... His name was Norten. He was the only warden mentioned in the movie. This is always the case when someone makes a movie out of a book, they drop characters all the time when they are not needed. The wardens before Norten didn't really do anything special. There was an older man named Sherwood Bolton in the book. ... book, Tommy was transferred to another prison, but in the movie the warden has Tommy shot. In the book they do not really mention any of the side characters that were in the movie. Andy was alone when he first entered Shawshank, but once he started to become friends with Red, ...

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... next thing that is seen is the morning and the sight of confederate soldiers hurling the bodies of their enemy into deep mass graves. The movie was filled with colorful characters (most notably the white division commander), and an amazing musical score. The illustrations shown on screen as the movie ends which depicted ... characters from the war served as a nice ending touch. This 1989 movie is, in my opinion, the best Civil War picture ever made. The story is largely seen through the eyes ... for his portrayal of wide eyed Private Sharts which brings some innocence to this movie wh...

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