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The Shawshank Redemption
(1994)
Fear can hold
you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
Director: Frank
Darabont, Rated R for language, prison violence
  Starring: Tim
Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy
Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★★
- perfect
"Yeah, right. That's the
way it is. It's down there and I'm in here. I guess it comes
down to a simple choice, really.
Get busy livin' or get busy
dyin'." - Andy Dufresne
Why watch this?
It's simply a modern classic - one of the best prison films, hell films, ever
made.
Plot Summary:
Andy Dufresne is banker wrongly convicted of murdering his wife
and her lover. Sentenced to life in the harsh Shawshank State
Penitentiary, Andy must navigate the brutality of prison life,
including violence from guards and inmates alike. Despite the
grim realities of his confinement, Andy finds friendship with a
fellow prisoner, Red, and maintains hope through sheer
resilience and determination.
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Dad's Preview:
There's a reason Shawshank is so over-played on TV. Based on a Stephen King
novella, this is the
ultimate film about wrongful imprisonment, the brutalities of
prison, and one man's determination to escape incarceration. We
each become Andy Dufresne, and he battles, through
every trial, cell search and inch of pain, to finally gain his freedom,
baptized in a warm downpour.
Morgan Freeman's portrayal of "Red", and his steady narration, soothes your
soul like manna from heaven. |
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Castle Rock
Entertainment;
Columbia Pictures
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