Blow vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7.4/10 for Blow). Blow is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2001). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Blow
The Shawshank Redemption| Blow | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2001 | 1994 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ted Demme | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Franka Potente, Ray Liotta, Miguel Sandoval, Ethan Suplee, Johnny Depp | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Blow
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he…
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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