The Shawshank Redemption is the last and final movie that I will be blogging about. I'm glad I saved this for the end because this is one of my favorite movies of all time. It stars Morgan Freeman (The Bucket List, Bruce Almighty) as Red and Tim Robbins (War of the Worlds, Top Gun) as Andy. Andy is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover based solely on circumstantial evidence and is sentenced to two life sentences in the state pen. Andy is a quiet and gentle man which makes him an easy target for the 'sisters', a group of men in the prison that attack and rape smaller inmates. Andy quickly befriends Red and the two become good friends.
Red is the inside man and can get just about anything anyone needs. Andy asks Red for a poster of Rita Hayworth and a tiny rock hammer. Red was used to gettting poster orders but the rock hammer really confused him. Over the years Andy starts doing the taxes and books for some of the guards and even the warden, putting him in good standing with the authorities of the prison. Now that Andy has the guards on his side the next time he is attacked by the 'sisters' leaders and nearly killed, the guards take care of the situation almost killing the 'head sister' and crippling him. He is sent to another prison and never heard from again.
All Andy wants is to be free from the crime he swears he did not commit. Andy is eventually able to make his escape from the prison in one of the most creative ways imaginable. If you want to see if Andy is innocent and how Andy makes his escape you'll have to watch the movie :) I reccomend this movie to absolutely anyone who has decent taste in amazing movies. Its based off of a short story written by Stephen King so you know its gotta be awesome. I give it five stars and it is by far my favorite movie I have done so far.
