References with The Shawshank Redemption

[mavas]

I noticed (with a little help from imdb.com) that The Shawshank Redemption has been referred twice in different Carrey films. Should there be a reason to, or is it just coincidence? Does the producer of Ace Ventura love that movie, or does Jim love it?<br><br><br>The first one is in Ace Ventura, When Nature Calls: Ace Ventura fools the Chief and his son saying "Shawshank Redemption" in which Bob Gunton ("Quinn") played the Warden.<br><br>The Second one is in the Majestic: In the first scene of the movie, we see Jim Carrey's character reacting to the ideas of studio executives, one of whom mentions that the name "Floyd" is terrible, and that it has to be changed. Later on we learn that they changed the name to "Heywood", which an executive also says is terrible. Heywood and Floyd are both characters from Frank Darabont's earlier movie Shawshank Redemption, The (1994).<br><br>A funny note:<br>One of the Majestic's employees is named Irene Terwilliger. "Terwilliger" is also the last name of a character in Frank Darabont's Green Mile, The (1999). He was played by Jeffrey DeMunn, who plays Mayor Ernie Cole in The Majestic.<br> <p></p><i></i>

[JT Carrey]

in reference to the Majestic, it was directed by Frank Darabont who directed Green Mile and Shawshank, so maybe its his little joke <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:green;">~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> <!--EZCODE BR START--><br /><!--EZCODE BR END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:purple;">J.T. Carrey =0)</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> <!--EZCODE BR START--><br /><!--EZCODE BR END--><!--EZCODE BR START--><br /><!--EZCODE BR END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:magenta;font-family:arial;font-size:x-small;">"It's better to go after something special and risk starving to death than to surrender, if you give up your dreams, what's left?"</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> <!--EZCODE BR START--><br /><!--EZCODE BR END--><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:teal;">- James Eugene Carrey</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.geocities.com/jt_carrey"><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:purple;"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>~*~My Website~*~</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.geocities.com/jimcarreyfanjt"><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:green;"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>~*~Jim Carrey Extreme~*~</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/biker.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/figleaf.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/luke.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/bill.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/vera.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/ace.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/mask.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/lloyd.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/riddler.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/chip.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/fletcher.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/truman.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/andy.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/tony.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/charlie.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/hank.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/grinch.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i>

[Lizziloo]

I have no idea of what The Shawshank Redemption is. <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://jimcarreyonline.com/board/graphics/ace.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:fuchsia;font-family:verdana;font-size:x-small;">~ "Until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his a$$." - Jim Carrey</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></p><i></i>