"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free."
Directed by Frank Darabont
Produced by Niki Marvin
Screenplay by Frank Darabont
Based on "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King
Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Edited by Richard Francis-Bruce
Production company: Castle Rock Entertainment
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date: 14 October 1994 (United States)
Running time: 142 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $25 million
Box office: $28.3 million (North America)
"The Shawshank Redemption" is a crime drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and which was adapted from the Stephen King novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption". It tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife and her lover despite his claims of innocence. During his time at the prison, he befriends a fellow inmate, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, and finds himself protected by the guards after the warden begins using him in his money laundering operation.
