Jack Christensen
Period 5
June 2, 2016
IB Film
Shawshank Redemption VS. Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption There is always allot of discussion on a book vs. a movie. Which one is better? Witch one has more action, meaning, emotion or desire? What are the main differences? Shawshank Redemption was a story of hope. This hope is in Andy Dufresne. He always has hope though his trials that he is innocent, hope that he can get through prison, and hope that he can get. Then again everyone in Shawshank is innocent. There was allot of similarities to this film and novel. The biggest similarity was the dialog of the characters. Many things that Red said were the same in the novel and movie. Even some of the big events were similar. Andy’s …show more content…
One of those differences was the warden. In the book there are three wardens. George Dunahy, Greg Stammas, and Samuel Norton. As we all know from the movie Andy had an illegal accounting business behind bars. Through all this illegal accounting he put all this prison money in a fake bank account. All this was under the supervision of Warden Norton. But in the novel it is Warden Stammas who forced Andy to start this illegal accounting business. The years go on and with time any meets a man named Tommy. Tommy also knows of Andy’s innocence in grater details. In the book, after Andy fights with Norton to clarify his innocence, Norton deals with Tommy and sends him to a prison with better conditions to block Tommy from helping Andy prove his innocence. However, in the movie, Norton kills Tommy so no information will come from him. The movie portrays Norton as a more evil character and Tommy as a more pitiful …show more content…
I feel as the director caught more emotion between the characters then the actual story did. The ending where Red and Andy meet again is heartwarming, and moving. It makes you happy that the innocent man is free at last. That last scene showed what Andy Dufresne had though his journey which was hope. He had hope that he was going to be innocent in his trial, hope that he would get through Shawshank, and hope he would be free. Through this film it showed this in all three occasions. Both film and novel had their differences but the film just had far better things. The storyline to the film was much more compelling to the viewers then the novel.
Overall this movie and film was very good and changes were not that significant. The director showed many things from this novel that caught the audience’s attention with action and emotion. He didn’t leave anything out but he rather put more in. Though the cast he had it was an unbelievable production. The viewers saw much hardships that were endured by Andy and loved his journey to the freedom he
Period 5
June 2, 2016
IB Film
Shawshank Redemption VS. Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption There is always allot of discussion on a book vs. a movie. Which one is better? Witch one has more action, meaning, emotion or desire? What are the main differences? Shawshank Redemption was a story of hope. This hope is in Andy Dufresne. He always has hope though his trials that he is innocent, hope that he can get through prison, and hope that he can get. Then again everyone in Shawshank is innocent. There was allot of similarities to this film and novel. The biggest similarity was the dialog of the characters. Many things that Red said were the same in the novel and movie. Even some of the big events were similar. Andy’s …show more content…
One of those differences was the warden. In the book there are three wardens. George Dunahy, Greg Stammas, and Samuel Norton. As we all know from the movie Andy had an illegal accounting business behind bars. Through all this illegal accounting he put all this prison money in a fake bank account. All this was under the supervision of Warden Norton. But in the novel it is Warden Stammas who forced Andy to start this illegal accounting business. The years go on and with time any meets a man named Tommy. Tommy also knows of Andy’s innocence in grater details. In the book, after Andy fights with Norton to clarify his innocence, Norton deals with Tommy and sends him to a prison with better conditions to block Tommy from helping Andy prove his innocence. However, in the movie, Norton kills Tommy so no information will come from him. The movie portrays Norton as a more evil character and Tommy as a more pitiful …show more content…
I feel as the director caught more emotion between the characters then the actual story did. The ending where Red and Andy meet again is heartwarming, and moving. It makes you happy that the innocent man is free at last. That last scene showed what Andy Dufresne had though his journey which was hope. He had hope that he was going to be innocent in his trial, hope that he would get through Shawshank, and hope he would be free. Through this film it showed this in all three occasions. Both film and novel had their differences but the film just had far better things. The storyline to the film was much more compelling to the viewers then the novel.
Overall this movie and film was very good and changes were not that significant. The director showed many things from this novel that caught the audience’s attention with action and emotion. He didn’t leave anything out but he rather put more in. Though the cast he had it was an unbelievable production. The viewers saw much hardships that were endured by Andy and loved his journey to the freedom he