The Shawshank Redemption

A wonderful film that takes you into the prison experience of Red and Andy. Andy being a banker convicted of murder and Red a murderer already serving time, this movie takes you to the limits of human endurance, where the human spirit eventually prevails.

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THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
An adaptation of Stephen King's novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

In 1947, a banker named Andrew "Andy" Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover, based on strong circumstantial evidence. He is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences at Shawshank State Penitentiary in Maine, run by Warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton). Andy is quickly befriended by Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), a fellow inmate serving a life sentence who has recently failed to gain parole. Andy finds Red has connections on the outside who can acquire contraband for the inmates. He first asks Red for a rock hammer, explaining that he wants to use it to maintain his rock collection hobby, which he uses to fashion a home-made chess set. He later asks Red for a full-size poster of Rita Hayworth for his wall, replacing the poster over the years with ones of Marilyn Monroe and Raquel Welch.

While doing manual labor, Andy overhears Captain of the Guards Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown) complain about having to pay taxes on a forthcoming inheritance. Andy risks punishment by explaining to Hadley how to circumvent the taxes legally; Hadley accepts Andy's advice and rewards his friends with a brief respite and beer. Andy's financial advice is soon sought by other guards at Shawshank and nearby prisons, and Andy is given a space to work on their financial matters under the pretense of maintaining the prison library alongside elderly inmate Brooks Hatlen (James Whitmore). Hadley delivers a brutal beating to inmate Bogs (Mark Rolston), leader of "The Sisters", after his gang's attempt to sexually assault Andy puts Andy in the infirmary; Bogs is paralyzed, and the remaining Sisters leave Andy alone. Andy uses his goodwill with the guards to expand the library; when one donation to the library provides him with the opera The Marriage of Figaro, he plays it over the public address system for all the inmates to hear, well-aware of the punishment of solitary confinement he will receive for the brief moment of bliss.

Warden Norton eventually creates a scheme to use prison labor for public works, undercutting the cost of skilled labor and discreetly receiving personal kickbacks for it. Norton has Andy launder the money under a false identity, in exchange for allowing Andy to keep his private cell and to continue maintaining the library. Brooks, freed on parole, is unable to adjust to the outside world, and hangs himself; Andy dedicates the expanded library to him. In 1965, Tommy Williams (Gil Bellows) is incarcerated into Shawshank on robbery charges. Tommy is brought into Andy and Red's circle of friends, and Andy assists him in getting his GED. Tommy, upon learning of Andy's crime, reveals that one of his old prison-mates, Elmo Blatch (Bill Bolender) had claimed to have committed a murder just like the one with which Andy was charged. Norton, fearing that Andy might expose his illegal activities if he were released, puts him into solitary confinement and has Tommy killed by Hadley, claiming he was an escapee. When Andy is finally released from solitary, Norton threatens to destroy the library if Andy does not continue to launder the money for him.

Shortly after, Andy informs Red of his dream of living in Zihuatanejo, a Mexican-Pacific coastal town, and instructs Red, should he ever be freed, to visit a specific hayfield near Buxton to find something he had left there. The next day at roll call, Andy's cell is found empty. Norton, in anger, throws one of Andy's rocks at the poster of Welch; the rock tears through the poster, revealing a tunnel that Andy had dug with the rock hammer over the last two decades that allowed him to escape Shawshank, along with a set of civilian clothes, his chess set, and the books he had kept for Norton, having swapped them for fakes the night before. Andy uses his false identity to withdraw all of Norton's money from the bank at the same time, sending the evidence to a local newspaper. On the day the story runs, the police converge on the prison; Hadley is arrested while Norton commits suicide.

When Red finally achieves parole after serving 40 years of his sentence, he finds himself in the same bagging job at the grocery store at which Brooks worked. He finds himself living in the same apartment where Brooks committed suicide. Red decides to follow Andy's advice and visits Buxton. In the hayfield specified by Andy, he finds a cache of money and a note left by Andy, reminding him of Zihuatanejo. Red violates his parole and travels to Mexico, where he happily reunites with Andy on a beach.

Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shawshank_Redemption

Awards won:

• ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
• Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Foreign Film
• Bronze Frog
• Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor (Morgan Freeman)
• Studio Crystal Heart Award
• Hochi Film Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• Humanitas Prize for Feature Film Category
• Kinema Junpo Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• Readers' Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• Mainichi Film Concours Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• Literary Award for Screenplay
• USC Scripter Award

Nominated for:

• Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role
• Oscar for Best Cinematography
• Oscar for Best Film Editing
• Oscar for Best Music, Original Score
• Oscar for Best Picture
• Oscar for Best Sound
• Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
• Saturn Award for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
• Saturn Award for Best Writing
• Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film
• Golden Frog
• Artios Award for Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama
• Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor (Tim Robbins)
• DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
• Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
• Golden Globe for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
• Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
• Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Morgan Freeman)
• Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Tim Robbins)
• WGA Award (Screen) for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

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