beast916 t1_iu3zi75 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 11:47 AM

Reply to comment by WhereIsThatElephant in The Shawshank Redemption 😲 by [deleted]

In the novella it explains that because of everything Andy does for the warden and guards, he got special privileges and wasn’t ridden as hard as others.

XavierRex83 t1_iu54rr1 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:52 PM

I think that was clear in the movie as well.

beast916 t1_iu5c2nu wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:40 PM

I know the novella much better than the movie, so I wasn’t sure about the movie.

XavierRex83 t1_iu5i4zv wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:21 PM

It wasn't directly stated in the movie but at one point the warden refers to Andy's cell as a 1 bunk Hilton as well as some of the other special treatment he got.

in_the_blind t1_iu5opwg wrote on October 28, 2022 at 7:06 PM

I had a novella once, got 0 to 60 in about 20 seconds. A book i s a book.

beast916 t1_iu5srl5 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 7:33 PM

King says it’s a novella. The book is Different Seasons. The novella wasn’t published on its own until about two decades after Different Seasons.