The film and book Shawshank Redemption is a story of a wrongly persecuted banker, Andy Dufresne, where he befriends a fellow convict, Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding, both serving time at Shawshank Prison with life sentences. Once at Shawshank, Andy quickly realizes that the prison warden and staff are corrupt and hypocritical which allows him to use his skills as a banker to gain the trust of the prison staff and warden thus allowing him to escape. The novella “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” was written by Stephen King and published in 1982. The film Shawshank Redemption was produced by Niki Marvin and Castle Rock Entertainment directed by Frank Darabont released in1994; casting Tim Robbins (Andy Dufresne), Morgan Freeman (Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding), Bob Gunton (Warden Norton), William Sadler (Heywood), Clancy Brown (Captain Byron T. Hadley), Gil Bellows (Tommy), Mark Rolston (Bogs Diamond), and James Whitmore (Brooks Hatlen). Though there are several dissimilarities between the film and book, the largest being found with the wardens, Tommy Williams, and Andy’s money; still allows the viewer to enjoy the film in absence of the missing details from the book.
The Green Mile is a typical American drama. A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. I consider this film as a typical American drama because the dramatic themes such as, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, class divisions, and corruption put the characters in conflict with themselves, others, society and even natural phenomena. In 1935, inmates at the Cold Mountain Correctional Facility call Death Row "The Green Mile" because of the dark green linoleum that tiles the floor. Paul Edgecomb is the head guard on the Green Mile when a new inmate is brought into his custody: a giant African American man, John Coffey, who was falsely accused of raping and killing two young white girls in Louisiana.
Not the Stereotypical COA Review of: | Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing By: Ted Conover | Curtis Robinson CJ 3312 Prisons In America April 4, 2013 | When you think of a correctional officer, the first thing that comes to mind are movies like The Shawshank Redemption or The Green Mile where the guards are portrayed as sadistic people who pleasure at the pain and angst of the prisoners they guard. If that portrayal is all that you have seen, then what else do you have to go by, right? Well in Ted Conover’s book Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, he gives another view of correction officers, the real one. Conover attempted to shadow a “newjack” initially to write his book but was denied by New York’s department of corrections. So he applied for the job himself and three years later got the call to start boot camp like training to become a newjack himself.
This era gave birth to some of the most popular and distinguished pieces of art from all of western civilization. In the movie Amadeus, Mozart is depicted as a bit of an eccentric composer. The movie follows him through his childhood when he wrote his first symphonies, up until his abrupt death. The movie shows a human side to the composer that you cannot gain simply by listening to his music. It shows how he struggled while he was alive to earn for his family and profit off of his music.
Darabont’s fictional retrospective provides much drama but not without astounding the audience with such precision and prowess only he could complete. The drama of the film is reflected through the various episodes of dramatic tension in the picture. As a convicted felon who had reached his thither, Andy confides within realism to keep him sane, he partakes in hobbies that serve as a constant reminder that there is hope and things to live for outside prison. Andy's overwhelming desire to escape prison is fuelled by the various prospects that lay beyond the foreboding desolate prison walls of Shawshank. Andy in his escape venture needed an alibi; he needed to create an alias to protect his true identity as a man in need to escape.
The best actor is Andrew Dillemuth, who plays the younger brother. His looks describe the part he plays—Andrew’s younger brother. Though his performance is very emotional, he does an amazing job in one scene: the part that he tells his brother his dreams and the reason why their mother left them. The dream however, became a reality because Cain’s death is the same as he dreamed it: getting into an argument with his big brother and Andrew mistakenly stabbing Cain with a knife. While explaining the dream, Cain cries almost throughout the scene, he is the best of all in this play.
Shawshank Redemption is a movie about prisoners finding solace, redemption, and freedom. The main character Andy Dufresne is put in Shawshank prison for supposedly murdering his wife and through acts of decency he is able to devise a way out of prison. Along the way he meets another prisoner, Red, who undergoes trials and tribulations to receive parole. Finally when he receives parole he finds it hard to adapt in the real world without the institution of prison and violates his parole to find Andy in Mexico where he is happily reunited with his friend. Through the characters effort to find freedom and solace they experience a lot of significant themes of existentialism.
Many people have a hard time separating movies from the real world and some people assume the character is that person in real life Denzel Washington is the first African American male to win an Academy Award for the Best Male Actor category. Washington won this award for his role as Detective Alonzo Harris in the movie Training Day. Surprisingly, this role was one of Washington's most ill-mannered, profane, selfish, and malicious characters. This was definitely the "bad guy" role for Washington and this is the film that won him an Academy Award. The irony in this situation is Denzel has played the good guy for so long that his acting talents were only recognized by the Academy when he played the stereotypical black male role, which is the ignorant, greedy, street thug.
Moonlight Sonata potray’s a lot of emotions that can be related to relaxing music or soulful music. I say this because this piece is the kind of music you’ll play in a room full of inpatient guest’s . A day whereas you have a bunch of plans and your so stressed that the only thing to catch your attention is Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. The way Valentina Lisitsa plays is reminded by how a deaf man (Beethoven) can have a whole room listen to
“ The King's Speech” Historical, 4 Oscar winning drama”The King's Speech” was released in the year of 2010. The movie was directed by Tom Hooper, produced by David Seidler and the three main characters: Collin Firth as Albert, The Duke of York and later King George VI, Elizabeth-Helena Bonham Carter as Albert's wife and the australian speech therapist-Lionel Logue by Geoffrey Rush. The movie illustrated historical events and the characters depicted meaningful relationships in an exceptional way. The movie was a colorful version illustrating life struggles of King Henry dealing with his speech impairment and events placing him in most challenging imaginable situations. I had an opportunity to watch “The King's Speech” in my Sped 672 class for the first time and I developed feelings of empathy for the characters as well as for all misfortune humans who struggle with disabilities have to face.