At that time, the director was still in infancy, and he was not famous or ambitious. Alan Glynn decided to be his agent at that time. It can be said that without this person, there would be no director today. Before filming began, Allen died of illness. So the director specially added this sentence to commemorate him.
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The Shawshank Redemption is adapted from Stephen King's Redemption of rita hayworth and Different Seasons in Shawshank Prison, directed by Frank Darabont and starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. ?
With the theme of "hope", the whole film shows the individual's fear of "the passage of time and the transformation of the environment" through the special background of compulsory deprivation of freedom and high emphasis on discipline. At the end of the film, there is a revenge vent from The Count of Monte Cristo. The film was released on September 23rd, 1994.
The story happened in 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, but 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 that Andy, who is fragile and bookish, will cry. Andy's silence makes 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. Drinking beer, Rhett said that he felt free for the first time in many years.
Because Andy is proficient in financial system, he quickly got rid of the heavy physical labor in prison and the harassment of other abnormal prisoners. Soon, the famous Andy began to deal with tax issues for more and more prison guards, and even asked him about his children's further education. At the same time, Andy has gradually become an important tool for Shawshank warden Norton to launder money.
Because Andy kept writing letters to the governor, he finally applied for a small sum of money for the prison library. Prison life is very dull, so you always have to find something to do by yourself. Andy heard that Rhett used to like playing harmonica, so he bought him one. After the dead of night, you can hear the melodious and slight harmonica sound echoing in the prison.
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Baidu encyclopedia _ The Shawshank Redemption