What's the Difference between Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption the Book and The Shawshank Redeption the Movie?
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Andy Dufresne
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Andy Dufresne
Portrayed by: Tim Robbins
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Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
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Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Portrayed by: Morgan Freeman
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Tommy
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Tommy
Portrayed by: Gil Bellows
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The Shawshank Redeption Book vs Movie
In the Book |
In the Movie |
The beer for Andy's "coworkers" was "piss warm" |
In the movie the beer was cold |
The story happens over a thirty year period. |
The time period is less than that.
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Near beginning of book Red says: "when time draws out like a blade" |
It is near the end, while Andy is escaping from Shawshank. |
Red is a white Irish man. |
He is black, but jokes that he is Irish.
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Red tells the reader what he did to end up in Shawshank. |
You never find out what Red's crime was. |