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    Based on the Stephen King novel “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”. Tim Robbins stars as Andy Dufresne‚ a successful young banker who is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Andy is sent to Shawshank prison‚ place where brutality from both guards and other prisoners is common. Andy makes friends with Red (Morgan Freeman)‚ a lifer who has already spent many years inside. Red smuggles items into the prison for the other prisoners. Red soon discovers that

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    The Shawshank Redemption Movie Analysis The movie “The Shawshank Redemption” is about Andy Dufresne‚ a former vice-president of a large Portland Bank. He was wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Thus‚ he ended up serving two life sentences at Shawshank State Penitentiary. The movie follows Andy’s tormenting life in prison‚ his friendship with a fellow inmate Ellis “Red” Redding‚ and Andy’s determination to claim freedom once again. When one touches the story of freedom

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    story of Shawshank has always been one of my favorites. The ending‚ the beginning‚ the whole movie is just exciting‚ entertaining‚ and lastly‚ puzzling. One thing I and many others love about the movie is the ability it has to all come together at the end. I would say this movie is a drama. It has a lot of highs and lows throughout the film. Andy Dufresne is the main character and plays this really smart man that was accused of murdering his wife and her lover. He was then sent to Shawshank prison

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    The film ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ uses Mise en Scene to explore aspects of human nature. Discuss. The film ‘The Shawshank Redemption’‚ immensely displays the beneficial effects Darabont was able to obtain through the complex use of Mise en Scene. Throughout the entire film‚ Darabont consistently enforced features of human equation which majorly influence the audience’s interpretation. The director accomplishes this by including key themes of human kind such as hope‚ the simplicity in the different

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    The Shawshank Redemption ENG 225 Sarah Carson May 7‚ 2012 The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption (1994) was a remarkable motion picture inspired by Stephen King and Directed by Frank Darabont. It was not a big budget movie with a lot of special effects rather it was a story about two convicts Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman)‚ Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins)‚ and Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton)‚ the self-righteous‚ Bible-carrying Warden (Filmsite‚ 2012) that vowed they’d never

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    Analysis of The Shawshank Redemption While there often appears to be just a story line in a movie‚ many different techniques are used to give a deeper meaning to the scenario. This is evident in the movie‚ The Shawshank Redemption. The story begins when Andy Dufresne‚ a young vice president of a prestigious Portland‚ Maine bank‚ is wrongfully convicted of killing his wife and her lover. He is then sent to jail where he learns lessons about life through his friends and becomes part of a corrupt

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    The Shawshank Redemption For my film analysis‚ I chose the movie The Shawshank Redemption. Frank Darabont directed Shawshank and wrote the screenplay based on the novel Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by author Stephen King. The movie was made in 1994 and produced by Niki Marvin. The movie stars Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins as two convicts serving time in a New England prison named Shawshank. Tim Robbins plays a man named Andy Dufresne‚ a banker‚ who gets convicted of murdering his wife

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    Corrections February 26‚ 2012 “The Shawshank Redemption” Prison has always been a place of intrigue for people who have not spent time behind the bars of justice. Countless movies have been made to feed that intrigue by depicting prison life‚ but most have been grossly inaccurate. The effectiveness of a prison system relies on the rehabilitation process that is enacted by each prison; this process is usually overlooked in most movies. “The Shawshank Redemption” shows how movies misinterpret rehabilitation

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    all so be used as a broad term. However according to Howard Gardner there are seven types of intelligence: Musical‚ Logical-Mathematical‚ Spatial‚ Bodily-Kinesthetic‚ Interpersonal‚ Intrapersonal‚ and Naturalist. The main character of “The Shawshank Redemption”‚ Andy Dufresne‚ is a very intelligent man. The first type of intelligence Andy has is‚ Linguistic. This type of intelligence would be explained as a person’s ability to understand and use words. It also is how well a person produces it‚ as

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    The Shawshank Redemption is an inspiring story about Andy Dufreine and his efforts to maintain hope and his own survival. The film begins with the story of Andy Dufresne‚ a young vice president of a prestigious Portland bank‚ is wrongfully convicted of killing his wife and her lover. He is then sent to a jail where he learns the lessons about life from a few of the inmates‚ which eventually leads to him being a part of a corrupt scheme to launder money for the warden. But after nineteen years‚ Andy

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