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Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Binding: VHS Tape Brand: Granada Ventures Ltd EAN: 5011531870081 Format: HiFi Sound, PAL Label: ITV DVD Languages:EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalogItalianOriginal LanguageAnalog Manufacturer: ITV DVD Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: ITV DVD Release Date: September 01, 2025 Running Time: 136 minutes Studio: ITV DVD Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 2025
Amazon.co.uk Review: When The Shawshank Redemption was released in 1994, some critics complained that this popular prison drama was too long (142 minutes) to sustain its plot. 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 novel by Stephen King) allows the story to unfold at its necessary pace.
Tim Robbins plays a banker named Andy who is sent to Shawshank Prison on a murder charge, but as he gets to know a life-term prisoner named Red (Morgan Freeman), we soon realise his claims of innocence are credible. We also realise 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 (which movie lovers count among their all-time favourites) that signalled the arrival of a promising new filmmaker. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating: - Personal survival
One of the few films I could watch again and again.
Morgan Freeman brings a little extra to his role as the prison fixer (who can get you things you want), and the long underrated Tim Robbins is aloof and keeps you wondering. He plays a banker convicted of a double murder and an unusual character to find in a high-security prison.
Prison life and the characters in it are colourfully illustrated. The business of trying to salvage some quality of life and some self-respect ... Read More
Rating: - IN THE TOP 10 MOVIES OV ALL TIME
Im going to keep this short,this is one ov the greatest movies ever made it has everything a movie needs,so BUY it u wont regreat it.
Rating: - Powerful, edgy story-telling
A young banker (Tim Robbins) with a family is accused of murder, convicted, and sent to prison. He faces all the usual dangers of prison, deals with a corrupt and tyrannical warden, befriends a "lifer" (Morgan Freeman), and eventually . . . I won't give that away.
This is really about how to survive adversity and maintain hope and your values no matter what happens to you from the outside. No matter who does what to him, Tim Robbins' character never lets go of who he is and what ... Read More
Rating: - Powerful story-telling
A young banker (Tim Robbins) with a family is accused of murder, convicted, and sent to prison. He faces all the usual dangers of prison, deals with a corrupt and tyrannical warden, befriends a "lifer" (Morgan Freeman), and eventually . . . I won't give that away.
This is really about how to survive adversity and maintain hope and your values no matter what happens to you from the outside. No matter who does what to him, Tim Robbins' character never lets go of who he is and what ... Read More
Rating: - The absolute must see!!!!
This has got to be one of my hall of fame movie... The duo Tim Robbins/Morgan freeman is probably partly responsible for the quality of this movie. this is the story of a banker, Andy Dufresne, which life will be absolutely put torn apart after being accused and convicted for the murder of his wife and lover. He will be sentenced to life in jail. shawshank is the name of the prison where the very unpleasant will happen. Years after years Andy will learn to adapt to this cruel environment to become a ... Read More
- Personal survival