, but we thought exactly the same thing when we saw it. Quote
+Haggis Hunter Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 One of my caches, which is hidden NEXT to an old wall, had marmal make a comment saying, that he felt that he was part of the Shawshank Redemption. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted August 10, 2004 Posted August 10, 2004 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World (5 mads, I think) is a classic! Phil Silvers at his best. I'm always looking for trees forming a giant W whenever I'm out and about. Other caching movies would have to include Shallow Grave (!) and what about 'The Good, The Bad and The Muggly'? SP Quote
davester Posted August 10, 2004 Posted August 10, 2004 Now... I wonder how long it will take for a cacher from Buxton to find a (disused) dry stone wall and hide a cache called "Shawshank Redemption"? I'll give it a couple of weeks! This occured to me (as I already own a cache within a mile of Buxton) but could I find a Hayfield among the moors? Maybe a bracken field...... Quote
+The Hokesters Posted August 10, 2004 Posted August 10, 2004 Stonefisk,You're right about the quote, of course. The other cache hunt that comes to mind is the bonkers "It's a mad,mad,mad,mad world", which involves a puzzle cache if I remember correctly (I'm not sure about the number of "mad"'s though...) . HH Four Mads Quote
+RichardandJulie Posted August 10, 2004 Posted August 10, 2004 My partner and myself were watching the film and when that moment occured we both turned and said 'GEOCACHING'. We actually stopped geocaching for a while (Actually to the next day) Regards Davyjones and crew Quote
+The Hokesters Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 Rented Shawshank Redemption this weekend and was gobsmacked by it yet again. Seen it about four times but this is the first time I spotted the GCXing connection. This was nearby to the puzzle cache we did this weekend Bearshank Redemption and worldwide there are two caches named Shawshank Redemption, two 'something'shank redemption and four other redeptions. The Hokesters...(clearly bored today) Quote
+Pharisee Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 This was nearby to the puzzle cache we did this weekend Bearshank Redemption....... I remember it well..... that was my 50th cache. It seems sooooo long ago!!! Quote
+aisledog Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 I remember a cowboy film where the dawn shadows point to a hidden entrance in the cliff face. Can anyone recall the name of the film? Quote
+harold1066 Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 Just watched Star Trek: Nemesis, and there is a scene where Picard,worf and data are looking for a positronic signal. It is 4 parts of an early version of data called B4 . They search using a tricorder (GPSr) and the parts are spread over a wide area (multi-cache). Also Fargo, where steve Buscemi buries the loot and marks it with an ice scrapper. Supposedly a Japanese woman saw the film and thought the money was still buried out there and with looking for it, apparently she died looking for it. News Story Geo Quote
+Team Maddie UK Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 (edited) Eckington - where are the forum archives held? We are looking for the post which reveals your caching handle We know but we're sworn to secrecy under penalty of never having a cache approved again Edited August 23, 2004 by Mady Quote
+Pharisee Posted August 24, 2004 Posted August 24, 2004 I remember a cowboy film where the dawn shadows point to a hidden entrance in the cliff face. Can anyone recall the name of the film? McKenna's Gold Quote
choccymandm Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 Not so much of a Shawshank caching moment, but we watched Close Encounters of the Third Kind a while ago and both laughed when the aliens send the co-ords to the meeting spot! Can't remember off hand what they were but it'd be interesting to see if anyone in the US has place a "Close Encounters Cache" at those exact co-ords. If you anyone reads the US forums, someone may have located the actual spot used in Shawshank and might be setting up a cache there. see this thread Quote
+Pyewacket Posted September 2, 2004 Posted September 2, 2004 "The Andromeda Strain" is on tv right now. The two scientists were in the van with the rotating satellite dish on top, looking for the source of contamination. "We're getting close." "Bear right." Sure sounds like caching to me. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted September 3, 2004 Posted September 3, 2004 "Bear left" "Frog right" Sure sounds like The Muppet Movie to me! SP Quote
+Simply Paul Posted September 3, 2004 Posted September 3, 2004 Here's another movie about directions, from Ann Summers. It's for those of 18 or over only! www.need-directions.co.uk. Don't say I didn't warn you... SP Quote
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