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The Shawshank Redemption
Director:
Frank Darabont
(Dir)
Release Date:
1994
Premiere Information:
New York and Los Angeles openings: 23 Sep 1994
Duration (in mins):
142
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Cast:
Tim Robbins
(Andy Dufresne)
Morgan Freeman
(Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding)
Bob Gunton
(Warden Norton)
William Sadler
(Heywood)
Clancy Brown
(Captain Hadley)
Gil Bellows
(Tommy)
Mark Rolston
(Bogs Diamond)
And
James Whitmore
(Brooks Hatlen)
Production Company:
Castle Rock Entertainment
(A Turner Company)
Distribution Company:
Columbia Pictures
(A Sony Pictures Entertainment Company)
Director:
Frank Darabont
(Dir)
Producer:
Niki Marvin
(Prod)
Writer:
Frank Darabont
(Scr)
Photography:
Roger Deakins
(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:
Terence Marsh
(Prod des)
Film Editor:
Richard Francis-Bruce
(Ed)
Music:
Thomas Newman
(Mus)
MPAA Rating:
R
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Music:
Songs:
Source Text:
Based on the short novel "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King in his
Different Seasons
(New York, 1982).
Authors:
Stephen King
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Castle Rock Entertainment
5/12/1994
dd/mm/yyyy
PA714744
PCA NO:
33087
Physical Properties:
Sd:
Spectral Recording; Dolby Stereo Digital in selected theaters
col:
Technicolor
Lenses/Prints:
Technicolor
Genre:
Drama
Sub-Genre:
Prison
Note:
The Shawshank Redemption
was ranked 72nd on AFI's 2007 100 Years…100 Movies--10th Anniversary Edition list of the greatest American films.
Bibliographic Sources:
Date
Page
Hollywood Reporter
9 Sep 1994.
Los Angeles Times
23 Sep 1994
Calendar, p. 1.
New York
26 Sep 1994
p. 96.
New York Times
23 Sep 1994
Section III, p. 3.
Variety
9 Sep 1994
p. 42.
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