The Shawshank Redemption: Movie Synopsis

A icon the calibre of The Shawshank Redemption only comes along once in a long meter. The acting and story substantiate out in the mind of many critics as the best of solely time. The novelette written by Stephen King is what the movie was based upon and they argon quite similar. Although there are similarities, the movie captivates and grabs the heaper as contend to the novella, which seems to drag on a bit.Darabonts version of Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption turns an average novella into a theatrical masterpiece through the exclusion of unnecessary images, the profit of an incredible musical score to add to the mood, a perfect adaptation of the setting and major characters, and a slightly different plot that solidifies the view of certain characters. Certain characters in the book were eliminated simply because they were not necessary. In the novella, there were many individuals who were only mentioned for a few seconds and forgotten respect adequate to(p) as quickly.The director does a good job cutting approximately of these out. For example, in the novella there was a character that raised a crow in his cell, Sherwood Bolton. In the movie this trait was given to another(prenominal) character that already existed, the librarian of the prison named Brooks Hadlen. This way, the director was able to get rid of an unnecessary character and construct another character better. The novella made Brooks a hard-nosed person with unforesightful dialogue and no depth, the movie took the Brooks character and gave him different traits that make the viewer sympathize with him.The character of Brooks in the movie was released and later on commits suicide, proving to be one of the truly sad moments in the film and as well strengthens Reds point about being institutionalized They give you life, and thats what they dealall of it that counts, anyway. In the novella he was referring Sherwood Bolton, in the movie he instead refers to Brooks Hadlen, wh o the audience knows better than they would pack know Bolton, who was only mentioned for a few seconds in the novella.In the movie, Andy was said to have a cellmate named Normadden, a native Indian who only stayed with Andy for a mulct time. This really detracts from the character of Andy who had pride in being alone and was ever so a mysterious character. With a cellmate this would be taken away. In turn, Normadden gave a clue for Andys escape, saying the room was chilly, but this adds little to the novella and would bonny leave an undeveloped minor character in the movie that no one would feel or care for.Finally, the elimination of all the wardens that controlled the prison during Andys stay got rid of a collection of unnecessary characters. The constant changing of Wardens during Andys stay would have added confusion to the viewer, having to change focus to a raw(a) warden with different attributes. The movie only used the last warden from the book to go out over Andy the entire time he was in the prison. This gives the viewer time to grow to hate the warden for the various evil crimes he commits.