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List Price: $26.98 | | Label: Castle Rock
Salesrank: 6931
Released: October 5, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A quiet banker sent to prison for murder learns to cope with prison life and develops a synergistic relationship with another lifer.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 5-OCT-2004
Media Type: DVD
Description of The Shawshank Redemption (Two-Disc Special Edition):
When this popular prison drama was released in 1994, some critics complained that the movie was too long (142 minutes) to sustain its story. Those complaints miss the point, because the passage of time is crucial to this story about patience, the squeaky wheels of justice, and the growth of a life-long friendship. Only when the film reaches its final, emotionally satisfying scene do you fully understand why writer-director Frank Darabont (adapting a novella by Stephen King) allows the story to unfold at its necessary pace, and the effect is dramatically rewarding. Tim Robbins plays a banker named Andy who's sent to Shawshank Prison on a murder charge, but as he gets to know a life-term prisoner named Red (Morgan Freeman), we realize there's reason to believe the banker's crime was justifiable. We also realize that Andy's calm, quiet exterior hides a great reserve of patience and fortitude, and Red comes to admire this mild-mannered man who first struck him as weak and unfit for prison life. So it is that The Shawshank Redemption builds considerable impact as a prison drama that defies the conventions of the genre (violence, brutality, riots) to illustrate its theme of faith, friendship, and survival. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Actor, and Screenplay, it's a remarkable film that signaled the arrival of a promising new filmmaker--a film that many movie lovers count among their all-time favorites. --Jeff Shannon
The Shawshank Redemption (Two-Disc Special Edition) Reviews:
The Shawshank Redemption Review 
2009-12-13 - Morgan Freeman is a great supporting actor in this movie, must see along with "The Green Mile", makes for a great family night. Two tottaly different stories.
The Best Movie of All-Time
2009-12-10 - We watch a lot of movies from different genres and eras. The one movie that stands out for us (above the others) is:
The Shawshank Redemption
A modern day version of the classic, "The Count of Monte Cristo" with its unique story line and plots. There is brutality and violence in the film. But, above that, it has beauty in its redeeming quality of the trasformation of an individual to the betterment of himself and those around him.
Great movie that will appeal movie lovers.
Redemption
2009-12-08 - This is an excellent five star movie. The climax is stunning. The characters well played. The story of a man falsely convicted who never gives up. A wonderful couple of hours entertainment for the price.
Christmas presents
2009-12-01 - Won't be played until Christmas but it came fast and looks in good shape. Thanks.
the best fictional movie about prison
2009-11-30 - Even after all these years I still find my self watching this movie from time to time, I am a big fan of documentaries about criminal investigation, court trials and prisons, and this in my opinion seems to be the best fictional movie about prison and incarceration ever made.
