Shawshank Redemption (directed by Frank Darabont) is a must watch classic prison break The story moves around a banker Andrew Dufersne played by Tim Robbins who is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover and gets life imprisonment in Shawshank prison. Now this particular prison of ours has a certain reputation of not having even a single instance of a prison break. Inside the prison Andrew meets this inmate ‘Red’ played by Morgan Freeman and the two of them gradually become close friends. Meanwhile, Andrew being a banker, volunteers to look after the prison’s finances and to assist Brooks (played by James Whitmore) in library.
The movie moves at quite a leisurely pace, rather than being out and out slow, with the director taking his time to show the mundane routine Andy has mold himself into. After fifteen long and agonizing years of serving in the prison Andy gets a chance to be a free man once again but alas! The key witness to Andy’s innocence is ‘taken care of’ by the prison warden, in an attempt to keep Andy from spilling the beans about the prison’s corrupt financial practices once he gets out. Instead he throws him into solitary confinement for two months. The movie reaches its climax when after two months, Andy returns to his regular cell blocks only to be conspicuous by his absence the very next day during roll call. They were all perplexed at the thought that no one ever noticed a hole in his wall for 19 years which he hid by the poster of semi naked celebrities. Watch this movie for the stunning climax, for Andrew Dufersne’s meticulous planning and execution of the perfect prison break.
The movie moves at quite a leisurely pace, rather than being out and out slow, with the director taking his time to show the mundane routine Andy has mold himself into. After fifteen long and agonizing years of serving in the prison Andy gets a chance to be a free man once again but alas! The key witness to Andy’s innocence is ‘taken care of’ by the prison warden, in an attempt to keep Andy from spilling the beans about the prison’s corrupt financial practices once he gets out. Instead he throws him into solitary confinement for two months. The movie reaches its climax when after two months, Andy returns to his regular cell blocks only to be conspicuous by his absence the very next day during roll call. They were all perplexed at the thought that no one ever noticed a hole in his wall for 19 years which he hid by the poster of semi naked celebrities. Watch this movie for the stunning climax, for Andrew Dufersne’s meticulous planning and execution of the perfect prison break.
