The Shawshank Redemption

I read the book (short story) while on holiday recently, I was shocked to discover that Red (who's narrative I had been reading with the voice of Morgan Freeman in my head) was originally a red headed Irishman.

Also I was surprised to find that the "Marriage of Figaro" scene was created for the film (It doesn't appear in the story), but I much prefer the book's ending and I wish they'd ended the film like that, leaving out the scene on the beach.
 
It is a great film. I have lost count of the amount of times I must have watched it over the years. Last night I thought "I will watch it for an hour then get to bed"(it's not as if I don't know what is going to happen. Two hours and 45 minutes later I was still there. So easy to get caught up in it.
 
Can the Shining even be considered a Stephen King adaptation? "Adaptation" means taking something from the page and putting it on screen... not completely rewriting parts of the plot, making characters completely different and totally changing the ending.

Kubrick's film is a cinematic masterpiece, but it has little in common with the book.
 
Doesnt everyone have it? lol. I think their even handing out DVRAB to newborn babies when they come out lol. First theyll say ' this is your momma' and this is your friend........andy dufraine lol.
 
I had Shawshank on Video for many years and it was a well watched copy... I havent bought it on DVD yet, but have recently watched it again on TV... Always loved it... I had the movie poster on my wall while I was at uni... before it became such a classic!!
 
A truly breathtaking film.

This is easily my favourite film of all time. A poetic, platonic love story between two men.

I especially love the scene at the end where Red and Andy meet up.
 
Its a great film. A simple plot, but with fantastic acting and wit. It's one of those films that, not only would you mind watching it again, but you actually do want to watch it again.
 
I read the story as a teenager. When I heard they were making a film I sighed a cynical sigh and waited for them to add Bruce Willis and car chases. What they did, and what I thought was impossible, was film the book. I didn't think it could possibly work as a film - but perhaps that's why I watches 'em and they makes 'em ;-) Not just one of the best story/book adaptations ever made, simply one of the best films ever made.
 
It's one of my favourite films of all time too. If you've never seen it then look out for it on Film 4 or C4 as it seems to be on there regularly.

I recall that it received 8 Oscar nominations but didn't win any :(

It was the film that brought Morgan Freeman to my attention (I didn't see Driving Miss Daisy until sometime afterwarRAB); what a brilliant actor he is; he probably has the best voice of any actor.
 
''Andy crawled to freedom through five hundred yarRAB of shit smelling foulness I can't even imagine, or maybe I just don't want too. Five hundred yarRAB... that's the length of five football fielRAB, just shy of half a mile.''
 
I don't think it would have won regaurdless, tbh, because it wasn't really a film whos greatness was fully recognized until years after it's release. I think it's fairer to say Pulp Fiction may have won had it not been for Forest Gump.

Great year for movies all in all.

Shawshank is my favorite film too, I actually saw it at the cinema one rainy Sunday when there was nothing else to do, because I found the title intriguing and I was a fan of Morgan Freeman's from Glory and Tim Robbins from Bull Durham.

Wonderful film that is a truly inspirational experience.
 
This is my best bit too, glad so many people agree, what other films was it up against at the oscars,w as morgan freeman the best actor nominee or suporting?
 
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