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1. In the movie, a newly-arrived convict is killed by the captain of the guards. In the short story or novelet "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" (there's no "the" in the title), there is no such incident. What caused the guard to beat the convict?
2. Brooks Hatlen is a much more important character in the movie than he was in the book. For example, in the book he doesn't have a pet. What pet does he have in the movie?
3. Red tells us that the "sisters" attacked and abused Andy, but in the movie he never says whether he himself had been a victim of the sisters. In the book, does he say he was one of their victims?
4. In the film, there was only one warden during Andy's time at the prison. How many were there in the book?
5. In the movie, when Andy gets the men their famous beer break, one man offers Andy a beer, and Andy says he "gave up drinkin'." Did Andy drink in the book?
6. Andy and Red play checkers in the movie, and Andy decides to a set of playing pieces out of rocks. What game do they play in the book?
7. Red gets the famous Rita Hayworth poster for Andy, although he has no idea what the poster is really for. In the movie, the men watch a Rita Hayworth movie. Andy says he's seen it three times and then asks Red for the poster. What movie was it?
8. In the movie, the "sisters" finally let Andy alone after Bogs, their leader, is so badly beaten he is unable to walk for the rest of his life. In the movie, the guards beat Bogs. Who does it in the book?
9. In the movie, Andy tells Red he has set up a fictitious identity in the name of Randall Stevens and that a good amount of money has been invested in "Stevens'" name. What was the name of the fictitious man in the book?
10. There's a scene in the movie where librarian Brooks Hatlen threatens to cut Heywood's throat unless the parole board lets Hatlen stay in prison. Is there a scene like this in the book? Yes or no.
11. In the movie, Red eventually tells Andy why he was sentenced to Shawshank Prison. He tells him he committed murder but gives no details. The only other clue is when Red says in the narration, "I did a terrible thing." In the book, he tells us how many people he killed. How many was it?
12. One of the most beautiful scenes in the movie is the one where Andy plays a recorded operatic aria over the PA system and the men listen to it as if entranced. In the book, what kind of music does Andy play?
13. In the movie, warden Samuel Norton commits suicide when his crimes are exposed. Does this happen in the book?
14. After his escape, Andy withdrew a substantial amount of money ($370,000) from the accounts of the fictional identity he had set up for himself. In the movie, it's the money the warden stole. True or false: In the book it was Andy's own money.
15. The last scene of the novelet has Red traveling on the bus to find Andy. The movie has that scene also, but there's one more scene where Red finds Andy on a tropical beach working on a boat and they embrace. Truly a wonderful moment, but it's not in the book, and the scene wasn't filmed in Mexico. Where was it filmed?
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