The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

In writer-director Frank Darabont's THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover in the late 1940s. However, only Andy knows that he didn't commit the crimes. Sent to Shawshank Prison to do hard time, Andy--a taciturn banker in the outside world--has to learn to get by in the brutal, cutthroat confines of prison life. His quiet strength slowly earns the respect of his fellow inmates--most notably, Red (Morgan Freeman)--and even much of the prison staff. But Andy's seemingly stoic acceptance of his unjust imprisonment hides a fierce determination for freedom. This beautifully crafted movie features touching and sincere performances from the entire cast, with an uplifting message about humanity's indomitable spirit and the redemptive value of hope. Based on the novella RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION by Stephen King, Darabont's intriguing adaptation is easily one of the finest films of the 1990s.

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*由Morgan Freeman擔任貫串本片的旁白,讓人聽的很舒服且過癮~
*花了20年的時間...需有異常的耐性...而且20年來,查房都沒被發現...
*Andy Dufresne: The funny thing is - on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.
*Andy Dufresne: Get busy living, or get busy dying. 這句話值得玩味,尤其是夢想和現實衝突時,是否應該大膽地去追求夢想,抑或保守地"維持現狀";人生只有一次(老詞兒囉),是為了活出意義而忙碌,還是為了吐出最後一口氣的剎那而活...其實端看個人的選擇~
*Andy Dufresne: Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
*片中播放的是Mozart的費加洛婚禮唷~
*這部電影跟The Green Mile(1999)的感覺好像,剛查了一下,發現原來是同一名導演,Frank Darabont...而且他也以這兩部電影,分別獲得當年度的最佳改編劇本提名~