Directed by Frank Darabont, The Film Shawshank Redemption won me over with a thoughtful plot and amazing narration. The movie was made after a book by Steven King.

The main character Andy Dufraine, played by Tim Robbins, is a man who was sentenced to do two life sentences for two murders in a prison named "Shawshank". Dufraine is a man who is extremely bright and quiet. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, or Red, the movie takes on a somber mood with his relaxing mood and "in prison" sad mentality. Almost immediately, others notice how smart Andy is and they begin to trade for him helping them out. One of the jailguards, has Dufraine do his taxes for him in return that he brings him a six-pack of beer, a six pack that Andy never touches and only gives to Red and his other friends. Soon all of the guards recieve help from the brilliant Dufraine.

Throughout the movie, there is narration about the feeling of being locked up and what it does to a man. This is very interesting to me because Morgan Freeman and the director do an amazing job and instilling chills and lonelyness in the viewers. He even states "In prison, a man'll do almost anything to keep his mind occupied". I really enjoy this quote because of how realistic it must be.

As the plot continues, Andy starts to work with the warden to do alot of his paperwork. However in doing so, he agitates the warden numerous times and in one occasion, he plays classical music on the loudspeaker over the entire courtyard and prisoners stand in awe, while the camera which is located way up in the air next to the the speaker looks down on everyone of them just staring up at it in awe that there is music being played over the speakers. For this unruly, behavior, Andy has to spend a month in solitary confinement, an amazingly horrific lifestyle kept in a 24-hour dark room with no bathroom, little food and even fewer commodities.

One of the most sad moments in the film is when Brooks, the former senior fragile librarian for the prison, who now is being bossed around by a grocery store manager, hangs himself in an appartment building that he stayed for a while. However, on a lighter note, Red travels to the same room and carves his name in the ceiling, right next to where Brooks carved his before putting the noose around his neck.

As other smaller stories unravel, the main plot is focused on two things, Andy escaping, and Red getting parolled after 40 years.

The director did an excellent job on this movie and the cinematographer did even better. My favorite shot, is the crane shot of Andy Dufraine immediately after crawling through a sewage pipe to escape the confines, of Shawshank standing in the rain holding his hands up like a man who hasnt breathed free air in 20 years (my picture on top of post). The movie was amazing and really makes a person think about life after watching it and noone will have trouble remembering the amazing stories of Andy and Red.