Shawshank Redemption

Theatrical Release Date: 1994 09 23 (USA - Limited) / 1994 10 07 (USA - Expanding)

UPC: 053939258325

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations]

Summary: In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most likely to crack under the pressure. The ugly realities of prison life are quickly introduced to Andy: a corrupt warden (Bob Gunton), sadistic guards led by Capt. Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown), and inmates who are little better than animals, willing to use rape or beatings to insure their dominance. But Andy does not crack: he has the hope of the truly innocent, which (together with his smarts) allow him to prevail behind bars. He uses his banking skills to win favor with the warden and the guards, doing the books for Norton's illegal business schemes and keeping an eye on the investments of most of the prison staff. In exchange, he is able to improve the prison library and bring some dignity and respect back to many of the inmates, including Red. Based on a story by Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption was the directorial debut of screenwriter Frank Darabont. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – null Best Screenplay – null Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Actor – Screen Actors Guild Best Actor – Screen Actors Guild Best Cinematography – American Society of Cinematographers Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Shawshank Redemption

Format: DVD

Release Date: 12/21/1999

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 142 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1
0. Scene Selections
1. On Trial [4:27]
2. Icy/remorseless [1:58]
3. The guy who can get it [3:28]
4. A stiff breeze and other arrivals [3:46]
5. Fresh fish [4:05]
6. Nameless [5:43]
7. First request [5:17]
8. Andy's routine [4:31]
9. Beer on the roof [5:17]
10. Just like everybody else [2:15]
11. Second request [1:34]
12. A pair of beatings [3:33]
13. Welcome back [1:59]
14. Cell toss [3:06]
15. A cottage industry [5:57]
16. Exactly what they take [3:08]
17. Brooks was here [5:18]
18. A shipment for Andy [1:30]
19. Tiem out for Mozart [3:46]
20. The danger of hope [2:48]
21. Parole rejection present [2:02]
22. Keeping the books [5:12]
23. A crook in prison [2:50]
24. Tommy Williams [5:27]
25. Elmo Blatch [2:44]
26. Solitary [3:26]
27. Sniper's target [2:51]
28. Catching Norton's drift [2:09]
29. A certian hay field [6:44]
30. The longest night [3:23]
31. Vanished [3:44]
32. Andy's way out [6:04]
33. His judgement cometh [3:33]
34. Not meant to be caged [1:40]
35. Rehabilitated? [2:35]
36. On the outside [1:47]
37. Honoring a promise [2:42]
38. "No good thing ever dies" [3:31]
39. A free man's dreams [1:39]
40. Dedication and End Credits [4:22]

Dan Jardine

Adapted from a Stephen King novella, The Shawshank Redemption takes a prison drama and twists it into a fascinating existential treatise on how to approach the business of day-to-day life in the face of a desperately Sisyphian reality. As the film's signature line suggests, "Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'." Filmed on location in an Ohio prison, the film occasionally lapses into familiar formulas and well-known stereotypes of the prison-drama genre, but overcomes them due in no small part to a pair of transcendent performances by Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins. Director Frank Darabont and cinematographer Roger Deakins (a Coen brothers collaborator) recreate the drudgery and hopelessness of prison life in both the look and the details of dreary rituals of daily life. Spanning twenty years in the lives of its protagonists, Darabont's screenplay and direction allow us the luxury of getting to know these men -- hardened criminals, with little hope for the future -- through a series of quietly captivating scenes that slowly build atmosphere and tension without sacrificing characterization and thematic integrity. A critical success but a box office failure when it was first released, the film was nominated for seven Oscars, but won nary a one. Only when Shawshank was released on video and began running repeatedly on cable did it steadily garner full-fledged public reverence. ~ Dan Jardine, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Dion Anderson  Actor 
Steve Eastin  Actor 
Joe Ragno  Actor 
Bill Bolender  Actor 
Gordon Greene  Actor 
Donald Zinn  Actor 
Brian Brophy  Actor 
Ken Magee  Actor 
Rohn Thomas  Actor 
Deborah Aquila  Actor 
Jude Ciccolella  Actor 
Don McManus  Actor 
Gary Lee Davis  Actor 
Paul McCrane  Actor 
David Proval  Actor 
Frank Medrano  Actor 
Ned Bellamy  Actor 
Neil Giuntoli  Actor 
Joe Pecoraro  Actor 
Larry Brandenburg  Actor 
Brian Libby  Actor 
Neil Summers  Actor 
John R. Woodward  Actor 
Frank Darabont  Director 
Frank Darabont  Screenwriter 
Liz Glotzer  Executive Producer 
David Lester  Executive Producer 
Niki Marvin  Producer 
Thomas Newman  Composer (Music Score) 
Tim Robbins  Actor 
Morgan Freeman  Actor 
Bob Gunton  Actor 
Bill Sadler  Actor 
Clancy Brown  Actor 
James Whitmore  Actor 
Gil Bellows  Actor 
Mark Rolston  Actor 
Jeffrey DeMunn  Actor 

Country: USA