The Shawshank Redemption.....hope sets you free!!

Another one of master story teller Stephen King's classics. The Green Mile was a good read and the movie was ok. This one about prison again, was one of those heard-alot-about-but-never-got-a-chance-to-watch movies.Until now. I just watched it and well...it was truly a piece of work. Worth those 3 hours of my life. It had been a while.

Andy(Tim robbins) , although innocent, is charged with two counts of murder of his wife and her lover . A sentence is carried out that he should serve life in prison. Once the prison gates swing shut on him, thats when the real movie starts. Entre: Inmate Red (morgan freeman), "the guy who can get anything from cigarrettes to shoe laces" for inmates, ofcourse charging 20%. Serving 20 years already, he knows everything within the prison walls too well. Or does he? He looses the bet he makes on Andy when he arrives at Shawshank prison.That the new guy Andy will be the first among others to break down and cry on his first night in the cell. Andy proves him wrong, costing Red 2 packs of lucky strike cigarettes !! *just precious*...the rest of the movie continues over a span of 20-30 years in prison, with dubious sub plots to keep one engaged. A movie about corruption,survival, lasting friendships and about making a choice: get busy living or get busy dying! But mainly the theme is centered around Hope and hope ....gets me. It's beautiful. Just makes me go a big mushy one! Excellent performance by actors...Perfect fin...perfect movie. :) yokatta. Not many good movies out there that leave you with an afterthought....
A chapter of 'Omerta' now and I'm calling it a night!