THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
HOSTED BY
• MUHAMMAD USMAN
MAHMOOD
• MUHAMMAD SAADULLAH
SHAHID
• SYED ABDULLAH
• TABISH RIAZ
• MUHAMMAD MOIN GULL
INTRODUCTION
The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed
by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and
Shawshank Redemption.
It tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker wrongly imprisoned in Shawshank State
Prison for the murder of his wife and her lover.
MAIN CHARACTERS
Andy Dufresne
(PLAYED BY TIM ROBBINS)
Ellis Boyd ‘Red’
WARDEN NORTON
(PLAYED BY MORGAN FREEMAN)
(PLAYED BY BOB GUNTON)
PLOT
In 1947 banker Andy Dufresne is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for
the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison. However,
only Andy knows he didn't commit the crimes. While there, he forms a friendship
with fellow prisoner, contraband smuggler Ellis Boyd 'Red’, experiences brutality of
prison life, adapts, becomes librarian in shawshank prison library and also helps the
warden in money laundering operation, etc., all in 19 years.
After 19 years Andy escapes the prison through a hole he has been digging with the
rock hammer for many years and spends rest of his life at Mexican beach.
THEME
Redemption, freedom, friendship, oppression, time, patience, loyalty, justice—and
yes, hope. All are themes of this well-done and highly praised movie.
FAVOURITE SCENE
The favourite scene of this movie is when Andy dufresne
escapes the prison through a hole he has been digging with
the little rock hammer for many years and crawled to
freedom through 500 yards of shit smelling tunnel and
experiences the rain of freedom for the first time in 19 years.
LESSON
HOPE
The first thing we learn from this movie is to never lose hope. Hope
is a good thing maybe the best thing and no good thing ever dies.
PERSISTENCE AND PERSEVERANCE
The second think we learn is the persistence and perseverance are
key to success like Andy digs and makes tunnel through his cell for
long nineteen years with little rock hammer without giving anyone
the slightest sense about it. The impossible wall would take 600
years to tunnel through but Andy accomplished it in just 20 years so
persistence show us the way to come out of our darkest place.