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- BFI identifier402716
- Date1994 (Copyright)
- Production countryUSA
- Production company
- SynopsisPrison movie. In 1946 Andy, a banker, is sent to prison accused of the murder of his wife. He makes friends with another man, Red, who is also in for life. Andy's accountancy skills are discovered and he is used by the wardens to hide money in a false account for a programme they are running. Over the years Andy always has a poster of the pin-up of the decade in his cell, but the posters are more significant than is at first apparent... (Synopsis)
- Work historyIn Toronto Film Festival 1994. In Berlin Film Festival 1995.
- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Frank Darabont
Production Company: Castle Rock Entertainment
Executive Producer: Liz Glotzer
view all - CastTim Robbins (Andy Dufresne)
Morgan Freeman (Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding)
Bob Gunton (Warden Samuel Norton)
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Title
The Shawshank Redemption (Original)
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (Help search)
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view all - ArticlesRadio Times 24 Mar 2007 - ReviewScriptWriter n4 May 2002 - ArticleRadio Times v295 n3850 15 Nov 1997 - ArticleSight and Sound v5 n2 February 1995 - Credits, Review, SynopsisFangoria n137 October 1994 - Location Reportview all
- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes September 2017
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- The Shawshank Redemption
Work - 402716 - 1994 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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