The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Movie

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison. However, only Andy knows he didn't commit the crimes. While there, he forms a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), experiences brutality of prison life, adapts, helps the warden, etc., all in 19 years.
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Release Date: September 23rd, 1994

DVD Release Date: December 21st, 1999

R |2 hr 22 min

Plot Summary

Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison. However, only Andy knows he didn't commit the crimes. While there, he forms a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), experiences brutality of prison life, adapts, helps the warden, etc., all in 19 years.

Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore, Mark Rolston

Director: Frank Darabont

Genres: Drama

Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment

Distributors: Columbia Pictures

Keywords: Quest, 1950s, Friend, Murder, Gripping, Prison, Emotional, 1960s, Friendship, 1940s, Escape

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Ratings & Reviews

80
Duane ByrgeThe Hollywood Reporter
In the lead roles, both Robbins and Freeman are outstanding, layering their performances with snippets of individuality: Their small, daily sustenances and minor triumphs are wonderfully inspiring. show more
88
Michael WilmingtonChicago Tribune
This is a movie with every facet shining in place, every word charged and resonant. [23 Sept 1994]
88
Roger EbertChicago Sun-Times
If the film is perhaps a little slow in its middle passages, maybe that is part of the idea, too, to give us a sense of the leaden passage of time, before the glory of the final redemption. show more

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