The Shawshank Redemption

This modern film classic, an extraordinary tale of hope and survival inside a maximum security prison, follows the complex twenty-year relationship between two convicts who have little in common except friendship. Based on the novella Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King, director/screenwriter Frank Darabonts film, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay and has been named one of the 100 Best Films of All Time by the American Film Institute.