THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

Director - Frank Darabont.

Cast - Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, Bob Gunton, James Whitmore, William Sadler+ more.

Award - Japan academy prize for outstanding foreign language film.
American society cinematographers award for outstanding achievement in cinematography in theatrical releases.

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The Shawshank Redemption is a crime, drama film which was released in 1994 and tells the story of two men, Andy Dufresne, a former banker who is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover, and Ellis Boyd a life long convict "who is the man who can get you things". At shawshank every definition of humanity is meaningless, if you cry or moan you will be beaten up by the Byron guards."The shawshank redemption " is a movie about time, patience, and loyalty and they continue to grow on you during the progress of the story.

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The film begins with an intense court scene, where Andy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins) is allegedly accused for murdering his wife and her lover.The entire story is narrated by Red (played by Morgan Freeman) and he doesn't give anything good too soon which make the film extremely engaging.Andy barely says a word during the first fourth half of the movie which gives us the impressions on a killer.The story progress, after living in the prison all your life your mindset towards everything completely changes, at least that was what happened to Brooks (played by James Whitmore) the old man who spent 50 years in the shawshank prison before being released.Brooks was dependent on those stone walls for survival and prisoner are hated upon by the people on outside world.So, he couldn't habitat the environment which end up hanging himself in his apartment.The latter he wrote to his friends was the most heartbreaking of all time.Andy and Red relationship starts out as purely one of business, Andy request a small rock hammer, which he uses to carve stone into chess pieces.Andy helps Red to get a job outside, working on the roof of the prison was far more better than inside the penitentiary.Within no time Andy finds himself prison's most valuable assets, all the guard use him to get their tax returns done at little to no cost which draw the attention of the warden, who had bigger plans for him, which end up Andy attempting to beat the system he finally mastered once and for all.

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The whole cast of this movie had done a great job to take this movie to another level, Andy played by Tim Robbins is extraordinary in his character.The innocent librarian Brooks played by James Whitmore left his trace with his heartwarming acting and adds an engaging layer in this film.This movie is beautifully filmed, well acted with some terrific dialogue, continue to surprise us through out the movie.