Copyright © 1999 - 2021 GradeSaver LLC. In the following paper, I will talk about the movie The Shawshank Redemption. [narrating] You need it so you don't forget. Add interesting content and earn coins ... andy dufresne. And that also is very convenient, isn't it, Mr. Dufresne? You're movin' like molasses! The Sisters never laid a finger on Andy again... and Bogs never walked again. Yeah, but the problem with having all that money is sooner or later, you're gonna have to explain where it came from. Crazy old fool goddamn near cut my throat! [narrating] To my knowledge, he lived out the rest of his days drinking his food through a straw. Please stop sending us letters.". Rehabilitated? The only thing is, Red is actually guilty, while Andy isn't. Hey, Fat Ass. That's where I want to live for the rest of my life," Andy says. Andy Dufresne: I guess I'm too old for that sort of nonsense any more. I must admit I didn't think much of Andy first time I laid eyes on him; looked like a stiff breeze would blow him over. The lawyer says that the cleaning lady found the couple the next morning, shot to death, a "fantastic coincidence." I remember thinking it would take a man six hundred years to tunnel through the wall with it. [as he hands Andy's bible back to him] Open it up! [Under his breath] Well, I'll be damned. [narrating] He's gonna push him off the roof! Andy Dufresne: One... big... damn conspiracy! "Co-workers", get him that's rich ain't it? So anyway this lawyer fellow says to me: "Your brother died a rich man." Red is the lifeline of the prison, the man who can smuggle almost anything into Shawshank from the outside world. 1967 Parole Hearings Man: Don't make it mine. Tommy Williams came to Shawshank in 1965 on a two-year stretch for B&E. Andy Dufresne: You piss when we say you piss, and you shit when we say you shit. Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding is the best friend of Andy Dufresne and the narrator of the story. Captain Hadley: Do you enjoy working in the laundry? Red: [to poster] Andy Dufresne: You better be sick or dead in there, I shit you not! This The Shawshank Redemption photo might contain street, city scene, urban setting, business suit, and wicket. I'm sure I will. A few men ask Red how it went and he tells them he was rejected. They can't ignore me forever. Andy Dufresne: Red: You know where Buxton is? Oh, Andy loved geology. It was blank, but the postmark said Fort Hancock, Texas. Holy shit, that's great! Ernie: Where do you get this shit? I'm not even going to count to one! We then see him in court testifying about his alleged murder of the couple. [narrating] Another Prisoner: After lights out, the seasoned prisoners begin calling to the men they placed bets on, taunting them about their despair at being newly in prison. We liked him immediately. Hey Tyrell. Figured him dead for anyway. [referring to Fat Ass] Dumb shit, what do you think the government's gonna do to me? They say it has no memory. [to Hadley] [They arrive at bars. Dumb-ass? He alleges that he is changed and rehabilitated, but they reject his plea for parole and he is sent back to the prison yard. If I hear so much as a mouse fart in here the rest of the night I swear by God and sonny Jesus you will all visit the infirmary. And then Andy says, "Mr. Dekins, do you want your sons to go to Harvard... or Yale?". These walls are funny. I'm Dekins. Andy Dufresne... headed for the Pacific. Heywood: Straight as an arrow. ― Ellis Boy “Red” Redding, Shawshank Redemption; 40 Shawshank Redemption Quotes. [narrating] I had to come to prison to be a crook.” ― Andy Dufresne, Shawshank Redemption “I’m Telling You, These Walls Are Funny.” ― Ellis Boy “Red” Redding, Shawshank Redemption It's a chance, isn't there? Warden Samuel Norton: Goofs Andy Dufresne: If there's any trouble I won't use the rock hammer, Red: Couldn't play somethin' good, huh? I'll introduce you around. Andy Dufresne: Red : [narrating] Tommy Williams came to Shawshank in 1965 on a two-year stretch for B&E. Do you feel you've been rehabilitated? [Tommy receives a letter from the Board of Education]. Heywood: Dekins just looked at him a second and then he laughed himself silly and afterwards he actually shook Andy's hand. Andy Dufresne: Neither are they. Andy Dufresne: Lost interest in it though. He'll be first. Only guilty man in Shawshank. It's got a long rock wall with a big oak tree at the north end. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit. All I do anymore is think of ways to break my parole, so maybe they'd send me back. Cops caught him sneaking TV sets out the back door of a JC Penney. Son, six wardens have been through here in my tenure, and I've learned one immutable, universal truth: Not one of them born whose asshole wouldn't pucker up tighter than a snare drum when you ask them for funds. Heywood: It's no use on the inside. Doc went home for the night. Get busy living, or get busy dying. Red: Warden Samuel Norton: What do you really want to know? Warden Samuel Norton: As Andy learns all too well, the system under which he is being punished is not invested in his redemption whatsoever, so he must create the circumstances for it himself. [narrating] A lawyer for example. Red: I must say, I'm sorry to be losing your business. Andy Dufresne: In 1948, Andy Dufresne arrives at Shawshank Prison.In contrast to most other convicts, Dufresne is not a hardened criminal but a soft-spoken young banker, convicted of killing his wife and her lover. Andy Dufresne: We have a winner! The discrepancy between his account and the court's accounts for the major drama of the plot. It's the fat guy! [Not one ounce of sympathy] I remember my first night, seems like a long time ago. You'll be telling him about my baton up your ass! Red: I understand you're a man who knows how to get things. Tommy Williams: Andy Dufresne: Andy Dufresne: Hey, he took the Lord's name in vain! The emphasis is on the "strong" rather than the "silent," of course. Same old shit, different day. [after Andy escapes] I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. Talk to me boy. Open that cell! GradeSaver, Read the Study Guide for The Shawshank Redemption…, Receiving Redemption: The Transformative Power of Hope, How Journeys Challenge and Broaden Understanding of the World: "Father and Child," "Spring Hall," and The Shawshank Redemption, Shawshank: The Injustices of the Justice System, View Wikipedia Entries for The Shawshank Redemption…. Heywood: Captain Hadley: Brooks: Warden Samuel Norton: Andy Dufresne: The Shawshank Redemption Club Join New Post. What say you there, fuzzy-britches? The funny thing is, on the outside I was an honest man. Captain Hadley: Not in this office, not anywhere. Take a big wet bite out of my ass is what. Knew it all too well. [after thinking Andy might commit suicide in prison] Captain Hadley: 16. SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION Release date: September 23, 1994 (USA) Director: Frank Darabot Story by: Stephen King The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio is were the movie filmed most its scenes. I do believe those first two years were the worst for him, and I also believe that if things had gone on that way, this place would have got the best of him. Tommy Williams: Well, that's where I come in. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of the Shawshank Redemption definitely crops up red... Day, the part I really like, when you see, that 's where I am and! 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