The Shawshank Redemption

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    The Shawshank Redemption
    1994

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Tim RobbinsAndy Dufresne
    • Morgan FreemanEllis Boyd 'Red' Redding
    • Bob GuntonWarden Norton
    • William SadlerHeywood
    • Clancy BrownCaptain Byron T. Hadley
    • Gil BellowsTommy
    • James WhitmoreBrooks Hatlen
    • Mark RolstonBogs Diamond
    • Jeffrey DeMunn1946 D.A.
    • Larry BrandenburgSkeet

    Recommendations

    • 90

      Rolling Stone

      It's the no-bull performances that hold back the flood of banalities. Robbins and Freeman connect with the bruised souls of Andy and Red to create something undeniably powerful and moving.
    • 90

      Chicago Reader

      Gripping...compelling.
    • 90

      Variety

      Central to the film's success is a riveting, unfussy performance from Robbins. Freeman has the showier role, allowing him a grace and dignity that come naturally.
    • 90

      The New York Times

      There are times when The Shawshank Redemption comes dangerously close to sounding one of those "triumph of the spirit" notes. But most of it is eloquently restrained. [23 Sept 1994, p.C3]
    • 90

      Time

      [Darabont] makes you feel the maddening pace of prison time without letting his picture succumb to it.
    • 89

      Austin Chronicle

      At times poignant, joyful, and terrifying, Shawshank Redemption is an altogether brilliant movie and the debut of an equally brilliant director.
    • 88

      ReelViews

      Whitmore's Brooks is a brilliantly-realized character, and the scenes with him attempting to cope with life outside of Shawshank represents one of the film's most moving -- and effective -- sequences.
    • 75

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Some of "The Shawshank Redemption'' comes across as outrageously improbable. Yet the film keeps pulling you back with its sense of striving humanity slowly turning the tables against evil.

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