“I’d like to think that the last thing that went through his head, other than that bullet, was to wonder how the hell Andy Dufresne ever got the best of him.”
– Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding (Morgan Freeman), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), screenplay by Frank Darabont, based on the Stephen King short story “Rita Hayworth and Shawhsank Redemption”
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Ah one of the finest movies ever made. And an excellent reference to learn how to write dialogue and subtext.
Glad to see you’ve started this blog! Enjoyed your class last year.
Dean
Dean, glad you stopped by. Honestly, I started this blog mostly because of folks such as yourself – my students.
Just finished reading Shawshank this past week. What a fantastic screenplay – probably one of my favs – besides Silence of the Lambs.
Since you like Shawshank so much, here’s an interview with writer-director Frank Darabont.