The Shawshank redemption [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Castle Rock Entertainment presents ; executive producers, Liz Glotzer, David Lester ; screenplay by Frank Darabont ; produced by Niki Marvin ; directed by Frank Darabont ; released by Columbia Pictures.
Contributor(s): Darabont, Frank | Robbins, Tim
| Freeman, Morgan | King, Stephen | Marvin, Niki | Warner Bros. Pictures | Castle Rock Entertainment (Firm) | Warner Home Video (Firm).
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, c2004Edition: Two-disc special ed. ; 10th-anniversary ed.Description: 2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 0780645677.Subject(s): Prisoners -- Drama | Prisons -- Officials and employees -- Drama | Male friendship -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372 Cast: Tim Robbins (Andy Dufresne), Morgan Freeman (Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding), Bob Gunton (Warden Norton), William Sadler (Heywood), Clancy Brown (Captain Hadley), James Whitmore (Brooks Hatlen).Summary: Andy Dufresne, a bank executive, is sentenced to two life sentences for murdering his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. In Shawshank State Prison, he becomes friends with Red, who smuggles goods into the prison. After other prisoners beat him up, Red gives Andy a poster of Rita Heyworth. Andy uses his financial expertise to do the books for the warden's crooked schemes. Gil, a new prisoner, tells Andy that a man in another prisoner said that he killed a banker's wife and her lover. When Andy informs the warden, he throws Andy into solitary and has Gil killed. Behind the poster of Heyworth and other pin-ups, Andy has been digging a tunnel, through which he escapes to Mexico with the warden's money and after leaving evidence of the warden's crimes. When Red is finally released, he joins Andy.
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| Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TU | 791.4372 SHA (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | SOMAC,09030,02,GR | 1001008549 | ||
| Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TU | 791.4372 SHA 2004 (Browse shelf) | Set of two DVDs | 1 | Available | GENLS,GENLS,01,CL | 1000529568 |
Based on the short novel Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption by Stephen King.
Originally released as motion picture in 1994.
Based on the short novel 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption' by Stephen King.
Tim Robbins (Andy Dufresne), Morgan Freeman (Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding), Bob Gunton (Warden Norton), William Sadler (Heywood), Clancy Brown (Captain Hadley), James Whitmore (Brooks Hatlen).
Andy Dufresne, a bank executive, is sentenced to two life sentences for murdering his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. In Shawshank State Prison, he becomes friends with Red, who smuggles goods into the prison. After other prisoners beat him up, Red gives Andy a poster of Rita Heyworth. Andy uses his financial expertise to do the books for the warden's crooked schemes. Gil, a new prisoner, tells Andy that a man in another prisoner said that he killed a banker's wife and her lover. When Andy informs the warden, he throws Andy into solitary and has Gil killed. Behind the poster of Heyworth and other pin-ups, Andy has been digging a tunnel, through which he escapes to Mexico with the warden's money and after leaving evidence of the warden's crimes. When Red is finally released, he joins Andy.
DVD; Region 1; Dolby digital.
Subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Bahasa & Thai