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    written by Washington Irving, is exactly what the title implies, a legend. This legend includes a town that is haunted by a headless horseman and a single man's journey. Many years later, this legend was produced as a movie directed by Tim Burton. Burton stole the title of this legend and added thrill to this now classic storyline. The book and the movie ultimately have to be somewhat similar, because they share a common title, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Therefore

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    Indisputably, Tim Burton has one of the world’s most distinct styles when regarding film directing. His tone, mood, diction, imagery, organization, syntax, and point of view within his films sets him apart from other renowned directors. Burton’s style can be easily depicted in two of his most highly esteemed and critically acclaimed films, Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Burton ingeniously incorporates effective cinematic techniques to convey a poignant underlying message

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    Frapp January 31, 2014 Analyzing Shawshank Redemption The film that will be analyzed and discussed is the Shawshank Redemption, which was Director by Frank Darabont and is a Story by Stephen King. It is based in 1946, a man named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of killing his wife and her lover, and him going to prison and dealing with the struggles of prison life as a truly innocent man. . “He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis

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    Frank Darabot and the producer of the film is Niki Marvin. The movie was released on October 14th, 1994. Shawshank Redemption is a R-Rated movie, which, is intended for the mature. Andy Dufresne is the main character in this film, Andy was acted out by Tim Robbins. There is a narrator in the movie (which, narrators about Andy as time goes by in Shawshank prison) was narrated by Morgan Freeman. This narrator is Ellis Boyd Redding or Red, an inmate and friend to Andy. The last characters I believe to play

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    The film “The Shawshank Redemption” directed by Frank Darabont is set in Maine. This film is about a young successful banker named Andy Dufresne who is wrongfully convicted of killing his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a double life in prison. Andy ends up becoming an inmate in Shawshank prison where he learns about the unpleasantness and brutality of prison life. Andy holds on to his dreams and his hope and along the way he befriends a couple of his fellow inmates, and one of them was a

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    In life, people let society decide what they can and cannot do. This creates a block on imagination and creativity. A very highly acclaimed filmmaker, Tim Burton, expands widely on this concept in his films. Burton’s films bring common issues in society alive to show the factors that limit our cultivations. Tim Burton incorporates outcast protagonists and contrasting settings into his theme to convey the idea that the mind—specifically, doubt and lack of imagination—is the most significant limiting

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    the city fall in love with the man's tallness and his handsomeness. They quickly decide to worship him and they want to better themselves because of him. On the other hand, one example of a misconception of magical realism is Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton. The central character, Edward Bloom, recounts his life with exaggerated stories to his son Will, who thinks the embellished tales are unnecessary and insulting. As his father is sick, Will travels to be with him. During his visit, Will gets

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    The film, Edward Scissor Hands by Tim Burton is a modern day fairy-tale, with more of a purpose than solely providing entertainment. It is filled with rich, important themes and morals such as Love, the importance of individuality and the deceiving nature of appearances. All being explored by main protagonist, Edward. In the film, Edward explores the theme of love in many different aspects of life. It was clear that the day when Peg kindly brought home Edward to the conventional village, she also

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    The good thing won’t last long and can’t get enough view of the satisfaction. But one mistake can flip the life upside down in a matter of second. The movie “Shawshank Redemption”, is written and directed by Frank Darabont is about Andy Dufresne. Andy Dufresne is the main character in the movie who was found guilty and sentenced to two consecutive life terms behind bars at Shawshank Prison for the conviction of his wife and lover murders. No other characters know that the Andy is innocent and falsely

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    Best friends forever we said. We pinky promised it would be for a lifetime, but I learned that some things change. Faith and I had the average friend relationship when we were younger. We would tell each other secrets, help each other with homework, have slumber parties and play dates, and just be fun kids together. Since we were in preschool, we were always there for each other through the ups and downs of childhood. We loved each other like no other, or so I thought. It started off as one of my

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