The movie The Shawshank Redemption is a story of a banker named Andy Dufresne who found out his wife was having a fair and was leaving him for her real lover. Well it turns out later that night that night Andy's wife and her lover were both murdered. Andy claims to be innocent, but the judge was disgusted and he sentenced Andy to two life sentences at Shawshank Prison. Andy goes through hell and back in prison. He comes to prison quiet and the older prisoners don’t like that. They think that Andy thinks he is better than prison and better than them. Although, after Andy started to help the guards and the wardens with financial needs, he received a sort of protection against other prisoners. Although, the staff still treated him like dirt, and eventually at the end Andy gets them all back.
The two main actors are Morgan Freeman who plays Ellis “Red” Redding, and Tim Robbins who plays Andy Dufresne. Morgan Freeman has acted in movies such as Driving Miss Daisy, Invictus, and Bruce Almighty. Tim Robbins has played in movies such as War of Worlds, The Player, and Twister. The director is Frank Darabont who is known for movies like The Green Mile, and The Walking Dead.
The movie and novel are more identical than different. In the movie, there were no scenes left out, but there were scenes added. In the movie, the end which is arguably the most touching part of the movie is not present in the book; it was from the mind of Frank Darabont. The most differences were the characters and what role they took. For example, in the book there are four wardens in between Andy’s tenor, when in the movie there is only one warden. Then there are a lot of characters made into one, where two characters actions are turned into the actions of one person. I personally believe the casting was spot on. The characters fit with their actions and the actors depicted the characters perfectly. Although, while reading I already had a visual of the characters because I had seen the movie before I read the book, so I visualized everything I read easily.
The two main actors are Morgan Freeman who plays Ellis “Red” Redding, and Tim Robbins who plays Andy Dufresne. Morgan Freeman has acted in movies such as Driving Miss Daisy, Invictus, and Bruce Almighty. Tim Robbins has played in movies such as War of Worlds, The Player, and Twister. The director is Frank Darabont who is known for movies like The Green Mile, and The Walking Dead.
The movie and novel are more identical than different. In the movie, there were no scenes left out, but there were scenes added. In the movie, the end which is arguably the most touching part of the movie is not present in the book; it was from the mind of Frank Darabont. The most differences were the characters and what role they took. For example, in the book there are four wardens in between Andy’s tenor, when in the movie there is only one warden. Then there are a lot of characters made into one, where two characters actions are turned into the actions of one person. I personally believe the casting was spot on. The characters fit with their actions and the actors depicted the characters perfectly. Although, while reading I already had a visual of the characters because I had seen the movie before I read the book, so I visualized everything I read easily.
