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  1. Sep 23, 1994 · Ebert praises the film as an allegory about holding onto personal worth and friendship in prison, based on a Stephen King story. He admires the performances of Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, and the direction of Frank Darabont.

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      That is the truth that Kieslowski keeps returning to in his...

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      A review of Spike TV's adaptation of Stephen King's The...

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      The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Roger Ebert. Andy Dufresne....

  2. Oct 17, 1999 · A classic prison drama about hope, friendship and redemption, based on a Stephen King story. Ebert praises the film's calm, observant tone, its spiritual arc and its actors, especially Morgan Freeman as the narrator.

  3. Mar 4, 2024 Full Review Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel The Shawshank Redemption is both resigned and inspirational, grittily realistic and vaguely surreal, matter-of-fact and operatic.

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  4. Sep 23, 2016 · While the story roils with some rousing prison-type action and is coarsened by an overpowering sense of frustration, The Shawshank Redemption is really about the unlikely friendship between...

  5. The Shawshank Redemption is both resigned and inspirational, grittily realistic and vaguely surreal, matter-of-fact and operatic. Somehow, these opposites are combined into a remarkably smooth...

  6. The Shawshank Redemption is written and directed by Frank Darabont. It is an adaptation of the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, the film portrays the story of Andy Dufresne (Robbins), a banker who is sentenced to two life sentences at Shawshank State Prison for apparently ...

  7. Sep 1, 1994 · Wrongly convicted, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in in Maine's Shawshank prison for the murders of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy learns to get by in the brutal confines of prison, even earning the respect of his fellow inmates, most notably the longtime convict "Red ...