This is one of my favor movies, I can watch this movie over and over again. Some of the clip is amazing and I have trouble holding back the tears when watching them. I wish such a great movie like this one had won many oscars; it is the best movie I've ever watched beside "Color Purple". Morgan Freeman one of the co-star in this movie has a voice that always hypnotize me; it has a peaceful tone. He is an amazing actor.
The movie begins with the trial of a young banker, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) to be convicted for the murder of his wife and her lover. After a quick conviction, Andy finds himself serving a life sentence at Shawshank Prison, with no hope of parole. In 1947, Andy Defresne was sentenced two life sentences for the double murders. At that point he was sent to the harsh life at the Shawshank Prison. This movie makes you wonder is prison life for inmates is this bitter as this movie shows -when they are dogged by threats and harassment and instances of rape by a group of homosexuals who call themselves "Sister". Andy tried hard to adapt to the prison life so he kept too himself sometimes. After a month later, he becomes acquainted with Ellis Redding (Morgan Freeman) also known as "Red" and his friends. The first two years were the worst years in prison for Andy, but prison life changed for Andy in 1949 when one day he was chosen to work as a worker doing outdoor work detials.
Before prison life Andy former life was a banker and his knowledge of accounting and income taxes earn his time to work in the prison library with prisoner Brooks Hatlen (James Whitmore) by the order of Warden Norton (Bob Gunton). The years of 1966, Andy escape the prison life by cutting his way through a side of a wall with a rock hammer that was giving to him as a gift from his friend "Red". Andy spent years chipping away at the wall of the cell with his rock hammer and used the posters of Rachel Welch on his wall to cover it. The following morning, he is missing from his cell and an investigation is launched. It becomes clear that Adny Dufresne escaped from prison and he was never found. The next year of 1967, "Red" is finally released on paraole after serving 40 years at Shawshank.
As you get into this movie you will see that it is somewhat like prisoner that serve so long and don't kow nothing else but the prison life is afraid of the outside world. For instances, when prisoner Brooks Hatlen received parole after serving in prison for so long for an unmentioned crime that he finds himself attached to the Shawshank and the daily life he has lead. He fear the outside world that he committed suicide by hanging himself and when "Red" made parole he also lived in fear and worried that he would end up doing the same thing the Brooks did once he is on the outside. When Red is finally released from prison, he follows the instructions given to him by Andy to find a further note hidden beneath a tree, which eventually leads him to meet Andy on the coast of Mexico. That is why so many inmates are released from prison, they would find themselves doing the same of a different crime to get back inside the walls of prison.
This movie was directed by Frank Darabont who he credit the writing to Stephen King. He usually creating things for entertainment purposes only. Like a great novel, this film manages to succeed at greater things then simply entertaining an audience. The director illustrasting principles and inspiring his audience to think. Darabont produce this movie to send out a powerful message of hope and redemption something we all must seek to succeed.
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