One of the greatest movies ever made

Rating: 10/10 (30 April 2015)

So the shawshank redemption is a 1994 prison movie staring Tim Robbins as former banker turned double murderer Andy Dufrense. When Andy's wife and her lover are found murdered at a country club Andy is blamed and sentenced to two back to back life sentences in the notorious Shawshank State penitentiary ran by a sadistic head guard named Byrom Hadley as well as the corrupt warden Samuel Norton. When Andy decides he wants a rock hammer to carry on his hobby of shaping rocks he meets Ellis Boyd "Red" Reading described as "a man who knows how to get things" Red is also "the only guilty man in Shawshank" as all other inmates claim they are innocent. Andy and Red quickly become friends as Andy repeatedly tries to convince all the other inmates that remembering there are places outside of Shawshank and they should not accept they may never leave the prison. Andy then takes a young high school dropout named Tommy under his wing to help him get his high school qualifications it is this boy that brings forth the revelation of Andy's innocents after telling the story of about a old cell mate who claims to have committed an identical crime which he got away with. After Andy's young friend is shot dead by Hadley Andy asks an inmate to get him a 6ft long piece of rope. the next morning Andy does not show for roll call and Red fears he has committed suicide however the do not find Andy hanging in his cell like Red expected they do not find him at all the night before a plan that took 19 years to get ready took place and Andy had escaped Shawshank prison.
This is by far one of the greatest movies of all time Frank Darabont showcases his skill for the first of many times collaborating with Stephen King this movie should definitely be brought on blu-ray right now if you haven't seen it what are you waiting for.