Thursday, February 17, 2011

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Also known in Taiwan as: "Fantastic."
Production of Castle Rock Entertainment
Directed by Frank Darabont
Starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, and James Whitmore

A man is convicted of killing his unfaithful wife and her lover in a fit of cold-blooded drunken anger, riddling the bodies with bullets before reloading and firing one more shot into each of their heads.  Sentenced to two life terms, back to back, in Shawshank Prison, Andy Dufresne befriends a lifer named "Red" Redding.  Andy and Red spend their time and resources reforming the prison library, all the while the world passes them by in the form of 20 years.  As the two become what Red refers to as "institutionalized," Andy finds himself working personally for the warden and soon begins to take his own liberties.