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The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American prison drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The film tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne ( Tim Robbins ), who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover ...
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The Shawshank Redemption: Frank Darabont: Based on the novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption". 92% [16] 1995 The Mangler: Tobe Hooper: Based on the short story of the same name. New Line Cinema 27% [17] Dolores Claiborne: Taylor Hackford: Based on the novel of the same name. Columbia Pictures 85% [18] 1997 The Night Flier: Mark Pavia
The Shawshank Redemption opened on 23 September 1994. Test screening reactions and reviews were strong but – from a budget of $25m – made a measly $18m in its first run.
Thirty years after The Shawshank Redemption opened in U.S. theaters on Sept. 23, 1994, director Frank Darabont revealed the lengths Tim Robbins went to in portraying the film’s hero.. In a ...
The plot follows former bank vice president Andy Dufresne, who is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and her lover and ends up in Shawshank State Penitentiary, where corruption and violence are rampant. Stephen King described "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" as a prison escape story in the vein of old Warner Bros. films. The work ...
Stephens is a Professor of American and British Studies at the University of Oslo.From 2004 to 2012 he was an Assistant and Associate Professor of History at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, and from 2012 to 2018 he was a Reader and Associate Professor of History and American Studies at Northumbria University, in Newcastle, England.
Shawshank State Prison is a fictional New England state prison in the state of Maine. It serves as the primary location in the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King, as well as its subsequent film adaptation. The prison has also been mentioned in several other works by King.