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1994 · 2h 22m · R · Drama · Crime
Rotten Tomatoes 89%Metacritic 82/100IMDb 9.3/10TMDB 8.7/10 (30,988 votes)
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, 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, and becomes instrumental in a money laundering operation led by the prison warden Samuel Norton. William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore appear in supporting roles.
Directed by Frank Darabont
Box office $28M worldwide
Family guide
15+Common Sense Media calls it a gritty prison tale with positive messages and lots of profanity.[1]
- Sex & nudity: Sex portrayed obliquely; cheesecake photos of sex symbols; brief male nudity in shower scenes; male-on-male rape implied off-screen.[1][2]
- Violence: Man commits suicide by hanging; man shot and killed; brutal beatings; guards beat prisoners; repeated homosexual rape; one man beaten to death.[1][2]
- Language: Frequent profanity including f--k; jokes about rape; maggot d--k motherf---er.[1]
- Drugs & alcohol: Man shown drinking whiskey from flask before stumbling.[1]
- Frightening & intense: Gritty prison tale with bleak themes of hope and endurance.[1]
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