this is a biblically-based movie!

Rating: Null/10 (8 October 2004)

I have seen this movie several times, and love it. I even own the VHS. It wasn't until today that i realized that it is very similar to a story from the Christian Bible, specifically, the Gospel of Luke, chapter 18, verses 1-8. The story of the Unjust Judge and the persistent widow. The prison warden is the Unjust Judge. Red is the widow, so is Andy in many cases. But, most importantly, Andy is the example of persistence and faith. It was not prayer or faith in God that he exemplified in the movie, of course. But, it was persistence in his innocence, in digging through the sandstone for so many years, in gaining his freedom. Persistence in getting books for the library to the benefit of self and so many others. He had faith, he had persistence. And who says the Bible doesn't relate to real life today?