by Castle Rock
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| Sales Rank: | 498 (lower is better) |
| Price Used: | $3.77 |
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| Release Date: | 2007-05-15 |
| Label: | Castle Rock |
| UPC: | 053939273427 |
| Binding: | DVD |
| Published By: | Castle Rock |
| ASIN: | B000P0J0EW |
| Category: | DVD |
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Description
A prominent banker unjustly convicted of murder spends many years in the Shawshank prison. He is befriended by a convict who knows the ropes and helps him to cope with the frightning realities of prison life.
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When this popular prison drama was released in 1994, some critics complained that the movie was too long (142 minutes) to sustain its story. Those complaints miss the point, because the passage of time is crucial to this story about patience, the squeaky wheels of justice, and the growth of a life-long friendship. Only when the film reaches its final, emotionally satisfying scene do you fully understand why writer-director Frank Darabont (adapting a novella by Stephen King) allows the story to unfold at its necessary pace, and the effect is dramatically rewarding. Tim Robbins plays a banker named Andy who's sent to Shawshank Prison on a murder charge, but as he gets to know a life-term prisoner named Red (Morgan Freeman), we realize there's reason to believe the banker's crime was justifiable. We also realize that Andy's calm, quiet exterior hides a great reserve of patience and fortitude, and Red comes to admire this mild-mannered man who first struck him as weak and unfit for prison life. So it is that The Shawshank Redemption builds considerable impact as a prison drama that defies the conventions of the genre (violence, brutality, riots) to illustrate its theme of faith, friendship, and survival. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Actor, and Screenplay, it's a remarkable film that signaled the arrival of a promising new filmmaker--a film that many movie lovers count among their all-time favorites. --Jeff Shannon
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Movie Making/Story Telling... At It's Best!!! - Reviewed on 2008-11-08
1 customer found this review helpful.
If you're looking for thrills, action, and or hollywood effects, this won't be your movie yet if you enjoy storytelling... WOW!!!
Everyone has their "ONE" story... something that changes ones perspective on how they view things and or what the meaning of things are; like your first encounter with taste, a smell, the stars, a train, a butterfly, etc... it all remains relative to your perception and takes on its meaning in your life and the world in which you live.
This is such a story... two men's journey or better said, "One man's first impression of another man and then ultimately both their journey's".
This story starts as all stories do... meeting a few characters yet in this movie you watch Andy Dufrane (Robbins) develop both through the camera's eye and then through Red's eyes (Freeman)! Bottom line? This is a story of how one mans life is changed by another mans struggle with his [yet] ironically both are in prison for life ...so time isn't an issue.
To do this story justice it has to be told slowly [so] yes, as when all view a movie for the first time I too thought, "This is way too slow and drawn out!! What is this movie leading up too?" To my amazement and enjoyment I hung in there because I have to say,"When it was all over I knew I had seen a movie like no other before it... you will cheer and appreciate this movie as it draws near to its end.
The real cool part? This movie holds a surprise twist near its end - that no one - not even Red ever expected!!!
-- What a wonderful way to end this movie!!! EXCELLENT!!! AWESOME!!! BRAVO!!!
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Book Subjects
- Adult Language
- Adult Situations
- Buddy Film
- Color
- Compassionate
- Drama
- Earnest
- English
- Escape Film
- Escape From Prison
- Feature
- Feature Film-drama
- High Artistic Quality
- Mild Violence
- Miscarriage of Justice
- Movie
- Prison Film
- Prison Life
- Redemption
- Reflective