Directed by Frank Delabonte
Written by Frank Drabonte/Stephen King
Starring: Tim Robbins/Morgan Freeman/Bob Gunton/William Sadler/Clancy Brown
Genre: Drama/Crime
Production country: United States
Language: English
Release date: 1994-09-10(Toronto Film Festival) / 1994-10-14(US)
Running time: 142 minutes
Summary of the Shawshank Redemption
A murder sends banker Andy (Tim Robbins) to prison for the murder of his wife and her lover. His first appearance in Shawshank Prison makes the prison “big brother” Red (Morgan Freeman) look at him differently. Red helps him get a stone hammer and a poster of a female star, and the two become friends in times of adversity. Soon, Andy showed his talent in the prison, acted as a prison librarian, and used his financial knowledge to help prison officers avoid taxes, which attracted the attention of the warden and was led to help the warden launder money. By chance, he learns that a newly jailed thief can testify to help him get away with murder. Andy lit up a glimmer of hope to find the warden, hoping that he can help him overturn the case. The sinister and hypocritical warden pretended to promise Andy, but sent someone to kill the thief behind him, so that his only hope of getting out legally was extinguished. Depressed Andy did not despair, in a thunderstorm night, a hidden decades of escape plan let him self-salvation, regain freedom! His old friend Rhett, with his encouragement and help, also bravely ran to freedom.
The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 1995, as well as a Golden Globe Award and a Saturn Award.