ANDY AND RED

The Shawshank Redemption......oh!!!!the tragedy of losing out to a movie like Forrest Gump...released in 1994 and nominated for 7 academy awards it ended up not winning one award also!!!!It is based on a novel by the horror guru Stephen King called " Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" published in 1982..In my personal opinion the shawshank redemption is the greatest film of the 1990's .....the story is about a banker who is convicted of murder and trials and tribulations he goes thru in prison.

The movie deals with friendship,hope,fear,integrity,survival,spirituality,morality,justice system et al. Tim robbins (Andy Dufresne)plays the accused banker: robbins gives us a sublime performance: who meets Red (Morgan Freeman in a understated brilliant performance)....the narration by red thru out the movie is the highlight of this masterpiece....whilst in prison he meets homosexuals,makes a friend for eternity,and also ends up dishing out sweet revenge for the pain and torture he suffered for almost 20 years..Thomas newman won his first academy award nomination(which he should have won!!!!!!) for his beautiful score.The climax is the most satisfying one i ever seen in my life...it is filled with tranqulity,happiness when red meets andy on an island...another favourite scene is when andy escapes from prison...ploughs his ways thru the sewage ...it indicates freedom from suppression when he raises his arms towards the sky...


i always felt i have been trapped just like andy i wish i could express my feelings like he did in that particular scene.........the usage of a classical song of Mozart depicts sooo much even though a single word is not spoken....that is the power of music!!!!!!the film may be long for some people's taste but Frank darabont has done the right thing in doing so...