We often hear about crimes. Those who commit crimes are also punished, and severe punishment should be given to those who do wrong. But, how about imprisonment to someone without even committing a crime? Suspicious yet dramatic? Well!! That’s how the plot of the 1994 film, “The Shawshank Redemption” is, suspicious, dramatic, criminal mystery and much more.
If you love watching crime dramas, you must definitely watch this film starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown, etc.
While watching this film, you’ll encounter many enlightening things. There are numerous quotes in ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ that stay with you for days. Today, we are going to look at some of these wonderful quotes and dialogues.
The Shawshank Redemption Quotes
1. I find I’m so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a Freeman can feel.
2. I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
3. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
4. Bad luck, I guess. It floats around. It’s got to land on somebody. It was my turn, that’s all. I was in the path of the tornado. I just didn’t expect the storm would last as long as it has.
5. Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.
The Shawshank Redemption Best Movie Lines
6. There are no absurd encounters in life. Every human being you encounter is either a test, a punishment, or a gift from heaven.
7. I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged.
8. Truth is that I don’t want to know, Somethings are best left unsaid.
9. We sat drinking with the sun on our shoulders, as if we were free men, as if we were painting the roofs of our own houses, as if we were masters of the world.
10. That’s how we know we care about things, when we’re scared to lose them.
The Shawshank Redemption Best Movie Quotes, Lines and Dialogues
11. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
12. It’s my life. Don’t you understand? IT’S MY LIFE!
13. Who crawled through a river of sh*t and came out clean on the other side?
14. These walls are funny. First you hate ’em, then you get used to ’em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That’s institutionalized.
15. I believe in two things: discipline and the Bible. Here you’ll receive both.
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Final Words
The Shawshank Redemption is an old Hollywood film, with an interesting plot of how, the character Andy Dufresne is put behind the bars for two consecutive life terms, accusing him of the murder of his wife and her lover. However, the twist arises when we get to know that Andy was innocent, and did not commit any crime. Being in the jail, he doesn’t put a pause on life and rather befriends a prison mate and retains hope, eventually achieving his ends on his own terms and conditions. He continues to develop friendships within the prison and gains respect.
Even though the film couldn’t spread its magic on the box office with an earning of only $16 million, yet it received multiple award nominations like the Seven Academy award nominations along with a theatrical re-release. There were several reasons for its box office failure, including the lack of popularity for prison oriented films and the lack of female characters. But after the theatrical re-release, this $25 million ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ global box-office gross reached $73 million.
It is a movie full of hope, a mix of criminal drama with soft twists turns and struggles of Andy, and his ultimate success.
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