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 |
Andy's friend invests money for him. He uses the money to live in Mexico. |
Andy deposits the Warden's money into many different accounts in an alias that he uses to collect a large sum of money. He uses that in Mexico. |
An inmate has a pet bird. |
Brooks is the one with the pet bird.
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Brooks gets out of prison and dies in an old age home. |
He gets out and can't handle life outside of prison and hangs himself. |
The story happens over a thirty year period. |
The time period is less than that.
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Andy has a poster of Rita Hayworth, Raquel Welch and finally Linda Rondstadt. |
He doesn't have Linda Rondstadt. |