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Anytime that I have ever asked someone if they liked this movie, they have ALL said yes. And I fully agree with them. This is the best acting I have ever seen by Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. And that's saying alot considering they have both had numerous memorable roles throughout their respective careers. There are very few films where you become so involved in it that you actually feel like you yourself ARE the main character, but this is one of those films. It is easy to relate to Tim Robbins character. It is easy to cheer him on through out this movie. And the friendship that he develops with Morgan Freeman's character is very powerful. A friendship that everyone on earth should experience. This movie has a deep message but is still fun to watch. It has a little bit of everything in it, including humor, action and drama. The main message in this film is to embrace change and don't ever give up especially if you know you're right, never give up the faith. This movie should be mandatory watching for our High School students. They deserve a refreshing POSITIVE message. ~ChristopherRead full review
There are no ghosts nor strange goings on in this movie, which illustrates prison life and its effects on its inhabitants. We have Andy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins in a memorable performance), falsely convicted of murder, who meets up with various prisoners, some of whom are forgettable and others are timeless. The most unforgettable is Red (Morgan Freeman), who smuggles in items for the prisoners like a Sears-Roebuck catalog, and James Whitmore, the librarian with the pet bird that grows into a huge hawk. Then there is Hayward, the prisoner who checks out Dumas' "Count of Monte Cristo" from the library and refers to the author as Dumb Ass. But what is so unforgettable about this movie is the theme of "hope"--hope to get out of prison mainly. But what happens to the prisoners when they get out is not always so good. You will be mesmerized by Andy (Tim Robbins), who hides a getaway hole behind a Rita Hayworth ("Gilda") poster and then a Marily Monore poster ("Seven Year Itch") and finally a Raquel Welch ("One Million Years B. C.")poster. What he also does to win over the warden and his assistants is also worth watching. He uses a lot of psychology and accounting knowledge, but then turns it around against them. For anyone with an accounting background, it is so satisfying because we are on the side of the prisoners anyway. But there are frightening moments too--especially a few rape scenes especially of Andy. This is an unforgettable movie. This is one that will stay high on your all time favorites list. You will never guess that Stephen King wrote the book called "Rita Haworth and the Shawshank Redemption." This movie was nominated for 7 Academy Awards. Morgan Freeman for Best Actor. In addition, it was nominated for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Sound. It won none. This was the year for the "Forrest Gump sweep."Read full review
This movie is about a man named Andy. Andy is a banker that is charged for a murder of his wife and her lover. He knows that he didn't kill anyone, but insted sent to jail for life. As the movie goes on, you find out things about Andy that will make you laugh, cry, and think. Andy also finds out something out about his wife's murder, that will make him a free man. But insted, a horrible twist happens insted. This movie has a wonderful cast that includes: Tim Robbins Morgan Freeman Bob Gunton William Sadler and many more great actors of our time! But, insted of watching with the family, rent the movie first. Then, watch the T.V version because in the first 30 min. of the movie, there are alot of cursing. But after that, there is about three more in the whole movie. This is a must have movie and one of the best one's in history!Read full review
In 1946, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a soft- spoken New England banker, is convicted of murder and shipped off to Shawshank State Prison in Maine, a maximum-security fortress packed to the gills with thieves, rapists, and murderers. The movie begins as a postwar Midnight Express, but it doesn't take long to reveal its true, feel-good colors. It's main star, a shouldering laconic-good-guy, a type of a Gary Cooper role, Robbins connects with the audience in a superb manner, in which you are constantly pulling for him throughout all of his difficult situations. In addition, Morgan Freeman, does wonders with the role of Red, Andy's prison buddy during his tenure at Shawshank.
While not a box office hit, this movie is a favorite of many viewers, and has achieved the distinction of being one of the best classic films of all time. "I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'..." , and the choices made by Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) are what make this movie long, yet thrilling. Based on the Stephen King short story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption," Frank Darabont succeeds in making this film so powerful that viewers often mention watching it 5, 10, even 20 times or more. Filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory,(a historic Ohio prison built between 1886 and 1910 that remained in operation until 1972) "Shawshank" is much more than "a prison movie." It is film about hope, and of an undying friendship that develops between the rich, white, innocent, young banker, Andy, and "Red, (Morgan Freeman) a black convicted murderer and prison hustler. This film is a must see. And...the title of that opera song playing in the prison yard? It's Duettino - Sull'aria from the Marriage of Figaro.Read full review
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