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Review of the Shawshank Redemption

Abstract:

It is really an amazing movie I have ever seen in my lifetime. The cast and the story of

the

movie

are

really

successful.

Andy

is

a

passionate

character,

and

he

is

convicted

of

murdering his wife and her lover despite his claims of innocence. It is so touching to spend

almost two decades in the prison. Old-fashioned prisons in the 90s are full of bad guys who

do not expect anything from the life. And, they do not think how they escape here. However,

Andy with his close friend in the prison, Red, tries redemption from this prison, by the time,

Andy

tries

to

do

beautiful

things

for

people

in

the

prison

not

to

attract

attention.

It

is

unbelievable that they escape from the prison.

But,

Andy approaches to place of exit.

It

is

actually amazing, it is really incredible. They go to their dreams to live a peaceful and quiet

life. Also, Andy prepares a trap for the chief of the jail. After the redemption, they become

free anymore. It is really an amazing movie. Easily one of the best movies made during the

90s and definitely one of the top

“

< br>prison

”

movie of all- time. The more time you watch it, the

more you love it, and the more you learn from it. An absolutely encouraging story to those

who

are

desperate

or

sad

or

complaining

about

bad

luck.

If

you

never

give

up

and

try

to

figure out a way ahead, nothing can stop you to the brightness and freedom. Everything you

have

experienced

will

bring

you

positive

influences

if

you

take

it

positively.

I

used

it

to

encourage

people

around

me,

for

example,

a

girl

who

is

suffering

from

the

depression,

a

classmate who has just lost her favorite pet, and a friend who lost his job recently.

Key words:

Hope; redemption; freedom; courage

Text:

1.

Production

Frank

Darabont

secured

the

film

adaptation

rights

from

author

Stephen

King

after

impressing

the

author

with

his

short

film

adaptation

of

The

Woman

in

the

Room

in

1983.

Although the two had become

friends

and maintained a pen-pal

relationship,

Darabont did

not work with hin until four years later in1987, when he optioned to adapt Shawshank. This is

one of the more famous Dallar Deals made by King with aspiring filmmakers. Darabont later

directed The Green Mile(1999), which was based on another work about a prison by King,

and then followed that up with an adaptation of King

?

s novella The Mist.

Rob Reiner, who had previously adapted King

?

s novella The body into the film Stand

by Me(1986), offered $$2.5 million in an attempt to write and direct Shawshank. He planned

to

cast

Tom

Ccuise

in

thepart

of

Andy

and

Harrison

Ford

as

Red.

Darabont

admired

and

seriously

considered

Reiner

?

s

vision,

but

ultimately

decided

that

directing

the

film

himself

was his

“

chance to do something reallygreat

”

.

2.

Themes

Chicago Sun-Times reviewer Roger Ebert argued that The Shawshank Redemption is

an allegory for maintaining one

?

s feeling of self-worth when placed in

a hopeless position.

Andy Dufredne

?

s integrity is an inportant theme in the story line, especially in prison, where

integrity is lacking. Isaac M, Morehouse suggests that the film provides a great illustration of

how

characters

can

be

free,

even

in

prison,

or

unfree,

even

in

freedom,

based

on

their

outlooks on Tim Robbins noted that the story is unique in depicting a nonsexual

love story between two men.

3.

Plot

In 1947

Portland, Maine

, banker Andy Dufresne is convicted of murdering his wife and her

lover, and is sentenced to two

consecutivelife sentences

at the Shawshank State Penitentiary.

Andy

is

befriended

by

contraband

smuggler,

Ellis

Redding,

an

inmate

serving

a

life

sentence. Red procures

a

rock hammer

and later a large poster of

Rita Hayworth f

or Andy.

Working in the prison laundry, Andy is regularly

assaulted

by

Bogs.

In

1949,

Andy

overhears

the

captain

of

the

guards,

Byron

Hadley,

complaining

about

being

taxed

on

an

inheritance

,

and

offers

to

help

him

legally

shelter

the

money.

After

an

assault by the Sisters nearly kills Andy, Hadley beats Bogs severely. Bogs is then transferred

to another prison. Warden Samuel Norton meets Andy and reassigns him to the prison library

to assist elderly inmate Brooks Hatlen. Andy's new job is a pretext for him to begin managing

financial matters for the prison employees. As time passes, the Warden begins using Andy to

handle matters for a variety of people, including guards from other prisons and the warden

himself. Andy begins writing weekly letters asking the state government for funds to improve

the decaying library.

In 1954, Brooks is

paroled

, but cannot adjust to the outside world after fifty years in prison,

and

commits

suicide

by

hanging

himself.

Andy

receives

a

library

donation

that

includes

a

recording

of

The Marriage of Figaro

.

He

play

s an

excerpt

over

the

public

address

system,

resulting in him receiving

solitary confinement

. After his release from solitary, Andy explains

that hope is what gets him through his time, a concept that Red dismisses. In 1963, Norton

begins exploiting prison labor for public works, profiting by undercutting skilled labor costs

and receiving

bribes

. He has Andy

launder

the money using the alias Randall Stephens.

In 1965, Tommy Williams is incarcerated for burglary. He is befriended by Andy and

Red, and Andy helps him pass his

GED

exam. In 1966, Tommy reveals to Red and Andy that

an

inmate

at

another

prison

claimed

responsibility

for

the

murders

for

which

Andy

was

convicted. Andy approaches Norton with this information, but he refuses to listen and sends

Andy

back

to

solitary

confinement

when

he

mentions

the

money

laundering.

Norton

has

Hadley murder Tommy under the guise of an escape attempt. Andy declines to continue the

laundering, but relents after Norton threatens to burn the library, remove Andy's protection

from

the

guards,

and

move

him

to

worse

conditions.

Andy

is

released

from

solitary

confinement after two months, and tells Red of his dream of living

in Zihuatanejo

, a Mexican

coastal

town.

Red

feels

Andy

is

being

unrealistic,

but

promises

Andy

that

if

he

is

ever

released, he will visit a specific hayfield near

Buxton, Maine

, and retrieve a package Andy

buried

there.

He

worries

about

Andy's

well-being,

especially

when

he

learns

Andy

asked

another inmate to supply him with six feet (1.8 meters) of rope.

The next day at

roll call,

the guards find Andy's cell empty. An irate Norton throws a rock at

the poster

ofRaquel Welch

hanging on the cell wall, revealing a tunnel that Andy dug with

his rock hammer over the last 19 years. The previous night, Andy escaped through the tunnel

and prison sewage pipe, using the rope to bring with him Norton's suit, shoes, and the ledger

containing

details

of

the

money

laundering.

While

guards

search

for

him,

Andy

poses

as

Randall Stephens and visits several banks to withdraw the laundered money, then mails the

ledger and evidence of the corruption and murders at Shawshank to a local newspaper. FBI