To survive and get through prison, Andy must come to terms with the help of Red. At the beginning of the film, Andy is sent to Shawshank prison for murder. As Andy and his new, fellow prisoners arrive, Red and his friends take a look at them. Each of them picks one of the new guys and bet on who’s going to “slip” first. Red chose Andy.
Shawshank Redemption won an Academy award for best picture and best actor which was given to Morgan Freeman. Andy Dufrense seemingly the cold killer of his cheating wife and her lover, sits in court getting question by the court prosecutor answering them emotionless and nonchalant. The judge sentence Andy to two life terms in Shawshank Prison. When Andy reaches Shawshank he immediately catches the attention of the prison veteran “Red”. One day while in the prison yard Andy approaches Red for a small rock hammer, Red is the “Sears” of the prison, not only did Red gain a customer that day but he also gained a friend for life.
The movie has some very interesting narrative elements. The plot is about a man who is wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover. He is sentenced to serve out a life sentence at Shawshank Prison. The movie is set during the years of 1947-1966 and follows his experiences once he arrives at the prison. In act one, although Andy profusely claims his innocence, he is convicted anyway and sent to Shawshank.
Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont is an inspiring drama about the friendship and journey of two young men. The film stars Tim Robbins, who plays a young and successful banker, Andrew “Andy” Dufresne, sentenced to life term at Shawshank State Prison in Maine, blamed for the murder of his wife and her lover. Morgan Freeman, who plays the Character Ellis “Red” Redding, a prisoner in the same jail, narrates Andy’s story to the audience. ‘I could see why some of the boys took him for snobby. He had a quiet way about him, a walk and a talk that just wasn't normal around here.
The Shawshank Redemption opens with Andy Dufresne being interrogated and sentenced for the murder of his wife and her lover. During the interrogation Mr. Dufresne flashes back to the night of the alleged murders. The flashbacks show Mr. Dufresne reaching into his glove compartment and pulling out a gun and bullets while sitting outside of his wife’s lover’s home. The interrogating attorney accuses Mr. Dufresne of shooting his wife and her lover, but the flash backs do not show him using his gun. During the interrogation Mr. Dufresne states that on his way home to ‘sleep it off’, he threw his gun into the Royal River; the attorney states that after searching the river for three days the gun was never recovered.
The Shawshank Redemption is about a man, Andy Defresne, wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and lover. He was to have served two life sentences at Shawshank State Penitentiary. The movie is about prison life in the late 1930”s and a friendship that develops between prisoners, Andy and Red, as a result of shared experience over the course of nearly twenty years. Andy and Red’s friendship creates a means of survival in an institutionalized system Refrained from the outside world and a normal society. During isolation most prisoners become violent and temperament.
A Clockwork Orange is about one teenage boy named Alex whose goal in life was to mainly cause trouble. He was in a “gang”, so to say, with his three other friends and they would go around either create adultery by raping women in their homes or going to the local stores and wrecking up the place. When Alex was finally stabbed in the back by his so called “friends” he was sent to jail for murdering a woman. While spending time in jail he learned of a therapy technique that was looking for candidates for testing and would initially take time off the prison sentence for participating. Alex was initially chosen and soon learned that this “therapy” was more like torture and he was forced to watch countless hours of gruesome crimes, some that he committed himself.
The Shawshank Redemption 1. How does the movie illustrate internal and eternal freedom? In the movie Shawshank redemption, freedom plays a very significant role in the lives of all the inmates; especially Andy Dufresne who is wrongfully convicted to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover. The movie focuses on both the physical (external) and mental (internal) imprisonment of Andy in the maximum-security prison and his journey to overcome the barriers towards freedom make it a story that amazed everyone. When Andy is first locked up in his cell he is separated from society, he looses his physical freedom and is put in a confined space where his every move is watched.
Shawshank Redemption is a movie about a man named Andy Dufresne who is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences at Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murder of his wife and her lover. Though wrongfully accused, Andy determines that he will fight against all odds to keep his hope for freedom alive while imprisoned. To maintain that hope, he must first make the journey through the dark halls of political corruption, murder, and greed. The movie depicts Andy’s refusal to surrender his hope in the midst of even the harshest trials of prison life. It is a screen play that powerfully displays the will and determination of the human spirit.
My grade 11 College English class is reading a short story called “ Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption” written by Stephen King. The Shawshank is also called Ohio State Reformatory. The short story starts out with a brief analysis of why Andy and Red are in Shawshank Prison in Maine: They’ve both been sentenced to killing their wives. The only thing is, Red is actually guilty of killing his wife while Andy isn’t. Red gives us a detailed analysis of Andy’s trial and how despite his innocence, he just looks really, really guilty.