The film is adapted from the novel of the same name included in Stephen King's Four Seasons, and the theme of the film is "Hope". Through the special background of compulsory deprivation of freedom and high emphasis on discipline, the film shows personal fear of "the passage of time and the transformation of the environment" At the end of the film, there is a revenge vent from The Count of Monte Cristo.
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The story is about 1947. Banker Andy is accused of shooting his wife and her lover. Andy was sentenced to life imprisonment, which means he will spend the rest of his life in Shawshank prison.
Hong (1927) was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, and his parole failed several times. He became an "authority figure" in Shawshank prison. As long as you can afford it, he can get almost anything you want: cigarettes, candy, wine and even marijuana. Whenever a new prisoner comes, everyone bets on who will cry on the first night.
Rhett thinks Andy, who is fragile and bookish, will cry. As a result, Andy's silence made him lose two packs of cigarettes, but it also made Rhett sit up and take notice of him.
For a long time, Andy didn't contact anyone. When everyone was complaining, he took a leisurely walk in the yard, just like in the park.
A month later, the first thing Andy asked Rhett to do for him was a small pickaxe. His explanation was that he wanted to carve some small things to kill time, and he said that he managed to escape the routine inspection in prison. Soon, Rhett played the chess carved by Andy. Later, Andy made a huge poster of movie star rita hayworth and put it on the wall of his cell.
Once, Andy and several other prisoners went out to work, and he overheard the prison guard talking about paying taxes. Andy said he had a way to get prison officials to legally exempt this large amount of tax. In exchange, he won two bottles of asia pacific breweries for each of a dozen prisoners' friends. Two days later, at sunset, they sat on the roof, drinking beer. Rhett said he felt free for the first time in years.
The story is about 1947. Banker Andy is accused of shooting his wife and her lover. Andy was sentenced to life imprisonment, which means he will spend the rest of his life in Shawshank prison.