1994 Frank Darabont
The story starts in 1947, Andy Dufresne is a young banker given 2 life sentences for murdering his wife and her lover and continues for the duration of his time in Shawshank Prison. He strikes up a friendship with 'Red', the go-to man, also serving a life sentence for murder. Andy's skills with money and the banking system get him involved with laundering for the Warden which gives him certain privileges.
There's the usual bunch of characters, bullying inmates, evil warden, pshycotic guard. There's an unexpected twist near the end but the ending itself is a bit tame. I found the narration by Morgan annoying, maybe because it kept reminding me of an advert that is on telly, but really the film maker should have done more with the film itself so the constant talking over the top would be less necessary.
It's still a very watchable film but I don't think it is the best film ever.
I hadn't seen Shawshank before this challenge, and didn't want to leave till last just because the list said it was number 1. So I did watch it a couple of weeks ago with Jamie while the girls were watching XFactor, but we had been drinking all afternoon and carried on through the evening, by the end of the film we had almost finished a bottle of rum and more Stellas. Over the next few days I thought hard about the film but couldn't rememeber anything, I knew it was a prison film with Morgan Freeman and that was it. Watching it again I really hadn't seen it, none of it was familiar.
It's worth 8/10
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