52nd British Academy Film Awards

Different Seasons by Stephen King is about two men who are incarcerated for murder trying to find courage within themselves and sacrificing their own freedom. These two men have spent half of their lives between four walls with one toilet, one bunk, and one mirror. Andy Dusfresne and Red have a special kind of bond. Andy and Red’s special relationship causes them to be intertwined throughout most of the story until Andy decides to escape. There are many important scenes that lead up to Andy’s…

Brooks Hatlen is portrayed as an old man who is one of the prisoners from Shawshank prison although his crime was not revealed throughout the story the audience is able to identify that he has spent most of his life in prison. This is interpreted through the language used and the actions showed through each character. Brooks was the librarian of Shawshank prison and has been working for over 40 years. He is introduced to the movie when Andy Dufresne is new to prison and is currently having…

a. The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption is a movie about a banker Andy Dufresne, who is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in the Shawshank State Penitentiary for a crime he did not commit. The film features a strong plot line with gradual yet strong character development, the changes they go through during his time at prison and presents the radical and emotional transformation. The movie features some intense dialogues and captures the true essence of what it feels like…

posters in Andy 's cell This verifying that he does possess some Christian beliefs , but the warden commits a number of other offences which confirm how much of a hypocrite he truly is .The warden’s double standards is presented during the entire film . This power-hungry behaiver is so powerful in him that it happens to be put well above all other issues , including the lives of the inmates that he controls . A minor example that may seem insignificant , but was actually recurring often…

The slums are a major issue in Mumbai. According to the World Bank, it is estimated that 22.5 million people will be living in slums in Mumbai by 2025. Boyle utilizes his artistic freedom to craft a film to depict the portrayal of life in the slums in order to demonstrate its brutal living conditions to his world-wide audience. Without adequate education, electricity, clean running water and proper meals, viewers are able to comprehend why Jamal and…

“The funny thing is - on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook” Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption. In The Count of Monte Cristo, based on the novel written by Alexandre Dumas and screen played by Jay Wolpert, we learn that Edmond Dantès is an intelligent, honest man who turns bitter after he is framed for a crime he did not commit. When in The Shawshank Redemption, based on the novella Rita Hayward and Shawshank Redemption written by…

Humanity has pondered the meaning of life since its first steps—as doing so provides a confounding sense of purpose among the entropy that is the universe. This purpose can help free individuals from their doubt, and pain, and lead them to overcome that which was considered impossible, and all while inspiring the people around them. Within Frank Darabont 's Shawshank Redemption, these ideas are represented by one of the main protagonists of the story—Andy Dufresne, a successful young bank…

With Reference to the story ‘The Bet’ by Anton Chekhov, trace in detail, the imprisonment of the lawyer, the beginning of the first year right down to the fifteenth year. Justify the changes that the lawyer underwent at various stages of his imprisonment. What changes did you see in the banker during this period? The Bet is a short story written by Anton Chekhov, who writes based on realistic characters and situations. A wealthy banker and a young lawyer make a bet with each other based on…

Archetypes are common themes, situations, characters, or symbols found in books, movies, or other types of media that are recognizable cross-culturally. The 2009 movie Avatar, directed by James Cameron, exhibits multiple archetypes that propel the plot through two separate subplots. Avatar is set in a distant planet known as Pandora. It is inhabited by the Native people (Na’vi), as well as humans who are after a rare and valuable metal only found on this planet. The humans develop Avatars, which…

The American dream is the belief that if you have to will to succeed and want success and prosperity you have an equal opportunity to do so. In the movie Good Will Hunting, Will the main character grew up with nothing, and at the end he has achieves his American dream what some might say. Everyone has their own American dream and in Good Will Hunting it was just Will’s American dream, everyone controls their fate and how successful they are in their minds, there is no cookie cutter American…