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    blessings in the future. The way you treat people and the choices you make will always come full circle. The movie The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, is themed around this. The characters Andy Dufrense (Tim Robbins) and Warden Samuel Norton…

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    The movie Shawshank Redemption is a film that was about a banker named Andy Dufresne who was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for murdering his beloved wife and her lover. He knows that he did not commit the crimes, he was being accused of something he did not do. While his stay at prison, he made some friends and lives through the harsh life in prison. This movie has shown what he went through. It shows his difficulties and experiences throughout his many years of confinement in…

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    Vinoth Loganathan Mark 3.9 Frank Darabont – Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile Anne Bradstreet once said “Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.” Frank Darabont effectuates this simple principal in his work. He successfully illustrates and imparts this comprehension into the mind of his viewers making his impact in the world. It can be drawn that this principle is close to his heart as it is craftily presented in most of his works. Frank…

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    The Shawshank redemption is a film set in the 1940's where a young banker by the name of Andy Dufresne is sentenced to life in Portland, Oregon based Shawshank prison on a false accusation of murdering his wife and another man. The rest of the movie is based around his journey to find his identity as well as his freedom and hope in order to survive. In this maximum security prison of Shawshank, prison life is designed to be harsh and breakdown the inmate’s spirits. On the inside the inmates…

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    The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont shares many stories about the innocent and the guilty people in one prison. The prisoners try to entertain themselves with mind tricks to lure in new prisoners and bets that involve contraband that some of the guards know about. Escape is one of the main and most important themes of the movie it is shown in many different forms by many of the characters such as Brooks, Red and Andy Dufresne. Escape is shown when Brooks is told that he is…

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    In Frank Darabont's screenplay for the film, "The Shawshank Redemption," Andy Dufresne , the protagonist, is sentenced for two consecutive life terms in Shawshank prison for the murder of his wife and her lover . Andy knows that he has not committed these crimes and was somehow framed for their murders. Andy suffered in prison initially because the other prisoners were thinking that he was a snob and especially because of the frequent attacks and rape from a gang of men called " the sisters".…

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    The Shawshank redemption; directed by Frank Darabont is a film that follows the story of a wrongly convicted double murderer Andy Dufresne. Upon entering Shawshank, a Corrupt prison run by the Warden, he meets Ellis Boyd Redding whom is also known as red. The director uses the pair to create a monumental sense of hope in the film. In contrast to the prison environment of the film, Andy is the image of hope, whereas Red and the other prisoners have evidently given up hope and have become…

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    Losing something or someone that is really dear to your heart can have a long term effect on a person. It can affect the way the feel, and act. In the movie Shawshank Redemption Andy Dufresne, experiences the death of his wife. The movie follows Andy Dufresne who is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison. However, only Andy knows he didn’t commit the crimes. Andy deals with death of freedom by him convincing…

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    Shawshank Gets Busy Living The Shawshank Redemption is a timeless classic released in October 1994. The movies basis was taken from a Novella written by Stephen King. Notable cast includes Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, and Bob Gunton. Accused of murdering his wife and her lover Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two life sentences at Shawshank prison in 1947. After spending several months at Shawshank, Dufresne develops a friendship with Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding (Morgan Freeman) that…

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    of crime through the portrayed character. Crime films carry a pattern that is unmistakable within the realm if movie genres. This analysis will cover the topic of crime films and will discuss this by putting the Frank Darabont 's ' film "The shawshank redemption"(1994) onto a metaphorical chopping block to see how it fits into the genre of a crime film and more specifically the sub-genre of the prison film. Prison films almost follow a general pattern that is:…

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