The film began airing regularly on the network in June 1997. "So Was Red", played following Red's release from prison, and leading to his discovery of Andy's cache, became one of Newman's favorite pieces. [77] It was also voted as New Zealand's favorite film in a 2015 poll. Robbins said, "I swear to God, all over the world—all over the world—wherever I go, there are people who say, 'That movie changed my life' ". [57] The oak tree under which Andy buries his letter to Red was located near Malabar Farm State Park, in Lucas, Ohio;[44] it was destroyed by winds in 2016. [15] James Kisicki and Claire Slemmer portray the Maine National Bank manager and a teller, respectively. [23], Early in the film, Warden Norton quotes Jesus Christ to describe himself to Andy, saying, "I am the light of the world", declaring himself Andy's savior, but this description can also reference Lucifer, the bearer of light. Brooks, who in the novella is a minor character who dies in a retirement home, became a tragic character who eventually hanged himself. 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He felt that it already elicited such strong emotions without music that he found it difficult to compose one that would elevate scenes without distracting from them. [53] The Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society, a group of enthusiasts of the film, purchased the building and site from Ohio for one dollar in 2000 and took up maintaining it as a historical landmark, both as its purpose as a prison and as the filming site. [44] Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, and Kevin Costner were offered, and passed on the role[9]—Hanks due to his starring role in Forrest Gump,[40] and Costner because he had the lead in Waterworld. "[66] The scene was intended to be much longer and more dramatic, detailing Andy's escape across a field and onto a train, but with only a single night available to film the sequence, it was shortened to showing Andy standing triumphant in the water. [36] Positive recommendations and repeat customer viewings, and being well received by both male and female audiences, were considered key to the film's rental success. [80] It was considered a box-office bomb, failing to recoup its $25 million budget, not including marketing costs and the cinema exhibitors' cuts. [87] In an interview, Freeman said, "About everywhere you go, people say, 'The Shawshank Redemption—greatest movie I ever saw'" and that such praise "Just comes out of them". Release Dates The interior of the boarding room used by Brooks and Red was in the administration building; exterior shots of the boarding house were taken elsewhere. [84] The Hollywood Reporter said that both the directing and writing were crisp, while criticizing the film's long running time. The following year, Red is finally paroled after serving 40 years. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Tommy, who in the novella trades his evidence exonerating Andy for transfer to a nicer prison, in the screenplay is murdered on the orders of Warden Norton, who is a composite of several warden characters in King's story. Andy's integrity is an important theme in the story line, especially in prison, where integrity is lacking. [53][54] The facility had been shuttered three years earlier in 1990,[55] due to inhumane living conditions. [9] After receiving his first screenwriting credit in 1987 for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Darabont returned to King with $5,000[3] to purchase the rights to adapt Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, a 96-page novella from King's 1982 collection Different Seasons, written to explore genres other than the horror stories for which he was commonly known. Since Darabont wanted the inmates' cells to face each other, almost all the cellblock scenes were shot on a purpose-built set housed in the Westinghouse factory,[53] except for the scene featuring Elmo Blatch's admission of guilt for the crimes for which Andy was convicted. While The Shawshank Redemption received critical acclaim on its release, particularly for its story and the performances of Robbins and Freeman, it was a box-office disappointment, earning only $16 million during its initial theatrical run. 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. [9] Reiner, who had previously adapted King's 1982 novella The Body into the 1986 film Stand by Me, planned to cast Tom Cruise as Andy and Harrison Ford as Red. Cast from the film attended some of the events, including Gunton, Scott Mann, Renee Blaine, and James Kisicki. In a 2014 Wall Street Journal article, based on the margins studios take from box office returns, home media sales, and television licensing, The Shawshank Redemption had made an estimated $100 million. [71] One scripted scene, which Darabont described as his best work, was left unfilmed because of the shooting schedule. [77], A 2017 poll conducted by Gatwick Airport also identified the film as the fourth-best to watch while in flight. Robbins said that it is important that such a place exists for us. [93] The Hollywood Reporter stated that both Freeman and Robbins gave outstanding, layered performances that imbued their characters with individuality,[85] and Rolling Stone's Peter Travers said that the pair created something "undeniably powerful and moving". [94] Klady summarized the film as "estimable and haunting entertainment", comparing it to a rough diamond with small flaws,[84] but Howe criticized it for deviating with multiple subplots, and pandering by choosing to resolve the story with Andy and Red's reunion, rather than leaving the mystery. [56] Scenes were also filmed in Mansfield, as well as neighboring Ashland, Ohio. [38] Among his inspirations, Darabont listed the works of director Frank Capra, including Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946), describing them as tall tales; Darabont likened The Shawshank Redemption to a tall