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About 40 miles west of Mansfield, in the town of Upper Sandusky, Andy’s trial is held at Wyandot Courthouse, 109 South Sandusky Avenue. Incidentally, 228 South 8th Street, also in Upper Sandusky, served as the woodwork shop of ‘Shawshank Prison’.
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- Where Was The Shawshank Redemption Filmed?
- Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio
- Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Various Locations Across Ohio
The story of ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ starts in the city of Portland, Maine, in 1947. However, the vast majority of the events depicted in the film take place in the fictional Shawshank State Penitentiary, which is also in Maine. Filming for the movie commenced in June 1993 and principal photography took place over three months. The entire proces...
The primary filming location for ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ and the location for the fictional Shawshank State Penitentiary is the defunct Ohio State Reformatory in the industrious city of Mansfield, Ohio. Producer Niki Marvin reportedly spent five months scouting prisons across the United States and Canada, looking for the right aesthetic before f...
The final scene in ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ in which Andy and Red embrace after reuniting at the Zihuatanejo Beach in Mexico is iconic in cinema history. However, the filming for that particular scene did not actually take place in Mexico at all, but rather, the Carribean island of Saint Croix, one of the U.S. Virgin Islands. More specifically, t...
Limited filming for a number of scenes in ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ was also done in a number of locales across the state of Ohio. This includes the quaint village of Butler Ohio, which stands in for the fictional rural town of Buxton in the film. The wood shop scene with Red and a few other inmates was filmed in the city of Upper Sandusky, while ...
Sep 7, 2023 · The Shawshank Redemption was primarily filmed in Mansfield, Ohio, using the Ohio State Reformatory as the prison location. Other filming locations in Ohio included the Bissman Building and the Shawshank Woodshop. The final beach scene was shot on the island of Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, standing in for the Mexican city of ...
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Where was The Shawshank Redemption Filmed? The Shawshank Redemption was filmed in Ashland, Bissman Building (Closed), Butler, Ohio State Reformatory, Snyder Road and Hagerman Road, Upper Sandusky, Virgin Islands (Final Scene) and Wyandot County Courthouse.
Where was The Shawshank Redemption filmed? It was filmed in Mansfield, Ashland, Upper Sandusky and Butler, Ohio in 1993. The final scene was filmed at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Plan your trip to all 15 filming sites in Mansfield, Ashland, and Upper Sandusky, OH, August 9-11, 2024 for a weekend celebrating the No. 1 movie of all time (IMDb). Details will be unveiled here and on all “The Shawshank Trail” social platforms.
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The Shawshank Trail was created by Destination Mansfield – Richland County in 2008 for you, The Shawshank Redemption fan! As the popularity of the movie grew and visitors from all around the world began asking the location of film sites, we ‘got busy’ with our first Trail brochure.
