The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

 ●  English ● 2 hrs 22 mins

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Taut and thrilling, this exemplary tale of hope, loss, friendship, loyalty focuses on the fluctuating fortunes in the life of Andy Dufresne, a young and successful banker from Maine. His whole life is turned upside down when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner. Will Andy, who has had no criminal background and lead a life of luxury, be able to take the terrors and hardship piled upon him in the harsh environment of the prison? Can he ever find a way to prove his innocence and breathe free air once more?
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Cast: Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins

Crew: Frank Darabont (Director), Roger Deakins (Director of Photography), Thomas Newman (Music Director)

Rating: U/A (India), MA (Australia), 15 (United Kingdom)

Genres: Drama

Release Dates: 23 Sep 1994 (India)

Tagline: Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

Did you know? Frank Darabont watched Goodfellas (1990) every Sunday while shooting this film and drew inspiration from it on using voice-over narration and showing the passage of time. Read More
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Colour Info:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1 (Flat)
Stereoscopy:
No
Taglines:
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
Movie Connection(s):
Referenced in: 3 Deewarein (Hindi)
Referenced in: Now You See Me (English)
Goofs:
Audio/Video Mismatch
In the scene where the inmates are at the table wondering if Andy Dufresne wants to commit suicide, one of them says "No, no, Andy would never do that." But his mouth movements correspond with Dufresne rather than Andy.

Character Error
In the scene where newspaper front page shown that announcing the "corruption" story, the word "indictment" is misspelled as "indictement".

Continuity
In the scene where they're tossing the cells, Hadley knocks over the small stone-works Andy has made. The bishop is alternately standing up/knocked over between shots.

Continuity
At the start of the film Andy (while sitting in his car) goes to grab his bottle and the gun in his lap vanishes and reappears between shots.

Revealing Mistakes
In the scene where the top of the pipe is broken open, it shoots a fountain, indicating that it is pressurized (if only by gravity). But then the pipe drains nearly empty. It should only have drained to the lowest point in the hole broken at the top.
Trivia:
This is noted as Morgan Freeman's favorite film of his own.

This became one of the highest grossing video rentals of all time.

Frank Darabont watched Goodfellas (1990) every Sunday while shooting this film and drew inspiration from it on using voice-over narration and showing the passage of time.

After the film's popularity, Ted Turner sold the television rights to TNT, his own network, for much lower than normal for such a big film. Because it is so inexpensive to show, the film is broadcast on TNT extremely often.

Kevin Costner turned down the role of Andy Dufresne, a decision he strongly regretted later on.

The opening chat between Andy and Red in the prison yard, where 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.