WINNER OF MORGAN FREEMAN POll: RED (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION)
“There’s not a day goes by I don’t feel regret. Not because I’m in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can’t. That kid’s long gone and this old man is all that’s left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It’s just a bulls**t word. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don’t give a s**t. “
Red, played by Morgan Freeman, was the perfect match for Robbins, with an outer strength, but a heart willing to give. Morgan Freeman is like a fine wine, he simply gets better with age. The friendship developed between them is one of the most tangible things ever in a film. This performance may be subtle but it speaks a thousand words. This is one of Morgan Freeman’s finest performances and that’s really saying something.
“Red” (Shawshank Redemption) | 37 | 62% | ||||
Lucius Fox (Batman Begins, Dark Knight) | 8 | 13% | ||||
God (Bruce & Evan Almighty) | 7 | 12% | ||||
Dec. Lt. William Sommerset (Se7en) | 6 | 10% | ||||
Dr. Alex Cross (Kiss The Girls) | 1 | 2% | ||||
Wanted (Sloan) | 1 | 2% | ||||
Hoke Colburn (Driving Miss Daisy) | 0 | 0% |
“I find I’m so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.”