Difference between revisions of "The Shawshank Redemption"

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'''''The Shawshank Redemption''''' is a 1994 American prison drama film which was adapted from the novella ''{{w|Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption}}'' by [[Stephen King]]. It was directed by {{w|Frank Darabont}} and starred [[Tim Robbins]] and [[Morgan Freeman]].

 

 

''The Shawshank Redemption'' received a great deal of critical acclaim, but was a disappointment at the box office. Years later, it became a hit when it was released to the home video market and started being shown regularly on cable television. The film has since become a cultural phenomenon, appearing on several "greatest movie" lists. Also, "shawshank" has become a pop-culture slang term with several different meanings. Two of the most common ones are 1) to be trapped in an undesirable situation, such as prison, for a long time; and 2) to seek to apprehend and incarcerate a suspect primarily in the interest of resolving a criminal case, without giving due consideration as to whether the suspect is actually guilty.

{{TB|[[Homer]] is in jail, charged with auto theft. As he sits in his cell, [[Hans Moleman]], the jailhouse librarian, comes in with a book cart and asks Homer if he would like something to read. Homer picks out a book titled ''[[How to Tunnel out of Prison]]''. However, instead of beginning a tunnel ''a la'' Andy Dufresne, Homer hits Moleman over the head with the book, knocking him out; then takes Moleman's place pushing the cart and walks out of jail. The scene references ''The Shawshank Redemption'' as follows:<br><br>Moleman is dressed very similarly to Brooks, the prison librarian in the film.<br><br>The book's title is an obvious reference to Andy's escape method.<br><br>The book cart plays a role in Andy's escape as well as Homer's. In the film, the book cart is used to smuggle Andy a {{w|Geologist's hammer|rock hammer}}, which he uses to dig his escape tunnel.}}

{{TB|The scene where [[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] discover [[Comic Book Guy]]'s stash of illegal videos references ''The Shawshank Redemption'' as follows:<br><br>The entrance is concealed by a poster of [[She-Hulk]], similar to the [[Rita Hayworth]] pinup concealing Andy's escape tunnel. She-Hulk is in the same pose as Hayworth.<br><br>Bart and Milhouse accidentally find the entrance when they have a fight and Milhouse pushes Bart into the She-Hulk poster, similar to Warden Norton accidentally finding Andy's tunnel when he angrily throws a rock at the poster of {{w|Raquel Welch}} on the cell wall.}}

{{TB|The portions of the episode showing [[Mr. Burns]] in prison are largely a parody of ''{{W2|The Green Mile|film}}'', but there are a couple of references to ''The Shawshank Redemption'':<br><br>The [[Springfield Penitentiary]] warden, whom Burns meets shortly after his arrival at prison, is a spoof of Warden Norton from Shawshank State Penitentiary. Completely unlike Norton, the Springfield Penitentiary warden is quickly cowed when he realizes that Burns is in a position to blackmail him.<br><br>Burns's [[Michael Clarke Duncan-type|cellmate]] keeps a poster of Rita Hayworth on the wall, like Andy Dufresne at Shawshank. Rather than a tunnel, however, Burns's cellmate's poster conceals a cross.}}

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