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Shawshank: Repentance and Eternity

February 28, 2006

I must admit that I watched THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION more than once between 1994 and 2004, and not once did I grasp its Christian themes.  It’s shocking, really, considering how the movie unmistakably paints Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) as the Christ-like savior of Shawshank State Prison.

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