For his directing debut, Darabont assembled a top-notch supporting cast with a memorable performance by the great James Whitmore as a longtime convict. However, an unforgivable betrayal leads him to plot an impossible escape. Andy’s accounting skills and his friendship with a more experienced prisoner, Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding played by Morgan Freeman help keep him alive in the hostile setting. Tim Robbins stars as Andy Dufresne, a young banker falsely convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover, who faces unthinkable brutality as an inmate of Shawshank State Prison. Screenwriter Frank Darabont made his feature directing debut with an Oscar-nominated adaptation of Stephen King’s novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, and over the last twenty years, this gripping story of hope and courage has become one of the most beloved films of its time. In person: Frank Darabont, Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins.
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