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1、肖申克的救赎,The Shawshank Redemption （1994） Nominate(提名） 最佳电影 / Best Picture (1995) 最佳男演员 / Best Actor in a Leading Role 最佳摄影 / Best Cinematography (1995) 最佳剪辑 / Best Film Editing (1995) 最佳音效 / Best Sound (1995) 最佳音乐/歌曲 / Best Music, Song (1995) 最佳编剧 / Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Sc
2、reen (1995),Brief introduction The Shawshank Redemption is a staggering piece of work by Frank Darabont who did an exceptional job in adapting Stephen Kings 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption to his first film .It is a movie about time, patience and loyalty - not sexy qualities, per
3、haps, but they grow on you during the subterranean progress of this story, which is about how two men serving life sentences in prison become friends and find a way to fight off despair.,This is not a prison drama in any conventional sense of the word. It is not about violence, riots or melodrama. T
4、he word redemption is in the title for a reason. The movie is based on a story, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, by Stephen King, which is quite unlike most of Kings work. The horror here is not of the supernatural kind, but of the sort that flows from the realization than 10, 20, 30 year
5、s of a mans life have unreeled in the same unchanging daily prison routine.,It is not a depressing story, although I may have made it sound that way. There is a lot of life and humor in it, and warmth in the friendship that builds up between Andy and Red. There is even excitement and suspense, altho
6、ugh not when we expect it. But mostly the film is an allegory about holding onto a sense of personal worth, despite everything. If the film is perhaps a little slow in its middle passages, maybe that is part of the idea that to give us a sense of the leaden passage of time, before the glory of the f
7、inal redemption.,The plot,In 1947, banker Andrew Andy Dufresne is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and her lover, based on strong circumstantial evidence. He is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences at Shawshank State Penitentiary in Maine, run by Warden Samuel Norton . Andy is quick
8、ly befriended by Ellis Boyd Red Redding , an inmate serving a life sentence whose parole application was recently rejected. Red is known for obtaining contraband and Andy has him obtain him a rock hammer to maintain his rock collection hobby, allowing him to create small stone chessmen from rock. An
9、dy later obtains a large poster of Rita Hayworth from Red, followed in later years by Marilyn Monroe and Raquel Welch.,On a manual labor detail, Andy overhears Captain of the Guards Byron Hadley complain about having to pay taxes on a forthcoming inheritance. After explaining a legal loophole to Had
10、ley, Andy is reassigned to assist the prison librarian, elderly inmate Brooks Hatlen , a pretext to allow Andy to work on financial requests full time. Andys financial advice is soon sought by other guards at Shawshank and by visiting guards from nearby prisons.,In 1965, Tommy Williams is incarcerat
11、ed on robbery charges. He joins Andy and Reds circle of friends, and Andy assists him in getting his GED. When learning of Andys case, Tommy reveals an inmate at another prison, Elmo Blatch , claimed to have committed a nearly identical murderthis might prove Andys claims of innocence. Norton, feari
12、ng Andy might tell of his corruption if released, refuses to co-operate. After they argue, he throws Andy into solitary confinement. Norton has Hadley kill Tommy, claiming he was attempting an escape.,Andy returns to his regular cell block and tells Red of his dream of living in Zihuatanejo, a Mexic
13、an-Pacific coastal town. He instructs Red, should he ever be freed, to visit a specific location in a hayfield near Buxton to retrieve a package. The next day at roll call, Andys cell is empty. When Norton, angry at Andys disappearance, throws one of Andys rocks at the poster of Raquel Welch, the ro
14、ck tears through the poster, revealing a tunnel that Andy had dug with the rock hammer over the last two decades. The night before, Andy had switched the ledger book he had kept for Norton with his prison-issue Bible. Taking the ledger, his chess set, and one of the wardens suits, he escaped through
15、 the tunnel and a narrow sewage drain during a thunderstorm.,After escaping, Andy poses as Randall Stevens to withdraw most of the corruption money from several banks, then sends evidence of Nortons corruption to a local newspaper. The police arrive at the prison and Hadley is arrested, but Norton c
16、ommits suicide to evade arrest.,Red receives parole after serving 40 years, is allocated the apartment where Brooks committed suicide, and works at the same grocery store. Red follows Andys advice and visits Buxton. There, he finds a cache of money and a note left by Andy, reminding him of Zihuatane
17、jo. Red violates his parole and travels to Fort Hancock, Texas to skip the border to Mexico. The two friends are happily reunited on the beach.,Director,Frank Darabont He is a Hungarian-Americanfilm director,screenwriter andproducerwho has been nominated for threeAcademy Awardsand aGolden Globe.,He
18、became famous after making good on the deal with Stephen King by writing and directingThe Shawshank Redemption, for which he was nominated for aBest Adapted Screenplay at the 1995 Academy Awards.,Almighty god!,Main characters,Tim Robbins He is an Americanactor,screenwriter,director,producer,activist
19、 andmusician. He is the former longtimepartnerof actressSusan Sarandon. He is known for his roles as Nuke inBull Durham, Andy Dufresne inThe Shawshank Redemption, for which he won anAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor.,Morgan Freeman,He is an American actor, film director, and narrator. He is no
20、ted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has receivedAcademy Awardnominations for his performances inStreet Smart,Driving Miss Daisy,The Shawshank Redemptionand won in 2005 forMillion Dollar Baby.,On October 28, 2006, Freeman was honored at the first Mississippis Best Awards inJackson, Mississippi, with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his works on and off the big screen. He received anhonorary degreeof Doctor of Arts and Letters fromDelta State Universityduring the schools commencement exercises on May 13, 2006.,Thank you very much!,