2007-03-11 14:14:20 · 12 answers · asked by soul on ice 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
the best movie ever!
The Shawshank Redemption
Directed by Frank Darabont
Warner Home Video 09/94 DVD/VHS Feature Film
R - language, prison violence
Read a teaching scene about beauty.
Many of the most powerful stories are the soulful ones that teach us not to despair, not to be swamped by sorrow. They remind us that hope is a precious and buoyant emotion which can give our lives substance and meaning.
The Shawshank Redemption is based on a novella by Stephen King. Tim Robbins plays Andy, a banker who is sent to prison for the murder of his wife and her lover. The judge who sentences him finds him "a particularly remorseless and icy man." Andy's cool reserve and aloofness is not accepted well by the other inmates at Shawshank maximum-security prison in Maine. He is raped by some angry men and given several long stretches in solitary confinement for his bad attitude.
Luckily, Andy is befriended by Red, played by Morgan Freeman, the prison fixer. He is awed by this young man's quiet reserve and inward resolve to make the best of his bad situation. Andy's accounting skills come in handy, and he begins doing the taxes for the guards and laundering money for the corrupt warden. This lands him the cushy job of librarian. Eventually, Andy wrangles money out of state officials to build the best prison library anywhere.
Writer and director Frank Darabont draws out strong and intense performances from Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins as soulmates who support each other while doing hard time. Red sees hope as a dangerous thing that can drive a man insane, but Andy believes it is fuel that keeps one going against all odds. The Shawshank Redemption is a jubilant tribute to hope as an essential quality of soul.
review:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Andy Dufresne, a mild mannered New England banker, is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Despised at first by the other inmates because of his introverted manner, Andy slowly forges an unlikely friendship with Red, a seasoned lifer and his gang. Soon, Andy also becomes popular with the prison guards, including the vicious Captain Hadley who offers him protection against the jail's rougher convicts in exchange for financial counseling. The prison warden also takes advantage of Andy's banking knowledge by exchanging privileges for creative bookkeeping. Over a twenty year period, Andy is able to maintain his sanity and dignity in prison not by physical force but by mental force. His smarts and confidence keep him going and he is able to teach the other prisoners that hope is the ultimate means of survival.
Also Known As: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption
Production Status: Released
Logline: A man discovers himself after he is sentenced to life in prison.
Genres: Drama and Adaptation
Running Time: 2 hrs. 22 min.
MPAA Rating: R for language and prison violence.
Production Co.: Castle Rock Entertainment
U.S. Box Office: $27,318,280
Filming Locations: Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio, USA
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, West Indies
Produced in: United States
2007-03-11 14:25:40 · answer #1 · answered by ♥@n$ 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no, you have really good insight. Rolling Stone magazine just did a survey of the 100 top films of all time. Shawshank Redemption was right up there in the top 10. That is out of all the movies of all time. I just read that a couple of weeks ago.
2007-03-11 14:22:54 · answer #2 · answered by sugarmonkey47 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great movie, but with 7 Oscar noms, 2 Golden Globe noms and several other accolades Shawshank has received, you could hardly consider it underrated.
2007-03-11 14:23:23 · answer #3 · answered by jered_gold 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Holy cow, IMDB puts it at #2 for highest ranking so, no, underrated is the wrong word - did you mean overrated? Seriously, I loved the film, it could live in my DVD player but clearly the IMDB audience likes it as well.
2007-03-11 14:27:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes , it is amazing. It should have won best picture over Forrest Gump.
2007-03-11 14:18:33 · answer #5 · answered by SpaGirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree. It's awesome. I never tire of seeing it.
2007-03-11 14:17:38 · answer #6 · answered by Mom of 3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm its up there. ut i think amistad is the most underrated film of all time.
2007-03-11 14:17:58 · answer #7 · answered by big_john_719 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about MOST underrated but a great, great movie.
2007-03-11 14:25:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
of the big name films...........but my personal choice is American History X.
2007-03-11 14:43:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I absolutely agree!!!!!!
2007-03-11 14:43:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