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The film The Wall is directed by Doug Liman which he also directed the film “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” The Wall is led by three actors Aaron Taylor- Johnson as Sgt. Allen Isaac, John Cena as Staff Sgt. Shane Matthews, and Laith Nakli the voice of Juba an Iraqi sniper. The film is set in 2007 in Iraq at an oil pipeline where Sgt. Isaac and Staff Sgt. Matthews were called on to secure the area after they were informed there was a shootout. When the soldiers arrived, they encountered a sniper that was…

Shawshank and Luke Intro: “Calling it a job don’t make it right boss” (Luke, Cool Hand Luke). Within the films Cool Hand Luke and Shawshank Redemption, one can discover that through drinking issues of each character that prison is in fact obviously terrible. However, with the fact that prison does also come to an end for some the friendships and plans that are made, are forever lasting. Between the two films Cool Hand Look and The Shawshank Redemption, there are a number of similarities and…

Charles "Charlie" Harmon was an assistant district attorney who later started fixing his cases with a defense attorney named Arvin Baker. Background Harmon graduated from law school alongside Jamie Ross and they became friends throughout their careers. While Jamie became a defense attorney, Charlie became a prosecutor. At some point in his life, he married a woman named Lisa and they had two children. He worked in Brooklyn until he transferred to the Special Narcotics Bureau of the Manhattan…

These two movies are based on a novel called The Getaway by Jim Thompson, which published in 1958. The first movie came out at 1972 and the second came out at 1994. The first movie earned over $36 million in USA. And the remake earned $30 million. The story line are so similar. The first version movie is that Carter “Doc” McCoy was in jail at Texas. He told his wife, Carol, to do anything in order to have a deal with Jack Beyon, who was immoral businessman. Beyon used his power and got Doc a…

The movie, Shawshank Redemption, was set in 1947 and later. In the movie you follow the main character, Andy Dufresne, through his journey at Shawshank Prison. Andy arrives at Shawshank in 1947 because he was accused of murdering his wife and her lover. Andy said he was telling the truth and nobody believed him. He was sentence to jail for two lifetime, one for each person he killed. At Shawshank, Andy meets a man who can get things named Red, as the inmates call him. Red helps Andy get use to…

It doesn't take much to notice all the madness going on in the world in today's times. Every magazine, television or website has carnage and destruction on it. It makes you question if genuinely good people still exist anymore or if everyone is out to get every one else. Humanity is pretty cruel but luckily not everyone is out to drag someone else down, and there are people who are trying to do good for fellow man. Thor Halvorssen is a human rights activist from Venezuela who is trying to…

The film The Shawshank Redemption by Frank Darabont tells the viewers about a banker, Andy Dufresne, who is convicted of killing his wife and her secret lover and begins his life sentence in the Shawshank Prison. Andy Dufresne soon becomes an inspiration and encouragement to the other prisoners with his invulnerable approach and respect from the guards due to his role to launder money for the Warden. The Shawshank Redemption revealed to me about hope. The inmates live surrounded around hope,…

In the film ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ directed by Frank Darabont, symbolism was used to develop meaning and understanding of the themes of brutality, resourcefulness, hope and freedom. The symbols of water, the tunnel, the game of chess, Jake the crow and the music ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ were particularly important throughout the film. Water is used by people for simple tasks such as washing clothes or dishes, taking a shower watering the garden, drinking and other everyday activities.…

good in redemption. However, this suffering does show the redemption that accompanies these struggles, nor is there long lasting suffering within the characters. Instead, in the finale, the two brothers finally understand each other and the need to redeem oneself by having hope in life and in new beginnings. During Sonny’s performance the speaker states, “ I saw my little girl again, felt Isabel’s tears, and yet aware that this was only a moment, that the world waited outside, hungry as a tiger,…

Early on in the film, the Shawshank prison library is revealed. This occurred when Andy Dufresne is assigned to be the assistant bookkeeper to work under Brooks, who is the current and long-standing bookkeeper for the library. The first impressions of the library is that the library is old and broken down. Later on in the film, Andy decides that he is going to attempt to obtain some funding for the library by mailing a letter out to the state Senate every week. Eventually, the state Senate…