This movie is the story of a prison break, which is caused by a smart banker who is suspect for having killed his wife. The movie starts from the scene when the main character called Andy (Tom Hanks plays) is in a drunken state. While he was setting up the gunfire, his wife was having sex with famous professional golfer. He knew that his wife had a secret love affair with the golfer, decided to kill them both. But he couldn’t. He threw the gun away in river and drove to home. However, wife and golfer were killed at that night with gun.
In the court, Andy was asked why he killed his wife. Because the motivation is clear and there is no alibi, he insisted he did not but no one believed him. Unfortunately, the police could not find the gun that was used for murder. The prosecutor said to him “Is it convenient for you, isn’t it?” He said with angrily “Because I am not a killer, this is not convenient for me.”
That’s why he came Shawshank prison.
He had been in the Shawshank for 20 years. In the prison, he was raped by a male prisoner, and worked for the officers and the governor of the prison to help them made papers for tax illegally, built library and dug a hole which is large enough to escape from prison.
One day, young thief came to the Shawshank. He knew the truth and the killer, so Andy asked the governor to reexamine his case. But his offer was rejected and, the young thief was killed because Andy was useful and also has many secrets of the governor and the officer of the prison.
So, he decided to escape from Shawshank using the hole.
He found the resort periphery of the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Interestingly, the money that he spent there was the money he made at Shawshank prison during serving for the offices and the governor as imaginary person, who is only existing in paper.
What I learned from this movie is the importance of enduring work throughout habits.