The Shawshank Redemption

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The Shawshank Redemption

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The Shawshank Redemption

Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, Mark Rolston, James Whitmore, Larry Brandenburg, Neil Giuntoli, Brian Libby, David Proval, Joseph Ragno

Andy Dufresne, a mild mannered New England banker, is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Despised at first by the other inmates because of his introverted manner, Andy slowly forges an unl...( read more  read more... )ikely friendship with Red, a seasoned lifer and his gang. Soon, Andy also becomes popular with the prison guards, including the vicious Captain Hadley who offers him protection against the jail's rougher convicts in exchange for financial counseling. The prison warden also takes advantage of Andy's banking knowledge by exchanging privileges for creative bookkeeping. Over a twenty year period, Andy is able to maintain his sanity and dignity in prison not by physical force but by mental force. His smarts and confidence keep him going and he is able to teach the other prisoners that hope is the ultimate means of survival.

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  • ogerre225
    November 28, 2009
    ogerre225
    Fulfilling.
  • irisheyes686
    November 8, 2009
    irisheyes686
    This movie was really good! I kept getting distracted during it, and I'll have to watch it again sometime, but I liked it.
  • xXxHarleyxQuinnxXx
    October 4, 2009
    xXxHarleyxQuinnxXx
    This is TOP NOTCH CINEMA! see this movie! excelent! All the actors were spot on. Tim Robbins was interesting because you cant really tell what he is thinking about wich greatly added to his character...he was great!
  • SirPant
    September 15, 2009
    SirPant
    The Shawshank Redemption is the ultimate feel good film. Everything from the performances to the music is just perfect. It's not particularly original, it's stolen ideas from nearly every prison break film there is, but it doesn't matter, The Shawshank Redemption is beautiful and...( read more) never gets boring. Brilliant!
  • stopitgoaway
    July 27, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    In this review I'm not going to give a plot synopsis of this film because I'm sure everybody else who has commented on it has. However, I will express the positive effect it can have on the viewer if they let it.

    The acting is uncommonly magnificent. Morgan Freeman delivers the ...( read more)greatest performance of his brilliant career as the seasoned life-serving prisoner Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, Tim Robbins holds his own against Freeman as Andy, the central character, James Whitmore's portrayal of the institutionalized Brooks provides the backbone of the story, Bob Gunton is wonderful as the corrupt Warden Norton, and Clancy Brown's commanding performance as Captain Hadley, the sadistic head prison guard, almost makes him steal the show from Freeman.

    Frank Darabont's restrained direction of the delicate story is critical for the film to not become sentimental or clichéd, and his beautiful adaptation of the Stephen King story on which the movie is based is a real breath of fresh air. On account of Darabont, the film shows that special effects are not needed to tell a great story in film. As a teenager, I love special effects movies as much as the next person, but they get boring after a while. Plus many people forget that there was a time in cinema when the blockbuster didn't exist, when they made movies that just told great stories and gave the audience a chance to be uplifted by those stories without the creators having to resort to special effects. I applaud you for having the guts to make a non-commercial film that reminds people of that in this day and age, Mr. Darabont.

    SPOILER ALERT!

    As with all truly great films, 'The Shawshank Redemption' is full of scenes that have become entrenched in the public's collective consciousness. There's the scene where Andy plays the opera record over the loudspeaker for all the inmates in the prison, Captain Hadley bashing "Fat @$$" to death for crying during his first night in prison (a very powerful scene), Red giving his "Rehabilitated?" speech to the board of parole officials, the Warden getting his final judgement, and of course, Andy crawling to freedom through what Red in his narration calls "500 yards of s**t-smelling foulness I can't even imagine,", the scene which for me is perhaps the greatest movie scene of the '90s.

    END OF SPOILERS!

    I thoroughly recommend this cinematic masterpiece, which has earned its place in my humble top ten films of all time list, to anybody. Whatever gender, age, religion, nationality etc. you are and whatever language you speak, I guarantee it will change your life, or perhaps even save it. Movies like 'The Shawshank Redemption' only come along once every decade, if that. Unforgettable.
  • alvarogonzalez1975
    December 7, 2009
    alvarogonzalez1975
    Una obra maestra. El que no la tenga no le gusta el cine.
  • molasseshunginrent
    December 6, 2009
    molasseshunginrent
    Maybe I've missed some symbolic jesus-ish understanding, but is it just me or is this movie a little overrated? Good prison break and all.
  • RobertDowneyJrLookALike
    December 4, 2009
    RobertDowneyJrLookALike
    Genius! Absolutely genius! Everything about the movie shows how we as a society are no different than the society of prison. The escape? Unbelievable!
  • david3042
    December 1, 2009
    david3042
    Masterpiece. I can watch this movie twice in a row. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman are just great. Great story. Bravo.
  • SkywalkerJones
    November 30, 2009
    SkywalkerJones
    They say it has no memory. That's where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory. -Andy Dufrense

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    Director:Frank Darabont
    Cast:Tim Robbins,Morgan Freeman,Bob Gunton,Clancy Brown
    Genre:Drama
    Year of release:1994
    Running Time:136 minutes

    Plot:
    Andy Dufresne, a mild mannered New England banker, is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Despised at first by the other inmates because of his introverted manner, Andy slowly forges an unlikely friendship with Red, a seasoned lifer and his gang. Soon, Andy also becomes popular with the prison guards, including the vicious Captain Hadley who offers him protection against the jail's rougher convicts in exchange for financial counseling. The prison warden also takes advantage of Andy's banking knowledge by exchanging privileges for creative bookkeeping. Over a twenty year period, Andy is able to maintain his sanity and dignity in prison not by physical force but by mental force. His smarts and confidence keep him going and he is able to teach the other prisoners that hope is the ultimate means of survival.

    Review:
    The Shawshank Redemption is one of most beautifull and touching movies i ve ever seen in my life.I got the movie as a present of my French teacher and she said that i will enjoy the movie and she was right.When i first watched The Shawshank Redemption i just wanted to cry because the story touched me a lot and i enjoyed this amazing movie every second.I doubt that will make such a beautifull and inspiring movie as The Shawshank because this movie has a unique magic.

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    Tim Robbins delivers an amazing and brilliant perfomance as Andy Dufrense,who is accused to murder his wife and his lover.Andy is sentenced to 20 years in the Shawshank prision where he deals with the crooks,murderes and even the prision guards until he gets friendly to Red.What i enjoyed about Tim Robbins is the fact that makes Andy such a interesing person and gives great deepness in someone who is in prison but he never gives up hope and who wants to achieve his own dreams.Robbins s perfomance is worth of an Academy Award but he gets rewarded with his another great perfomance in Mystic River.Morgan Freeman is one of the best actors of all time and he shows here why as Red,an convicted who becomes Andy s best friend.Morgan s perfomance is absolutely great because Red is a guy who lived all of his life in prision that considered his house untill he meets Andy,he gets a new meaning in his own life,The chemistry between Robbins and Freeman is one of the best things of the movie because they are two guys who are trying a new meaning in the their life.The other actors were fantastic including Clancy Brown and Bob Gunton.

    Frank Darabont directs this movie with such a brilliance and realism that made this movie a stunning masterpiece.His direction captured the story and the characters in a way that is overwellming.I m really curious about A Green Mile but this Darabont s best movie yet.

    The Shawshank Redemption is one of the greatest movies of all time and personally one of my all time faves.This movie is so beautifull and inspiring that really touched in my heart and is inspired me to never give up in my dreams.Stunning mastepierce.
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