tale more than a prison movie. Warden Samuel Norton meets Andy and reassigns him to the prison library to assist elderly inmate Brooks Hatlen, a front to allow Andy to manage financial matters for other prison staff, guards from other prisons, and the warden himself. I remember having a bad moment with the director, had a few of those." It tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. [73], In Darabont's original vision for the end of the film, Red is seen riding a bus towards the Mexican border, leaving his fate ambiguous. [31] Immediately following this scene, Andy is assaulted by the Sisters in the projector room and uses a film reel to help fight them off. [16][17], The film has been interpreted as being grounded in Christian mysticism. [49] While in the finished film the inmates watch Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946), they were originally intended to be watching Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend (1945), a film about the dangers of alcohol. [58], Just as a prison in Ohio stood in for a fictional one in Maine, the beach scene showing Andy and Red's reunion in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, was actually shot in the Caribbean on the island of Saint Croix, one of the U.S. Virgin Islands. [76] It did not win in any category. [85] Klady said that the length and tone, while tempered by humor and unexpected events, would dampen the film's mainstream appeal, but the story offered a fascinating portrait of the innate humanity of the inmates. [3] While finances for licensing the film for television are unknown, in 2014, current and former Warner Bros. executives confirmed that it was one of the highest-valued assets in the studio's $1.5 billion library. In 1998, it was nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list, and was number 72 on the 2007 revised list, outranking Forrest Gump (76) and Pulp Fiction (94). The broadcast rights were acquired following the purchase of Castle Rock by Turner Broadcasting System, and it was shown regularly on the TNT network starting in 1997, further increasing its popularity. [44] As of 2019, Destination Mansfield operates the Shawshank Trail, a series of 15 marked stops around locations related to the film across Mansfield, Ashland, Upper Sandusky, and St Croix. [61] Scenes shot in Upper Sandusky included the prison wood shop scene where Red and his fellow inmates hear The Marriage of Figaro (the woodshop is now called the Shawshank Woodshop),[44] and the opening court scene which was shot at the Wyandot County Courthouse. [94], Of Robbins' performance, Gleiberman said that in his "laconic-good-guy, neo-Gary Cooper role, [Robbins] is unable to make Andy connect with the audience". [122], In 2005, the Writers Guild of America listed Darabont's screenplay at number 22 on its list of the 101 greatest screenplays,[123] and in 2006, Film4 listed it number 13 on its list of 50 Films to See Before You Die. [72] In the scene, a dreaming Red is sucked into the poster of Rita Hayworth to find himself alone and insignificant on the Pacific shore, saying "I am terrified, there is no way home." Similarly, Norton projects an image of a holy man, speaking down sanctimoniously to the servile masses while running corrupt scams, like those of which Nixon was accused. He offered Darabont between $2.4 million[42] and $3 million to allow him to direct it himself. Buzz This Week: Fearless Ishan! A longtime inmate at Shawshank known as the man who can smuggle anything in, he is the narrator of the Stephen King short story and movie. Ellis Boyd "Red" Reddingis a fictional character and the deuteragonist inThe Shawshank Redemption. [4], Darabont first collaborated with author Stephen King in 1983 on the short film adaptation of "The Woman in the Room", buying the rights from him for $1—a Dollar Deal that King used to help new directors build a résumé by adapting his short stories. Official Sites Gunton wanted to portray Norton with hair as this could then be grayed to convey his on-screen aging as the film progressed. He finds Andy on a beach in Zihuatanejo, and the two reunited friends happily embrace. [9] Reiner served as Darabont's mentor on the project, instead. [93] Ebert noted that the story works because it is not about Andy as the hero, but how Red perceives him. | Mithali scales Mt. [75] The beach reunion was test audiences' favorite scene; both Freeman and Robbins felt it provided the necessary closure. After an assault by the Sisters nearly kills Andy, Hadley beats and cripples Bogs, who is subsequently transferred to another prison. [79], Deakins' cinematography was routinely praised,[84] with The Hollywood Reporter calling it "foreboding" and "well-crafted",[85] and Travers saying "the everyday agonies of prison life are meticulously laid out ... you can almost feel the frustration and rage seeping into the skin of the inmates". [64], For the scene depicting Andy's escape from the prison, Darabont envisioned Andy using his miniature rock hammer to break into the sewage pipe, but he determined that this was not realistic. The interchangeability of the films used in the prison theater suggests that it is the cinematic experience and not the subject that is key to the scene, allowing the men to escape the reality of their situation. [44] The surrounding area is also visited by fans, while local businesses market "Shawshanwiches" and Bundt cakes in the shape of the prison. The huge poster of Raquel Welch from One Million Years B.C. The Shawshank Redemption (bra: Um Sonho de Liberdade [1]) é um filme norte-americano de drama lançado em 1994, escrito e dirigido por Frank Darabont baseado na novela Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, de Stephen King.O longa é estrelado por Tim Robbins e Morgan Freeman, com Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows e James Whitmore em papéis coadjuvantes. 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