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MPAA Raing: R
Director: Frank Darabont
Genres: Escape Film, Prison Film, Buddy Film, Drama
Sound By: Dolby
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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 int... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Tim Robbins - (Andy Dufresne)
Morgan Freeman - (Ellis Boy "Red" Redding)
Bob Gunton - (Warden Samuel Norton)
Bill Sadler - (Heywood)
Clancy Brown - (Capt. Byron Hadley)
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Review:
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... Continue >>

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