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Background Information
The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 Americancrime drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, and starring TimRobbins and Morgan Freeman. Adapted from the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworthand Shawshank Redemption, the film tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a bankerwho is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murder of hiswife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. During his time at theprison, he befriends a fellow inmate, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, and findshimself protected by the guards after the warden begins using him in hismoney-laundering operation.
While The Shawshank Redemption receivedpositive reviews at release, it suffered from poor viewership and competitionfrom other films such as Pulp Fiction at its initial release, and was a boxoffice disappointment. The film received multiple award nominations (includingseven Oscar nominations) and highly positive reviews from critics for itsacting, story, and realism. Through Ted Turner's acquisition of Castle RockEntertainment, the film started gaining more popularity in 1997 after itstarted near-daily airings on Turner's TNT network. It is now considered to beone of the greatest films of the 1990s. It has since been successful on cabletelevision, VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray.
It was included in the American FilmInstitute's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition). In 2015, theUnited States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in theNational Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, oraesthetically significant".
Chicago Sun-Times film reviewer Roger Ebertargued that The Shawshank Redemption is an allegory for maintaining one'sfeeling of self-worth when placed in a hopeless position. Andy Dufresne'sintegrity is an important theme in the story line, especially in prison, whereintegrity is lacking.Isaac M. Morehouse suggests that the film provides agreat illustration of how characters can be free, even in prison, or unfree,even in freedom, based on their outlooks on life.
During a cast reunion, moderatorMax Brooks noted that the story is unique in depicting a nonsexual love storybetween two men
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