Stephen King Month: The Shawshank Redemption

5 Stars - Iconic

So this is perhaps the most well known and loved film based on a Stephen King book. Though it is so not Stephen King's usual style that I imagine not a lot of people know it is King.

Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption is a novella collected in the book Different Seasons. It tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a man accused of the murder of his wife and her lover, sentenced to prison for two life sentences. The story tells his time in the prison for many years and his rise in the system to a respected position. Then his eventual miraculous escape.

I hardly need to talk about how good the film is, just about everyone has seen it, many times. It is one of the most iconic films ever made. I will say it should finish on the words I hope and cut the final scene, but that's a minor gripe.

As an adaptation it surpasses the book, showing more details that we only hear about in the book and adding the Brooks section, which is just about the best section in the film.

Hope Will Set You Free

In short, I hardly need to say a must watch, because let's face it you've already seen it...