Andy Dufresne is shipped off Shawshank Prison for the homicide of his wife and her mysterious lover. He is exceptionally detached and alone from the outset, however acknowledges there is a profound thing inside your body that individuals can’t contact or get to….’HOPE’. Andy becomes companions with jail ‘fixer’ Red, and Andy exemplifies why it is urgent to have dreams.
His soul and assurance lead us into a world loaded with creative mind, one loaded up with courage and want. Does Andy have what it takes to understand his fantasies?
The Shawshank Redemption
PG-12A
Duration: 2h 12min
Release Date: 3 September 2021 (United Kingdom)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
IMDb: 7.5
Box Office Collection
Budget: $165,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA: $47,510,360, Nov 9 2014
Gross USA: $188,020,017
Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $701,729,206
Awards:
| 20/20 Awards 2015 |
| Best Adapted Screenplay Frank Darabont Best Cinematography Roger Deakins |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2016 |
| Best DVD/Blu-Ray Collection For The Green Mile and The Majestic As a part of “The Frank Darabont Collection”. |
| American Society of Cinematographers, USA 1995 |
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Roger Deakins |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards 1994 |
| Best Adapted Screenplay Frank Darabont Best Cinematography Roger Deakins |
| Awards of the Japanese Academy 1996 |
| Best Foreign Film |
| Camerimage 1995 |
| Roger Deakins |
| Chlotrudis Awards 1995 |
| Best Actor Morgan Freeman Tied with Wallace Shawn for Vanya on 42nd Street (1994). |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 1995 |
| Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Tied with John Toll for Legends of the Fall (1994). |
| Heartland International Film Festival 1995 |
| Frank Darabont |
| Hochi Film Awards 1995 |
| Best Foreign Language Film Frank Darabont |
| Humanitas Prize 1995 |
| Feature Film Category Frank Darabont |
| Kinema Junpo Awards 1996 |
| Best Foreign Language Film Frank Darabont Best Foreign Language Film Frank Darabont |
| Mainichi Film Concours 1996 |
| Best Foreign Language Film Frank Darabont |
| National Board of Review, USA 1994 |
| Top Ten Films |
| National Film Preservation Board, USA 2015 |
| National Film Preservation Board |
| Online Film & Television Association 1997 |
| Motion Picture |
| PEN Center USA West Literary Awards 1995 |
| Screenplay Frank Darabont |
Casts
| Tim Robbins | Andy Dufresne |
| Morgan Freeman | Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding |
| Bob Gunton | Warden Norton |
| William Sadler | Heywood |
| Clancy Brown | Captain Hadley |
| Gil Bellows | Tommy |
| Mark Rolston | Bogs Diamond |
| James Whitmore | Brooks Hatlen |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | 1946 D.A. |
| Larry Brandenburg | Skeet |
Writing Credits
| Stephen King | (based on the short novel “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” by) |
| Frank Darabont | (screenplay by) |
