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April 3, 2023... #movieoftheday is The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
“The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont , based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption . The film tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne ( Tim Robbins ), who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. Over the following two decades, he befriends a fellow prisoner, contraband smuggler Ellis "Red" Redding ( Morgan Freeman ), and becomes instrumental in a money laundering operation led by the prison warden Samuel Norton ( Bob Gunton ). William Sadler , Clancy Brown , Gil Bellows , and James Whitmore appear in supporting roles…
“It is recognized as one of the most “beloved” films ever made. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry , finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." – #wikipedia
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“In early 1947, Portland, Maine , banker Andy Dufresne arrives at Shawshank State Prison to serve two consecutive life sentences for murdering his wife and her lover. He is befriended by Ellis "Red" Redding, an inmate and prison contraband smuggler serving a life sentence, who procures a rock hammer and a large poster of Rita Hayworth for Andy… who escapes 19 years later…” – more at #wikipedia
“The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont , based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption . The film tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne ( Tim Robbins ), who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. Over the following two decades, he befriends a fellow prisoner, contraband smuggler Ellis "Red" Redding ( Morgan Freeman ), and becomes instrumental in a money laundering operation led by the prison warden Samuel Norton ( Bob Gunton ). William Sadler , Clancy Brown , Gil Bellows , and James Whitmore appear in supporting roles…
“It is recognized as one of the most “beloved” films ever made. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry , finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." – #wikipedia
PLOT
“In early 1947, Portland, Maine , banker Andy Dufresne arrives at Shawshank State Prison to serve two consecutive life sentences for murdering his wife and her lover. He is befriended by Ellis "Red" Redding, an inmate and prison contraband smuggler serving a life sentence, who procures a rock hammer and a large poster of Rita Hayworth for Andy… who escapes 19 years later…” – more at #wikipedia
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