< The Shawshank Redemption>

Chinese translation: The Shawshank Redemption/Stimulation 1995/Month Black Wind High

It's really beautiful ~ ~ Life is always full of hope, hehe ~!

The Shawshank Redemption

Chinese title: The Shawshank Redemption

English title: The Shawshank Redemption

genre: thriller, Plot

Level: R

Producer: Colombia

Release date: September 11, 1994

Director: Frank Dalabont

Starring: Tim Robbins Morgan Freeman

DVD Release date: September 21, 2114

Length: 142 minutes.

If I had only one choice, I would choose The Shawshank Redemption.

I saw this movie for the first time eight years ago. I was 22 years old, and I was just a child. After watching this movie in a daze, I didn't feel excited, and I didn't understand why the name of this movie was translated into Stimulation 1995.

The second time I watched this film was two years ago, when I was out on a business trip. I was alone in a different place, both physically and mentally. The hot summer made people breathless. On that day, when I watched this film again on my laptop, I happened to have a cold beer in my hand. It seemed that I was sitting opposite Andy and enjoying the beer provided by the prison guard that afternoon.

Actually, you should know several key words when watching this movie. The first one is Shawshank, the second one is redemption, the third one is Andy, and the last one is hope.

Keyword 1: Shawshank

Shawshank, the name of a prison, where countless prisoners are held. In the DVD of Taiwan Province District III, this prison is translated into Shark Castle. What is Shark Castle? It is not difficult to understand that the ferocity of sharks is well known, and this prison, as its name suggests, is a black prison and a prison that eats people.

Keyword 2: Redemption

Just like a sentence in the embroidered Bible hanging on the wall of the warden's office: "God's judgment is faster than expected!" It took Andy nineteen years to carve a path to freedom with a small hammer, which saved not only himself, but also the hearts of other prisoners in prison. From then on, they began to believe that anything was possible. At the beginning, Rhett joked that it would take 611 years to escape with this hammer.

Keyword 3: Andy

A seemingly ordinary banker, who is so quiet and shy that people can't bear to do anything to him, but it is the banker like this big girl who was accused of killing his wife and his wife's lover, that is, this banker, who escaped from life with faith on a stormy night after being imprisoned in 2119, and his tools are: a poster of Nuoda and a hand that is only considered to be carved.

Keyword 4: Hope

is put at the end because it is the most critical word, because no matter what it is, hope can't be locked up, everything starts with hope, and everything becomes possible as long as there is hope. With hope, Shawshank prison is just a prison in name only. With hope, a small hammer can save life and freedom. With hope, Andy can enjoy every little pleasure in the process of redeeming himself, spread the joy and plant hope in everyone's heart.

As for hope, Andy first talked to Rhett about it after he turned off the trumpet for playing the song No One Sleeps Tonight. I remember there was a wonderful dialogue in it:

Andy: You should continue playing the harmonica so that you won't forget it.

Rhett: Forget what?

Andy: Forget that in this world, there are places that are not surrounded by high walls and fences, and there are things in your heart that they can't take away or touch, things that belong to you.

Rhett: what do you mean?

Andy: Hope!

Rhett: Hope? Listen to me, old friend, hope is very dangerous, it will drive you crazy, in a place like this, don't think about it.

This reminds me of the warden's words: Give your faith to God and your body to me.

Hope can't be caged, can't be locked firmly, is a winged bird, is flowing air, is still breathing, can never be contained, and can't be touched by any darkness. With hope, everything is possible, and with hope, everything is possible.

About the editing, directing and acting of this film:

Original author

This film is adapted from Steven King's novel Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption, which is one of Stephen King's novel collection Four Stories in Spring. In fact, as Stephen King himself said, "I wrote a' horror novel' instead of a horror novel." Many of his works have been put on the big screen and TV series, most of which are thrillers, but there are also many films of this type, such as Miracle in the Green and Scared Birds, which are more in line with the category of "fear novels".

screenwriter and director

It took Frank Dalabont five years to get the adaptation right of this novel from Stephen King, and it took him eight weeks to finish the script. Of course, Frank Dalabont made some appropriate adjustments to the characters in Stephen King's original work. For example, the role of Rhett should not be black, but in order to increase the effect, Frank Dalabont chose Morgan.

As for Frank Dalabont, he is one of the best screenwriters in Hollywood. His representative works include The Shawshank Redemption, Fly II, Miracle in the Green, and so on. He also participated in the performance in V-shaped Commando.

The Shawshank Redemption made Frank Dalabont famous. As a screenwriter and director, he won seven Oscar nominations with this film.

At present, Frank Dalabont is preparing to make a sci-fi classic Fahrenheit 451. Can he rise again with this film? We can wait and see, but under the aura of Truffaut, I don't know whether this adaptation is a blessing or a curse.

Actor

Tim Robbins

Before he appeared in this film, Tim Robbins was involved in many works, but he was never impressed. However, this film made him famous and became a first-line actor in Hollywood. But for some reason, Tim Robbins kept a low profile, but his acting skills could not surpass his own Andy role until.

Morgan Freeman

Like an evergreen tree on the screen, this black actor is often active in all kinds of movies, and his plasticity is impressive. Morgan Freeman was nominated for best actor for this The Shawshank Redemption. At the age of 67, he is still active in the film and television circle.

Forever Regret

The Shawshank Redemption, a film, has only earned $28 million at the box office in the United States since its public release in 1994. However, it has attracted the attention of the audience because of the rental of video tapes. When participating in the Oscar Awards the following year, it was nominated for seven awards, including best film, best actor, best screenwriter, best cinematography, best editing, best sound effect and best music/song. However, because of Forrest Gump, all of them fell off their horses, came on a whim and returned empty-handed. However, from the score of IMDB and its position in the hearts of fans, this film is definitely the uncrowned king in the hearts of fans.

the origin of the title of "Stimulation 1995"

"The Shawshank Redemption" failed to win a single prize at the Academy Awards Gala in 1995, although he won many titles, including the Oscar for Best Film. In the end, Forrest Gump became the only winner, and the shocking Pulp Fiction was also left out in the cold. In the same year (1995), the second year after the film was released in the United States, it was introduced to Taiwan Province, China. Because Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, the two leading characters of the film at that time, were not well-known in Taiwan Province, and their original name was The Shawshank Redemption, which could not directly express the meaning of the film. The importer then made such a decision-they thought that the whole film was a shocking scam, and the most popular and influential film of the same theme imported from Taiwan Province was Sting, The starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford in 1973, which was translated into Stimulation when it was released in Taiwan Province. As a result, this The Shawshank Redemption, which was introduced in 1995, was inexplicably named Stimulation 1995, aiming to get a reputation.