Tim Robbins and Frank Darabont in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
MOVIE: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) POEM (title and most relevant line):
"After great pain, a formal feeling comes –"
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Poll: One Movie, One Poem
A few weeks ago, coincidentally during National Poetry Month (April) in the United States, a film about poet Emily Dickinson, 'A Quiet Passion', was released in the UK. Now it has just been released more widely, in the U.S. and elsewhere. (The famous Emily Dickinson is widely considered to be one of the best, and most influential, poets ever.)
To celebrate this new, acclaimed film: Imagine that you are stranded on an island, literal or, because we're talking about poetry, metaphorical, and you are given only two representatives of arts and entertainment: one poem by Emily Dickinson and one film. Which movie, from the list below, and thematically related Dickinson poem, would you choose?
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Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (1999)
MOVIE: 'The Sixth Sense' (1999) POEM: "Because I could not stop for Death -" Famous Opening Lines: Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – (In the poem, the speake… -
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Kevin Spacey in American Beauty (1999)
MOVIE: 'American Beauty' (1999) POEM (entire poem): In this short Life that only lasts an hour How much - how little - is within our power
