Dont u mistake it to be my initials. Its my all time fav movie ..Shawshank Redemption
i'm not into reviewing movies but for the benefit of ppl who missed this classic (actual reason being soul satisfaction of revwing my fav movie :D), i take up this task.
Quotes Andy Dufrane : Hope is a good thing, may be the best of the things
Main Plot : A Prominent banker unjustly convicted of murder, spends many years in the shawshank prison.
Based on "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King. Ranks among the best filmed versions of any King stories to date.
let me keep the revw short & crisp. So that u enjoy the movie that little bit more :D.
It's simple to say The Shawshank Redemption is about hope, but it is also about faith and love. Enigmatic new inmate Andy (Robbins) and the regretful, older Red (Freeman) could hardly contrast more, yet they connect. That neither actor nabbed an Oscar in the year Tom Hanks won for Forrest Gump shows stupid is as stupid does, indeed. Freeman, in particular, is exceptional.
Tim Robbins, as Andrew Dufresne, plays the wrongly convicted man with quiet dignity. Andy's ire is internal; he doesn't rant about his situation or the corruptness of the system that has imprisoned him. His unwillingness to surrender hope wins him the admiration of some and the contempt of others, and allows the audience to identify with him that much more strongly.
Ellis Boyd Redding (Morgan Freeman), or "Red" as his friends call him, is the self-proclaimed "Sears and Roebuck" of the Shawshank Prison (for a price, he can get just about anything from the outside). His is the narrative voice and, for once, the disembodied words aid, rather than intrude upon, the story. Serving a life sentence for murder, Red is a mixture of cynicism and sincerity - a man with a good soul who has done a vile deed. His friendship with Andy is one of The Shawshank Redemption's highlights.
"Salvation lies within," advises Warden Norton at one point. It is the presentation of this theme that makes The Shawshank Redemption unique. Prison movies often focus on the violence and hopelessness of a life behind bars. While this film includes those elements, it makes them peripheral. The Shawshank Redemption is all about hope and, because of that, watching it is both uplifting and cathartic.
Some of the notable Distinctions:
The Shawshank Redemption has repeatedly been voted as one of the greatest movies ever made. According to the Internet Movie Database Top 250 Movies of All Time, it is one of only two movies with at least a 9.0 average rating (the other being The Godfather). Rated over 180,000 times, it has the most votes of any of the 250 movies on the IMDb list, and had previously secured the #1 position for quite some time. This list is derived from the votes of IMDb registered users.
In the 1994 Academy Awards the movie was nominated for seven awards (Best Picture, Best Actor–Morgan Freeman, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Sound) but failed to win a single one.
Cast :
Starring:
* Tim Robbins: Andy Dufresne
* Morgan Freeman: Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
* Bob Gunton: Warden Samuel Norton
* William Sadler: Heywood
* Clancy Brown: Captain Byron Hadley
* Gil Bellows: Tommy Williams
* Mark Rolston: Bogs Diamond
* James Whitmore: Brooks Hatlen
* Jeffrey DeMunn: District Attorney (1946)
Credits:
* Director: Frank Darabont
* Producer: Niki Marvin
* Screenwriter: Frank Darabont
* Art Director: Peter Lansdown Smith
* Casting: Deborah Aquila
* Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
* Composer: Thomas Newman, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
* Costume Designer: Elizabeth McBride
* Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
* Production Designer: Terence Marsh
* Set Decorator: Michael Seirton
* Story: Stephen King
I hope you hav a good time watching this classic
