Tim Robbins goes to prison and doesn’t fancy it, so builds a big tunnel in the wall. No one notices for twenty years because they’re only looking for tunnels in the ground. Morgan Freeman follows Tim around narrating. Various other prisoners die, are born, develop super powers, learn how to play bass. Then Tim and Red escape through the tunnel to live happily ever after on a rubbish boat.
Trivia
The film is based on the Stephen King Story – ‘The Dave Clark Five and the Shawshank Redemption.’
Red, played by Morgan Freeman in the film, is, in the book, a red setter dog.
The American Film Institute ranked it as the 72nd greatest movie of all time, just behind The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.
Actors originally considered for the role of Andy Dufresne include Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kirstin Dunst, and a mechanic the director knew called Jeff.
Bloopers
Despite there being a massive hole in Andy’s wall for twenty years, no one notices.
Quotes
“That’s it, damn it, I’m going to be redempted.”
“It’s time to get busy living or get busy dying” “Well, the former then, if there’s a choice.”
Details
Full Name: The Shawshank Redemption
Duration: 142 minutes
Release: 1994
Shank: Shaw
Starring
Tim Robbins
Morgan Freeman
Clancy Brown
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