Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins great collaboration.

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2001)

Shawshank is a story about a man who is wrongly convicted for the murder of his wife and her lover. He finds himself in the pits of hell or what is commonly known as Shawshank Prison. There he learns about the power of truth and friendship as he changes the hearts of those he knows and lives with. This story is not about the problems of our justice or prison systems and the horrors that prisoners face, not only from their fellow inmates but also from those there to "manage" them; rather this story relays the close bond that people form in tough situations and how our will to survive is not just about whether or not we live but how we live. To quote William Wallace from Braveheart, "every man dies not every man lives." This is the story about choosing to live and live with dignity and friendship in the face of all hardships. Highly Recommended