The Shawshank Redemption is among the hottest movies ever made.
In reality, it’s the best rated film on IMDB, tied with The Godfather.
But ever since its launch in 1994, followers have been debating one factor in regards to the movie: Would Andy Dufresne’s jail escape have labored in actual life.
The character, performed by Tim Robbins, sneaks out of Shawshank State Prison by digging a gap in his jail cell wall utilizing a rock hammer.
He then crawls by means of a sewage pipe earlier than being dumped right into a river and fleeing to freedom.
Sounds believable, proper?
But in line with Robbins, his character would probably have died whereas trying the escape.
“It’s supposed to be faeces (in the sewage tunnel), which by the way, you wouldn’t be able to survive … because the methane would kill you,” the actor beforehand advised Entertainment Weekly.
Professor Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh from the University of Sydney acknowledged that the scenario might be fairly complicated.
“If the sewage pipes have some flow of air and the materials and their by-products are not too toxic and some air flow exists, I suppose the person could survive for a while,” the professor advised news.com.au.
Still, it’s not assured.
“Methane is generally not considered a toxic gas, but long-term exposure to it also is not recommended.
“If methane replaces too much of the surrounding oxygen, which is essential for our lives, it can cause death due to the lack of oxygen.”
It’s not simply the methane that would have been a difficulty for Dufresne, the professor added.
“Carbon dioxide exists at high concentrations in sewage pipes, and that can also displace oxygen and cause death.
“Another issue with the sewage pipe is the possible existence of other toxic gases such as hydrogen sulphide (that has the rotten egg smell), which is a really toxic gas. Exposure to it at even low levels can cause more harm than exposure to methane,” Prof Kalantar-Zadeh stated.
In conclusion, we’ll by no means know for certain if the daring escape would achieve success in actual life as a result of who on earth goes to place their hand as much as check it out?
Not me.
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Source: www.news.com.au
