Even with the first book, Carrie, Stephen King had been translated into movies and so, there are many of his works that have been adapted for the screen... here's looking at some of the best....
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption on imdb.com
Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, Mark Rolstion, James Whitmore.
Screenplay: Frank Darabont (adapted from Stephen King's novella 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption')
Director: Frank Darabont
Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner.
Nothing I can say about this film will do it justice... I've read the novella and I saw the film and all I can say is, its a beautiful story... both King's novella and Darabont's screen-rendition of it. Remarkable performances from Robbins and Freeman, impeccable direction from Darabont. Undoubtedly the film that started a new era in King-adaptation.
My favorite exchange in the movie is almost at the end:
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1967 Parole Hearings Man: Ellis Boyd Redding, your files say you've served 40 years of a life sentence. Do you feel you've been rehabilitated?
Red: Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means.
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, it means that you're ready to rejoin society...
Red: I know what *you* think it means, sonny. To me it's just a made up word. A politician's word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did?
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, are you?
Red: There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit.
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Cheers,
Javed Afridi
http://javedafridiblog.blogspot.com
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption on imdb.com
Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, Mark Rolstion, James Whitmore.
Screenplay: Frank Darabont (adapted from Stephen King's novella 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption')
Director: Frank Darabont
Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner.
Nothing I can say about this film will do it justice... I've read the novella and I saw the film and all I can say is, its a beautiful story... both King's novella and Darabont's screen-rendition of it. Remarkable performances from Robbins and Freeman, impeccable direction from Darabont. Undoubtedly the film that started a new era in King-adaptation.
My favorite exchange in the movie is almost at the end:
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1967 Parole Hearings Man: Ellis Boyd Redding, your files say you've served 40 years of a life sentence. Do you feel you've been rehabilitated?
Red: Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means.
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, it means that you're ready to rejoin society...
Red: I know what *you* think it means, sonny. To me it's just a made up word. A politician's word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did?
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, are you?
Red: There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit.
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Javed Afridi
http://javedafridiblog.blogspot.com
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