The Shawshank Redemption: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Shawshank_Redemption.jpg|frame|Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.]]

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''Shawshank'' has since been adapted for the stage. The producers insist they adapted the novella and not the film, but this claim is doubtful, since the character of Red is a black man instead of the red-haired Irishman of the book.

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=== The film is the [[Trope Namer]] for: ===

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* [[Had to Come to Prison to Be a Crook]]: The trope-naming example is done for reasons the audience can sympathize with. Andy is secretly planning to escape from prison and [[Framing the Guilty Party|"expose" the warden]] [[Pulling the Thread|as a crook.]] The warden would have him break the law anyway.. He says he never broke the law before going to jail, and we see nothing to contradict him.

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=== The film has examples of: ===

* [[Ability Over Appearance]]: ~~traditionally~~, guys called "Red" are redheads. Initial casting calls had that in mind. The role is played by [[Morgan Freeman]], who would not pick up that nickname naturally but owns the role anyway. It's explained in the film (though not in the novella), that Red's nickname comes from his name, Ellis Redding.

* [[Ability Over Appearance]]: Traditionally, guys called "Red" are redheads. Initial casting calls had that in mind. The role is played by [[Morgan Freeman]], who would not pick up that nickname naturally but owns the role anyway. It's explained in the film (though not in the novella), that Red's nickname comes from his name, Ellis Redding.

* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The movie makes several changes that keep the story moving.

** The timeframe is cut from thirty years to twenty. (An actor's age range can only be stretched so far)

** The timeframe is cut from thirty years to twenty. (An actor's age range can only be stretched so far.)

** Only one warden is dealt with.

** The movie decides to {{spoiler|[[Death by Adaptation|kill off Tommy]]}}, while the novella {{spoiler|simply sees him transferred}}.

** In the novella, {{spoiler|Andy sold off his assets before going into prison and invested them with the help of a friend on the outside}}. This subplot is eliminated in the movie, in which {{spoiler|Andy simply steals all the money he'd laundered for Norton, making the revenge that much sweeter (both for him and the audience)}}.

** Several characters are [[Composite Character|combined]].