The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film. Adapted from the Stephen King's novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, the story begins when Andy Durfresne, a young banker, is wrongfully convicted of killing his wife and her lover (Darabont and King 5). He is then sent to jail where he learns lessons about life through his friends and becomes part of a corrupt plan to launder money. After nineteen years Andy escapes from the prison through the tunnel and a narrow sewage drain during a thunderstorm.
The poster of the movie depicts the moment when Andy feels freedom again after nineteen years. After five hundred yards’ creep, Andy stretches and raises his arms to the sky, turning slowly, feeling the rain washing him clean. It is a very simple scene: a man standing in an empty field on a thunderstorm night. Andy is leaning a little bit back, facing the sky and roaring his excitement and delight emotionally. He is too relaxing and delighted that he closes his eyes to completely feel the “free air”. In order to do so he stretches his fingers as wide apart as he can. He just falls in love with the rain.
Standing alone in a desolate field, Andy’s mind contains several things at a moment. He might be thinking about his life in prison, his friends, and the tough path to his redemption. For the viewers, it is also the time for us to take a deep breath and think about how Andy succeeds. Life is not always pleasant; it is impossible to predict what is going to happen to us. For us, the ordinary people, it is expected that we may confront with some situation that we don’t wish to face with. At that moment, shall we believe in ourselves and not be affected by the surroundings? The answer is obvious. With faith, hope, and consistency, humans will realize that everything has a real solution. As Red describes Andy, “Some birds aren’t meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are just too bright.”
Darabont, Frank, and Stephen King. The Shawshank Redemption: the Shooting Script. New York: Newmarket, 1996. Print.
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