R19942h 22mDramaCrime
The Shawshank Redemption
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
88Pop Score9 of 9 sources
Audiences +8 vs criticsImprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
- Director, Writer
- Frank Darabont
- Novel
- Stephen King
- Music
- Thomas Newman
- Cinematography
- Roger Deakins
- Editor
- Richard Francis-Bruce
Ratings
Pop Score weighs critics and audiences equally, and trusts each source in proportion to how many votes or reviews back it.
Top billed cast
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 23 Sept 1994
- Original language
- English
