That dramatic movie set in the 40s in a *prison*.

I thought The Shawshank Redemption was a Holocaust movie. Why is that? I think I was completely confusing it with Schindler's List. I'm glad I skimmed the summary on the netflix dvd sleeve before watching it, because otherwise I would've spent the entire movie waiting for them to get packed into a train and shipped to a concentration camp.
It seems the only thing I actually did know about Shawshank was that Morgan Freeman's in it. And what the cover looked like, which only worked to confuse me more, actually.
The Shawshank Redemption is about a man that becomes a prisoner. That's all you need to know. Not because there isn't more to it than that, but because, as I've mentioned before, I hate spoilers (but it's nice to know that you shouldn't be expecting something entirely different, --hehem, sadness and starving in Auschwitz--). But.. I guess you can know a little more...
It's a darn good movie. It's dramatic and sad and funny and thoughtful and glorious. Sometimes it gets really close to being cheesy, and sometimes it is cheesy, but I never seemed to really mind much. Oh, and it has a truly satisfying denouement, though in what sense, I won't say.
It saddens me that the only other noteworthy thing the director Frank Darabont directed is The Green Mile. Really? Two prison movies? (and back to back?) That kind of makes me wonder what Darabont's life has been like... Ah, well. The lives of the prisoners at Shawshank will more than suffice.