Terrific Film Based on a short story by...

Rating: 9/10 (28 October 2015)

When I was a teenager, I read a book called Different Seasons which, at the time, was a series of short stories by a man named Richard Bachman.
Richard Bachman, as it turns out, was actually Stephen King.
King was apparently worried that having his name on this book would cause people to have preconceived notions and possibly judge the work by his name alone, rather than by it's contents.
Among the short stories in this book was one titled, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, on which the film was based.
There are a lot of memorable characters and happenings throughout, and in the center of all of them is Andy Dufresne, who was accused of killing his wife for sleeping with a golf pro at the local country club.
Andy claims he is innocent, but is convicted and sent to prison for the murder.
This film does a very good job of staying true to the story, with only a few minor changes that do not effect the outcome.
Without giving too much away, I will just say that this film is the highest rated on IMDb for a reason. It is about so many different things that it would take some time to list them, would have to contain spoilers and would not do the film justice.
This movie will elicit many different emotions and is definitely worth the viewing.