The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

This is a film base on Stephen King's novel-- Shawshank Redemption. Stephen King means great stories! As a result, I decided to watch the film. Firstly, I assumed that this movie would be an action film because it consist of escaping from a prison. However, It is not such a superficial story. In 1947, banker Andrew “Andy” (Tim Robbins) was caught for murdering his own wife with a strong evidence. However, he was not the true murderer. He became Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman)'s friend gradually.

Left: Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
Right: Tim Robbins as Andrew "Andy" Dufresne

I enjoy to watch this movie. Andy is different from other people in the prison as he didn't do something wrong. Andy is gentle compare with other people. He never use the violence language . Red is a robber and so he can leave the prison until the expiration of the term sentence. However, Andy cannot leave. So, Red gave a big hand on Andy for breaking the prison. Actually, Andy knew everything about the corruption of officers, so he was “put” into prison by Captain of the Guards Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown).

The scene of Andy welcomed by the freedom!

My favorite scene is the scene of Andy breaking out of the prison. He leaved the prison under thunderstorm because the sound of the thunder can cover the sound of breaking the water pipe. And he made use of over 10 years to design this way to escape from the prison, which shown his clearness and the perseverance of revenge.