.FrankDarabont reflects on the legacy (and IMDb ranking) of TheShawshankRedemption Shawshank Shawshank25 TCM FathomEvents StephenKing
about adapting this particular short story, he didn’t see how it could be made into a feature film. Do you recall that?I remember it. In fact, I asked him once, “Why did you let me have the rights to that?” I think he was just sort of treating it like a science experiment, like “let’s see what grows in this petri dish.” Of course, the majority of the adaptations of his work before this were sort of more obvious horror stories, with more marketable aspects to them.
If you go beyond that, and take a step back to the concept of the story, Andy is basically the Joseph Campbell hero of a thousand faces. He’s the guy, the mysterious western hero who rides into town, cleans up the place and rides off in the end. He enters an enclosed society, fundamentally changes it, and leaves.
My favorite little exchange of dialog, though, is when Warden Norton shows up at Andy’s cell and takes the Bible from him—he’s unaware that it contains a rock hammer of course—and they exchange verses, and each know each other’s verse. I think that’s an important moment because it shows that Andy’s not just a facile guy; he’s as knowledgeable about that subject as the Warden is. The difference is that he’s not a hypocrite.
Where it really began to turn around, and when discouragement became encouragement, was when we received the seven Oscar nominations. The Academy sort of galloped to our rescue—thankfully they were doing screeners by that point. That following year,: How do you feel about its IMDb prominence? It’s been holding down that #1 spot for a long, long time.
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