The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
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About
"The Shawshank Redemption" is a 1994 American drama film, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption." The film tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murder of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence.
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Director: Frank Darabont
Writer/Screenplay: Screenplay by Frank Darabont based on the novella by Stephen King
Producer: Niki Marvin
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Running time: 142 minutes
Certificate: R
Budget: $25 million
Box office: $58.3 million
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Released: September 23, 1994
Music Composer: Thomas Newman
Cast
- Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne
- Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
- Bob Gunton as Warden Norton
- William Sadler as Heywood
- Clancy Brown as Captain Hadley
- Gil Bellows as Tommy
- Mark Rolston as Bogs Diamond
- James Whitmore as Brooks Hatlen
