TODAY’S BLOCKBUSTER QUOTE

The Shawshank Redemption

Square soft-grey editorial card for The Shawshank Redemption (1994), featuring Andy Dufresne’s quote ‘Get busy living or get busy dying.’, a symbolic monochrome rock-hammer illustration, birthday context for Tim Robbins, and a dry closing kicker.

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”

Andy Dufresne · Tim Robbins

Why today

16 October is Tim Robbins’ birthday. In The Shawshank Redemption, Robbins plays Andy Dufresne. In the prison yard, after telling Red about Zihuatanejo and hearing him dismiss the idea as a pipe dream, Andy reduces his future to a choice: “Get busy living or get busy dying.”

A life plan with unusually clear branching.