Wow! I LOVED this movie! Definitely the best movie I've seen all month. Though-provoking and moving. I had to laugh at this piece of trivia from IMDB though: "The American Humane Association monitored the filming of scenes involving Brooks' crow. During the scene where he fed it a maggot, the AHA objected on the grounds that it was cruel to the maggot, and required that they use a maggot that had died from natural causes. One was found, and the scene was filmed." :-O!! Don't let anybody tell them what happens out in nature every day! ;-)
Awesome Movie
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
Framed 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.
Excellent
This is one of the best movies I've ever seen, very moving and even though not much happens as most of the film takes place in the prison, a lot still happens in the same quiet way as our hero has planned.
Rewatched 2014: Still one of the best movies I've seen - It's just brilliant. I wish Frank Darabont would direct more Stephen King book, because both this and "The Green mile" is on my favorite list.
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Tim Robbins | Andy Dufresne |
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Morgan Freeman | Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding |
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Bob Gunton | Warden Samuel Norton |
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William Sadler | Heywood |
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Clancy Brown | Captain Byron T. Hadley |
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Gil Bellows | Tommy |
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Mark Rolston | Bogs Diamond |
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James Whitmore | Brooks Hatlen |
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Renee Blaine | Andy Dufresne's Wife |
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Brian Delate | Guard Dekins |
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Brian Libby | Floyd |
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Jeffrey DeMunn | 1946 D.A. |
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Larry Brandenburg | Skeet |
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Neil Giuntoli | Jigger |
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David Proval | Snooze |
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Joseph Ragno | Ernie |
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Jude Ciccolella | Guard Mert |
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Paul McCrane | Guard Trout |
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Scott Mann | Glenn Quentin |
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John Horton | 1946 Judge |
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Gordon Greene | 1947 Parole Hearings Man |
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Alfonso Freeman | Fresh Fish Con |
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V.J. Foster | Hungry Fish Con |
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John E. Summers | New Fish Guard |
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Frank Medrano | Fat Ass |
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Mack Miles | Tyrell |
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Alan R. Kessler | Laundry Bob |
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Morgan Lund | Laundry Truck Driver |
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Cornell Wallace | Laundry Leonard |
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Gary Lee Davis | Rooster |
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Neil Summers | Pete |
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Ned Bellamy | Guard Youngblood |
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Joe Pecoraro | Projectionist |
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Harold E. Cope Jr. | Hole Guard |
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Don McManus | Guard Wiley |
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Donald Zinn | Moresby Batter |
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Roger Deakins | Director of Photography |
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Thomas Newman | Original Music Composer |
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Stephen King | Author |
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Deborah Aquila | Casting |
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Frank Darabont | Director |
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Niki Marvin | Producer |
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Richard Francis-Bruce | Editor |
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Julie Lichter | Casting |
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Terence Marsh | Production Design |
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Frank Darabont | Writer |
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Stephen King | Story Contributor |
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Richard Francis-Bruce | Editing |
"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free."
"It takes a strong man to save himself, and a great man to save another."
In 1947, banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover, based on circumstantial evidence, and is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences at Shawshank State Penitentiary. Andy quickly befriends contraband smuggler Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), an inmate serving a life sentence. Red procures a rock hammer for Andy, allowing him to create small stone chess pieces. Red later gets him a large poster of Rita Hayworth, followed in later years by images of Marilyn Monroe and Raquel Welch. Andy works in the prison laundry, but is regularly assaulted by the "bull queer" gang "the Sisters" and their leader Bogs (Mark Rolston).In 1949, Andy overhears the brutal chief guard Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown) complaining about taxes on a forthcoming inheritance and informs him about a financial loophole. After another vicious assault by the Sisters nearly kills Andy, Hadley severely beats Bogs resulting in Bogs being sent to another prison. Andy is not attacked again. Warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton) meets with Andy and reassigns him to the prison library to assist elderly inmate Brooks Hatlen (James Whitmore), a pretext for Andy to manage financial duties for the prison. His advice and expertise are soon sought by other guards at Shawshank and from nearby prisons. Andy begins writing weekly letters to the state government for funds to improve the decrepit library.
Theatrical : 1994-10-14 : United States of America
Theatrical : 1994-09-23 : United States of America
Theatrical : Peru
Theatrical : 1995-01-06 : Norway
Theatrical : 1995-01-28 : South Korea
Theatrical : 1995-02-16 : Australia
Theatrical : 1995-02-17 : United Kingdom
Theatrical : 1995-02-24 : Finland
Theatrical : 1995-02-24 : Spain
Theatrical : 1995-03-01 : France
Theatrical : 1995-03-02 : Netherlands
Theatrical : 1995-03-03 : Sweden
Theatrical : 1995-03-09 : Germany
Theatrical : 1995-03-10 : Turkey
Theatrical : 1995-03-23 : Argentina
Theatrical : 1995-03-29 : Philippines
Theatrical : 1995-03-31 : Portugal
Theatrical : 1995-04-16 : Poland
Theatrical : 1995-04-28 : Denmark
Theatrical : 1995-05-25 : Hungary
Theatrical : 1995-06-03 : Japan
Theatrical : 1995-07-13 : Slovakia
Theatrical : 1995-08-11 : Uruguay
Theatrical : 1995-10-26 : Hong Kong
Theatrical : 2004-09-24 : United States of America
Theatrical : 2004-09-17 : United Kingdom
1994-09-10 : Canada
2010-02-07 : Canada
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