Articles for tag: Monologues, Shawshank, The Shawshank Redemption

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Redeeming the Best Movie Monologues

Simply stated, a monologue involves one character of a play, TV show, or movie speaking aloud to either another character (s) or the audience. When anyone begins a serious discussion of best monologues ever written and performed, he must turn his attention to two playwrights. First, Shakespeare stands as the foremost wordsmith in world history, ...

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Shawshank Redemption: Book Vs. Movie

A lot of people know the movie The Shawshank Redemption, but not everyone knows that the movie was based on a novella by Stephen King. Most people also know that Hollywood takes liberties with stories, for dramatic or comedic effect, time, or other considerations. How did Hollywood change Stephen King’s Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption ...

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Movie Review – the Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The Shawshank Redemption is the best film that I have viewed this year. It is a most unusual story which takes us behind the walls of fictitious Shawshank prison where Andy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins) has just been incarcerated. However, Andy has been emphatic that he did not kill his wife and her lover. ...

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Why the Shawshank Redemption is Still a Stellar Movie

While its reception at the box office was somewhat lukewarm, “The Shawhank Redemption” went on to become one of the most iconic movies of the 1990s and is still remembered as one of the best films in cinematic history. Written and directed by Frank Darabont, the drama is based on a novella by Stephen King ...

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Shawshank Redemption – Movie or Book?

In 1994, Frank Darabont directed the drama movie, The Shawshank Redemption based on a Stephen King short story, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, published in 1983. It’s an amazing tale of a man named Andy Dufresne, played by Tim Robbins, who is convicted and sent to prison for the murder of his wife and her ...

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Five Memorable Quotes from “The Shawshank Redemption”

When Frank Darabont sat down to write the screenplay for “The Shawshank Redemption,” he probably couldn’t have envisioned how much the film would mean to so many people. Though it wasn’t an instant hit, the film gained popularity over the years and is now considered one of the best of all time. “His first night ...

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The Cinematography and Lighting of the Shawshank Redemption

Check MateThe Cinematography and Lighting of The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 motion picture adapted and directed by Frank Darabont from a short story by Stephen King. This film is in the classical style combining elements of both formalism and realism. It also combines elements of the dramatic, escapist (prison break), and ...

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IMDB Top 100 Films: he Shawshank Redemption

I started writing a short history for each of the Top 100 films on the American Film Institutes list, and then I realized that the AFI list is problematic for a few different reasons. It only represents the opinions of film critics, it stays within the boundaries of Hollywood and American born films, and it ...

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The Top Five Prison Movies of All Time

1. The Shawshank Redemption This film isn’t just one of the best prison films of all time. It’s one of the best films of any kind of all time. Timothy Robbins delivers the performance of his career as a young man doing a life sentence for killing his wife’s lover. (The character walked in on ...

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Top 10 Morgan Freeman Movies: Best Performances

Check out the following list of Morgan Freeman’s top 10 performances. The ranking includes rating, release date, opening weekend numbers, production budget, domestic total gross, approval rating and worldwide box office gross. The list shows the highest rated movies starring Morgan Freeman. The source is based on estimates by professional researchers and movie industry writers. ...