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This book deserves complete 5 stars. The story gives us so much information, that we cannot understand in the movie. So must read this!! This book gives us inspiration to have knowledge about things and teaches us a lesson "If you're stucked in a situation, you can find some way out with your knowledge and skills"
I don't know why, but it is awesome
The best of things & no good thing diesFor a very long time, I kept postponing watching "The Shawshank Redemption" movie so that I can read the novel first and finally I have read it.This novel relates to the "Prison Literature" it narrates the life in prison from the 30s to 70s from the own point of Red, a prisoner focusing on Andy, the genius prisoner who was jailed for a crime he didn't commit then both manage by a way or another to get out of jail. The description of the life in jail is real...
Loved reading this script. It reminded me of just how great a film it is. Also found the amount of detail put into the script amusing.
After reading the story and watching the movie, this was an interesting third look at the story and how it evolved into the final movie. The only thing I would have preferred is to have the notes in the back interspersed with the script instead of having to flip back and forth. Although this way it did allow me to read the script uninterrupted, but you could always do this anyway ignoring the notes.I also hoped this would have more insight into the process of adapting the original story to the s...
That's the best movie i've ever seen on the cinema screens!
Personal favorite!
The Shawshank Redemption, Frank Darabont, Stephen King The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. It tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murder of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. Over the following two decades, he befriends a fellow prisoner, contraband smuggl...
It is interesting to read about one of your favorite movies, but even more interesting to read the script they filmed from, including the deleted scenes, the scenes they did not shoot (due to time, continuity or whatever) and read why those decisions were made. A brief but interesting introduction from Stephen King makes the entire experience even more enjoyable.
Not as good as the film, I think they added alot to the film,
This book is a tremendous filmmaking clinic, as insightful into the mechanics of the process as anything I've read. As the title states, the book includes the shooting script, with scene-by-scene notes from Frank Darabont (the director) on what was changed or eliminated en route to the final cut. He takes you right onto the set to experience all the difficulties and decisions that ultimately contributed to the film's greatness. It's remarkable to read how something that worked so well on screen
One of the best scripts I've read. There's tons of stuff in here that didn't make it on screen, and Darabont provides really helpful notes explaining why certain things got cut. There are also nice introductions by Darabont and Stephen King.
This was an interesting thing to read, not just in terms of seeing the script. It's pretty close to the film but there are some slight differences, so there's an additional section where Darabont explains why some scenes were dropped during filming, moments that were improvised by the actors and so on
kind of weird for mr. king. not a really 'out there' type of book, and it still manages to be really good. however... the movie was sooo good, i think i'd have to recommend the movie before the book.
Well, i've never thought that i'd read a movie script, but the big fan in me couldn't resist reading the story and the script back-to-back. What i found was great. The writer used the powerful lines in the original text and polished it so well to make an amazing movie that you enjoy watching as well as reading.
Possibly even more spellbinding and thought provoking than its predecessor.
A brilliant screenplay, and a magnificent edition with notes by Frank Darabont. This is film school in book form. A screenplay to be read and studied at least once a year. A masterclass for anyone interested in writing screenplays.
I bought/read this because I loved the movie so much and wanted to see how Stephen King's story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" in DIFFERENT SEASONS became the film "The Shawshank Redemption." It was a fascinating and informative journey.
Good book, but in this case the exception rings true. The movie was better!
This came in the mail last night and I stopped everything to read it.I loved Shawshank Redemption and I really liked this book with the extra information.
