How many pin up girls were in Andy's cell during his time in prison in the film "The Shawshank Redemption"?

Over the ensuing years in the film "The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Andy (Tim Robbins) regularly requests posters of famous female movie stars from Red (Morgan Freeman). They include the three pin-ups of Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, and Raquel Welch. He obtained these items during his total prison time at Shawshank. When asked, he tells Red that he likes to imagine he can step through the pictures and be with the actresses.

The pinup posters of Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, and Raquel Welch represent the outside world, hope, and every inmate’s desire to escape to a normal life. Andy admits candidly to Red that sometimes he imagines stepping right through the photograph and into another type of life.

More literally, Rita Hayworth and the others really remind Andy of his desire to actually break out of Shawshank. The posters skillfully conceal the chiseled hole in the concrete that Andy is making. As a result, the women embody the sense of hope that keeps Andy alive and sane and distinguishes him from other inmates. Even though it takes Andy more than twenty-five years to hammer his way through the wall, the mere fact that he has something to work on keeps him from bouts of self-pity unlike some of his fellow inmates.

It truly appears that having a mission and something to look forward to—even before he knew he would use the hole to break out—kept Andy alive and gave him a very useful inner light.

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seane

seane, in his time

seane

vudu, in the time

vudu

Incorrect answer. There was only 1 poster at a time in cell.

Alana King

Unless the book is different, Red states that Andy does it in less than 20 years. Andy is incarcerated in 1947. He breaks out in 1966. That's less than 25, it's 19. Get the maths right. Also, Stephen King purposely set the opening year of events (1947) to correlate with his own year of birth.

Sean Philips

teacherchicky, how is it ‘deceiving’ or deceptive?. It specifies both ‘in the film’ and ‘during his time in prison’. Answer the question given not the one in your head!

teacherchicky

Although I got it right, the way the question is written is very deceiving because there were only one at a time. The Stephen King story from which it's created is called Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. So, her's was actually the most important.