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The Shawshank Redemption |  | Director: Frank Darabont
Actors: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown
Studio: Warner Bros.
Category: Movie
Buy New: $5.49
as of 9/4/2010 10:55 CDT details
Seller: Amazon Video On Demand
Rating:  973 reviews
Sales Rank: 1654
Genre: Drama
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 143 Minutes
ASIN: B001EBV0P8
Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 1994
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
A prominent banker unjustly convicted of murder spends many years in the Shawshank prison. He is befriended by a convict who knows the ropes and helps him to cope with the frightning realities of prison life. |
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great movie August 30, 2010
kimbo
I've seen this one several times and finally bought it to keep at home. Great story, great ending, great actors.
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. August 28, 2010
shlomoh sherman (Toledo Ohio)
Stephen King is one of my favorite authors, and of all of his stories translated into a movie, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION probably ranks among the best. The casting is top notch, the direction almost flawless, and the musical score superb, and despite the errors in continuity listed below, this film remains one of Hollywood's best of all time. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman are two my favorite actors and this film brings out their best.
As I noted in my review of THINNER, generally Stephen King's stories do not translate well to film. Notable exceptions are GREEN MILE, SHAWSHANK, and STAND BY ME.
SHAWSHANK is a tale of the triumph of the human spirit in a situation when an innocent man's humanity is trampled down with no hope for redemption or escape.
Andy Dufresne, a bank president, is found guilty of the murder of his adulterous wife and her lover, a crime revealed late in the film, to have been committed by another man, a hardened criminal. But this is only discovered after Andy has already served 20 years of a life sentence.
Andy arrives at Maine's notorious Shawshank prison in the late 1940s and is almost immediately singled out for abuse by one of its worst convicts and his pals who use Andy for their sexual satisfaction. But Andy also makes some good friends among the inmates, most important of which is Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding [Morgan Freeman], who is also serving a life sentence.
While on a work detail, Andy manages to use his financial knowledge to help the prison guards with their taxes and money matters. He also gains a position as assistant to the prison librarian, Brooks Hatlen [James Whitmore]. But he is also later recruited by Warden Norton in a money laundering scheme in which Norton swindles the prison and the state of Maine out of thousands of dollars.
Due to these beneficial connections, Andy is saved from further abuse by the sexual predators when the guards beat their leader into a state of brain damage leading to quadrapalegic paralysis.
Andy is never able to prove his innocence but he does devise an ingenious plan of successful escape from Shawshank after which he is reunited with his fellow convict, Red.
I originally saw this movie when it came out in the 1990s and was not able to remember some of the important details. But the movie was shot in Ashland, Ohio and Mansfield, Ohio. Mansfield is the home of my significant other and we toured many of the shot locations including the Ohio State Reformatory at Mansfield where much of the prison footage was filmed. Because I couldn't remember details of the film and because I wanted to write this review, I bought a copy of the movie on DVD from Amazon at the surprisingly low price of about $5.
By all means. if you haven't ever seen this classic, rent it or buy it. And if you have seen it once, see it again and remember how wonderful it is.
This and other movie reviews can be found on my website at [...]
Best Movie Ever August 28, 2010
Liam
Obviously Shawshank is the best movie of all time--or at least of the 90s. No surprises here. I owned the VHS forever and thought it was time to upgrade. Can't speak to the bonus features, since I generally ignore all the extra content--just give me the movie. Biggest tragedy: Shawshank lost Best Picture to that overblown piece of fluff, Forrest Gump! Great price! Can't believe I waited so long to upgrade!
Great Movie August 25, 2010
Doug Nienaber (St. Louis, MO United States)
I loved this movie and watched it several times. Stephan King did it again with another great story, one of my favorites
Awsome movie July 26, 2010
Kevin W. Edwards (canada)
This is an incredible movie, you must get this one, tim robbins is accused of murdering his wife and is sent to shawshank prison for life, trouble is hes innocent, as red (morgan freeman) points out hey were all innocent in here. What andy dufresne (tim robbins)has to go through to survive prison life is incredible, the movie gradually builds up to a gripping climax and one hell of a supprise ending ----no iam not telling you what happens at the end but what a supprise. YES get this movie its well acted both stars play there parts really good,to the point you may think is this based on a real event?.
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