Writing a review about "Shawshank Redemption" of Franck Darabont is a difficult task. In fact, this film was released in 1994 and based on a short story written by Stephen King ("Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" appeared in the book "Different Seasons") take the second place in the top 250 of the best films on the Internet. At the begginning, "Shawshank Redemption" was not really a success. It was not until his VHS output for this cult film becomes immensely known. "Shawshank Redemption" was nominated as best film all time according to the magazine "Empire" in the number of in May 2006 and has also been nominated seven times for Oscar in 1995, Golden Globes and Grammy Awards of the same year.
1947, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a successfull American banker, is judged guilty of murdering his wife and the her lover. For this double murder, he was sentenced of two sentences of life imprisonment one after the other, and ends up trapped in the federal penitentiary of Shawshank. The prison director, Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton), which is an ambitious man with the respect of Biblical traditional values, is supported by a brutal and ruthless chief - guardian, Captain Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown), who is not afraid to resort to indiscriminate violence (to the death of detainees if necessary) for the discipline. It's in this hostile environment that Andy will learn how to live for 19 years, binding friendship with the wise and resourceful "Red" (Morgan Freeman), becoming patron with his own resources, dishonest and fighter by necessity, playing this game until he shoot his last card with genius.
This movie is more a film about human nature than prison life, even if this universe is extremely well portrayed, let us think of a death before it happen, and making unbreathable atmosphere. It includes honest people and the lowest rotten species, prisoners disillusioned, institutionalized, destroyed by life imprisonment, wich is a way to get obediently into oblivion, and other unwilling to accept their spells. It is beautiful through speaking and with the music by Thomas Newman, which seeps down deep in the soul. "Shawshank Redemption" is a great movie, with acting skills and a story simply awesome. An american atypical movie you must see and review always with as much fun.
1947, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a successfull American banker, is judged guilty of murdering his wife and the her lover. For this double murder, he was sentenced of two sentences of life imprisonment one after the other, and ends up trapped in the federal penitentiary of Shawshank. The prison director, Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton), which is an ambitious man with the respect of Biblical traditional values, is supported by a brutal and ruthless chief - guardian, Captain Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown), who is not afraid to resort to indiscriminate violence (to the death of detainees if necessary) for the discipline. It's in this hostile environment that Andy will learn how to live for 19 years, binding friendship with the wise and resourceful "Red" (Morgan Freeman), becoming patron with his own resources, dishonest and fighter by necessity, playing this game until he shoot his last card with genius.
This movie is more a film about human nature than prison life, even if this universe is extremely well portrayed, let us think of a death before it happen, and making unbreathable atmosphere. It includes honest people and the lowest rotten species, prisoners disillusioned, institutionalized, destroyed by life imprisonment, wich is a way to get obediently into oblivion, and other unwilling to accept their spells. It is beautiful through speaking and with the music by Thomas Newman, which seeps down deep in the soul. "Shawshank Redemption" is a great movie, with acting skills and a story simply awesome. An american atypical movie you must see and review always with as much fun.
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