Stubborn Is As Stubborn DoesOptimism is supposed to die the second you're driven through the gate into Shawshank Prison. "Abandon all hope ye who enter here" might as well be engraved on a signpost...

Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding is the wise old man of Shawshank Prison. He's Andy's closest friend and shows him the ropes of prison life. He's the narrator of our story, and unrolls it gradually for us....

Silent But DeadlyFor being probably one of the most hated movie villains ever, Warden Norton isn't your typical baddie. He's small (vertically, anyway), kinda dorky looking (sorry, but the horn-rim...

The Ultimate "Yes Man"As a captain of the guards, your job is pretty clear-cut. If the warden says, "Jump," you ask, "How high?" If he says to put on a wig, sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and d...

The Slow and the Not So FuriousFor someone who's a prison inmate and at one point pulls a knife on his own friend in an effort to remain there, Brooks Hatlen is a total sweetheart. He's got a kindl...