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The Shawshank Redemption 25th Anniversary (1994) presented by TCM

  • Rated R
  • 2hr 30m
  • 80

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Frank Darabont

Producer:

Liz Glotzer, David V. Lester, Niki Marvin

Writer:

Stephen King, Frank Darabont

Release Date:

Sep 22, 2019

Runtime:

2hr 30m

Synopsis

Fathom Events, TCM and Warner Bros. present a special 25th anniversary showing of The Shawshank Redemption coming to select cinemas nationwide for a special event that includes exclusive insight from Turner Classic Movies. From a novella by best-selling author Stephen King comes a poignant tale of the human spirit. Red (Morgan Freeman), serving a life sentence, and Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a mild-mannered banker wrongly convicted of murder, forge an unlikely bond that will span more than twenty years. Together they discover hope as the ultimate means of survival.

Cast

  • Tim Robbins
  • Morgan Freeman
  • Bob Gunton
  • William Sadler
  • Clancy Brown
  • Gil Bellows
  • Mark Rolston
  • James Whitmore
  • Jeffrey DeMunn
  • Larry Brandenburg

Did You Know?

Trivia

  • The Shawshank prison, in the book and in the movie, was loosely based on Thomaston prison, an aging prison located in Thomaston, Maine. It closed in 2004, due to its small size and dilapidated structure.
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Goofs

  • Federal income taxes were due on March 15th in the 1940s, not April 15th as they are today.
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Quotes

    • [narrating]
    • Red: I wish I could tell you that Andy fought the good fight, and the Sisters let him be. I wish I could tell you that - but prison is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it, but we all knew. Things went on like that for awhile - prison life consists of routine, and then more routine. Every so often, Andy would show up with fresh bruises. The Sisters kept at him - sometimes he was able to fight 'em off, sometimes not. And that's how it went for Andy - that was his routine. I do believe those first two years were the worst for him, and I also believe that if things had gone on that way, this place would have got the best of him.
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Universal acclaim based on 1582 Reviews
80

In the lead roles, both Robbins and Freeman are outstanding, layering their performances with snippets of individuality: Their small, daily sustenances and minor triumphs are wonderfully inspiring.

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Metacritic review by Duane Byrge
Duane Byrge
The Hollywood Reporter
88

If the film is perhaps a little slow in its middle passages, maybe that is part of the idea, too, to give us a sense of the leaden passage of time, before the glory of the final redemption.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
88

This is a movie with every facet shining in place, every word charged and resonant. [23 Sept 1994]

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Metacritic review by Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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