A wallop packed story

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2006)

This film really got me. As soon as Morgan Freeman got into the movie, I started to get interested and the film ended up to be a crowd cheer and a tearjerker. The story is so well done. This movie is based on Stephen Kings short novel "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption."
Vice president of the Portland bank Andy Dufrane (Tim Robbins) goes to jail for two life sentences he did not commit. When he goes to jail, the first step onto the prison ground will change his life. When he's been beaten around by the queer bull Diamond brothers, he decides to wait a few years to escape. Before these years he decides to meet the institutionalized prisoner Red (Morgan Freeman) who can get Andy or other prisoners whatever they wanted. He can get you packs of cigarettes, jack hammers, naked lady cards, and posters of Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe etc. Andy wanted a jack hammer to crack his wall. Red promised Andy that if the guards find his hammer, they will never do business again. Andy never got caught and Red and him both became friends for a long time. Andy became a big hit for the prisoners and the guards when he helped them with their tax problems. In exchange he got the prisoners beers. After he got the prison library to expand. That is most of what I can say about 'The Shawshank Redemption.'
Why did this film not win any academy awards? I felt this film was a lot better than the brutally charged 'Pulp Fiction' than Tom Hanks life achievements as 'Forrest Gump.' This picture sees life more beautifully and more possible. This is a great luminous character study of fortitude and friendship behind bars at its finest.