Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.
- Nominated for 7 Oscars
- 21 wins & 42 nominations total
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'The Shawshank Redemption' Without Morgan Freeman?
'The Shawshank Redemption' Without Morgan Freeman?
The Shawshank Redemption has become a classic film - it's even IMDb's top-rated movie of all time - but did you know it almost had an entirely different cast behind those legendary bars?
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- TriviaAndy and Red's opening chat in the prison yard, in which Red is throwing a baseball, took nine hours to shoot. Morgan Freeman threw the baseball for the entire nine hours without a word of complaint. He showed up for work the next day with his left arm in a sling.
- GoofsCirca 1963, Heywood is shown listening to the record "24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits", released in 1970.
- Quotes
Andy Dufresne: [to Red] I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
- Crazy creditsThe man who cried and was beaten when Andy first arrived is listed and credited as "Fat Ass" -- the other inmates' nickname for him.
- Alternate versionsThis film was produced independently by Castle Rock Entertainment, but distributed by Columbia Pictures, which placed their logo at the beginning of the film. After the first video release, Castle Rock began to use Warner Bros. as their distributor. This film was then later re-issued on video and DVD by Warner Bros., which replaced the Columbia Pictures logo with their own. (The 1999 WB DVD uses no studio logo before Castle Rock [A Turner Company], and has no Columbia line-art logo at the end, just 10 seconds of blank screen as the music finishes. The post-2004 prints start with the 2003 WB logo and an updated Castle Rock logo [A TimeWarner Company], and have the Columbia line-art logo in the crawl at the end followed by a quick, still, 2003 WB logo. See also The American President.)
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Why Gump? Why Now? (1994)
Featured review
The Shawshank Redemption
One of the finest films made in recent years. It's a poignant story about hope. Hope gets me. That's what makes a film like this more than a movie. It tells a lesson about life. Those are the films people talk about 50 or even 100 years from you. It's also a story for freedom. Freedom from isolation, from rule, from bigotry and hate. Freeman and Robbins are majestic in their performances. Each learns from the other. Their relationship is strong and you feel that from the first moment they make contact with one another. There is also a wonderful performance from legend James Whitmore as Brooks.
He shines when it is his time to go back into the world, only to find that the world grew up so fast he never even got a chance to blink. Stephen King's story is brought to the screen with great elegance and excitement. It is an extraordinary motion that people "will" be talking about in 50 or 100 years.
He shines when it is his time to go back into the world, only to find that the world grew up so fast he never even got a chance to blink. Stephen King's story is brought to the screen with great elegance and excitement. It is an extraordinary motion that people "will" be talking about in 50 or 100 years.
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- Also known as
- Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
- Filming locations
- Mansfield Reformatory - 100 Reformatory Road, Mansfield, Ohio, USA(The prison that is used in the large panning scene, and used for the wardens office.)
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $28,767,189
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $727,327
- Sep 25, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $29,274,740
- Runtime2 hours 22 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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