Sunday, October 20: Meaningful Moving Night: “The Shawshank Redemption”
October18,2013
Sunday, October 20: Meaningful Moving Night: “The Shawshank Redemption”
“Meaningful Movie Night” at the Thomas House Theatre (basement hall) continues on Sunday, October 20, with a 4:00 p.m. showing of “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994).
Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman star in Frank Darabont's memorably moving prison-set fable, adapted from a short story by Stephen King. This powerful, poignant, thought-provoking and finally irresistibly uplifting film is enhanced by quietly dignified performances and Darabont's own inventive direction, “The Shawshank Redemption” remains a first class example of how to approach potentially weighty issues with conviction, style, lightness and wit.
The plot has Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne, a man arriving in prison in 1946 on a double life sentence for the murder of his wife and her lover. Andy is an apparently decent man who is quietly insistent about his own innocence. He befriends Red (Morgan Freeman), a veteran of the penal system, and their growing friendship over 20 years forms the backbone of the film - and provides a narrative pay-off as satisfying as it is heart-warming.