Shawshank was an underwhelming box-office performer when it hit theaters 20 years ago this September, but then it began to redeem itself, finding an audience on home video and later becoming a fixture on cable TV. The film has taken a near-mystical hold on viewers that shows no sign of abating. Steven Spielberg once told the films writer-director Frank Darabont that he had made a chewing-gum movie—if you step on it, it sticks to your shoe. Shawshank became that priceless entertainment property—a repeater. Viewers watched it again and again. Those who initially may have been turned off by the idea of a prison drama born out of a wrongful conviction were drawn in by likable characters who inhabit a world where the true horrors of prison are left largely to the imagination. The movies wholly satisfying conclusion—a universal fantasy—gives people hope.
Posted on: Sat, 24 May 2014 16:25:10 +0000
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