The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Wrongly convicted, Andy Dufresne (Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in in Maine's Shawshank prison for the murders of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy learns to get by in the brutal confines of prison, even earning the respect of his fellow inmates, most notably the longtime convict "Red" Redding (Freeman).
Books with substantial mentioning of The Shawshank Redemption
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David Thomson Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films New York, 2008 |
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Roger Ebert The Great Movies 2003 |
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Jürgen Müller Filme der 90er Köln-London-Madrid-New York-Paris-Tokyo, 2001 |
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Shawn Brennan (ed.) Magill's Cinema Annual 1995, 14th Edition. A Survey of the Films of 1994 New York [..], 1996 |
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Articles on The Shawshank Redemption
| Chris Hewitt, Hope springs eternal, in: Empire, nr. 266 (August), 2011 pp. 82-87 |
Articles with substantial mentioning of The Shawshank Redemption
| Nick de Semlyen, Your 10 Best '90s Movies, in: Empire, nr. 198 (December), 2005 pp. 150-151 |
| Simon Braund, The Top 10 Prison Breaks, in: Empire, nr. 210 (December), 2006 pp. 184-185 |
