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The Shawshank Redemption is consistently voted as one of the best movies of all time. Originally a story in a Stephen King book, the Different Seasons, known as Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, the story was adapted and the movie created.The movie was directed and the screenplay written by Frank Darabont. The movie was his first major production.Interestingly Stephen King has written two stories about prisons, The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, which happen to be the first two movies that Frank Darabont directed.

The story is a cruel one, in which Andy Dufresne, an educated and kind man is wrongly convicted of his wife’s murder.During his time in prison he befriends several people, who are criminals, whereas Andy is not.His life is changed forever, as he deals with the troubles of incarceration.

Stephen King’s excellent character portrayal is not limited to his horror stories, and the characters in this story are some of his best.One could even believe this was based on a true story, but it is not, King has confirmed.The story is upsetting, puzzling and warming, and the movies popularity confirms people association with the story.I think it will always be a classic.

When released at the theatre The Shawshank Redemption did not achieve great success, despite the great buzz already generated by the Hollywood industry due to the great story. This was in part due to great competition at the time, and also the fact that the story is about a prison, which put many movie goers off. However, after the release to DVD the Shawshank Redemption sold in huge quantities making it a firm favorite.

The other stories from the Different Seasons book are
The Body - which became the movie, Stand by me
The Apt Pupil - which also became a movie called The Apt Pupil
The Club - which has yet to make it to the big screen

I would recommend the book to anyone who is a fan, as it is a great collection of stories. The Shawshank Redemption is a very popular story, whether read in a book or watched as a film.
http://www.shawshankredemption.net/

Darren Lambert is a big fan of the Shawshank Redemption movie, as well as other Stephen King stories.

There is lot of voters these days. It’s nice to see that people are exited about this election. The problem is that there are not enough places to cast your votes. It needs to easier to vote. I went down to the local voting office to cast my vote, but when I got there, and was upset at what I saw. There was a line that must have stretched fifty yards long. And it wasn’t like it was moving fast. I asked the guy at the front how long he had been there, and he said that he had been there over three hours. Three hours… who has that kind of time? I know that I don’t. I have to go to work and only have a little time for lunch, how late are the polls going to be open? But I suspect that the rest of the working country is all going to be out there standing inline. The whole working public would all be going to the polls at onetime on one day. You can just imagine the lines that will be their, its going to take hours. I bet that lots of people are not going to be willing to stand in that huge line cast their ballot. I have lots to do, and I will be waiting in line with a six-month-old baby. I don’t think that my baby is going like it very much, that I am wasting all of our to together time. They need to have more than one day to go in and vote. That way people would actually be able to have the time to go in. And it can to be easier. I need to go about five towns over, just to cast my ballot. And for some reason my absentee ballot didn’t get to me. If they could just make some kind of secure way to vote online, by phone, by mail, and in person. We should be able to vote in the most convenient way possible. This is the only way that we will really have great voter turnouts. That is just my opinion.