Drama ·Crime · United States of America · 1994 · 2h 22m

The Shawshank Redemption

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Director
Frank Darabont
Cast
Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding Bob Gunton as Warden Norton William Sadler as Heywood Clancy Brown as Captain Byron T. Hadley Gil Bellows as Tommy
Crew
Roger Deakins — Director of Photography Richard Francis-Bruce — Editor Thomas Newman — Original Music Composer Frank Darabont — Screenplay Stephen King — Novel Niki Marvin — Producer
Tagline

Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

Synopsis

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Trailer The Shawshank Redemption — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
prisonfriendshippolice brutalitycorruptionbased on novel or bookfreedomhopeprison celldelinquentredemptionparole boardprison escape
Key Collaborators
Frank Darabont Director Roger Deakins Director of Photography Richard Francis-Bruce Editor Thomas Newman Original Music Composer Frank Darabont Screenplay Stephen King Novel Niki Marvin Producer Terence Marsh Production Design Elizabeth McBride Costume Design
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