Fort Hancock, Texas
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Fort Hancock is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hudspeth County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,052 at the 2020 census.
Abandoned buildings along State Highway 20 in Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock in 1916
The Shawshank Redemption
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The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The film tells the story o
Fort Hancock, Texas
…Martinez, who was born and raised in Fort Hancock, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Korean War. In the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding crosses the U.S. border into Mexico at Fort Hancock to join his friend, Andy Dufresne, who earlier escaped from Shawshank…
Theatrical release poster
Andy and Red's reunion was filmed at the Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The location has been interpreted as a form of escape or paradise.
Director Frank Darabont (pictured in 2011) bought the adaptation rights to The Shawshank Redemption for $5,000 in 1987.
Clancy Brown at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con