The shawshank redemption is a 1994 american drama film written and directed by frank darabont, based on the 1982 stephen king novella rita hayworth. It appears with novellas in a book called different seasons. The 1994 movie was written by writerdirector frank darabont. The one thing morgan freeman really hates about the. Kevin anderson and reg e cathey in prison melodrama the shawshank redemption. What happened afterward was a redemptive tale worthy of andy dufresne. Two of the other short stories in the collection were made into films, stand by me in 1986 and apt pupil in 1998. Andys cell is bedecked with a poster of hayworth in all her gilda glory. Frankdarabont directed shawshank and wrote the screenplay based on the novel ritahayworth and shawshank redemption by author stephen king.
Get a glimpse at the oscar winning film, the shawshank redemption. With tim robbins, morgan freeman, bob gunton, william sadler. Still, in commemorating the films 25th anniversary we may be prompted to think about how coping inside can prepare an. It is an adaptation of the stephen king novella rita hayworth and shawshank redemption. Castle rock has produced a ton of movies based on king novels over the years. This is what i wrote about it in an article in creative screenwriting in 1996. After director frank darabont pitched shawshank to the studio. Stephen king wrote the novella rita hayworth and the shawshank redemption, on which the film is based. It was adapted for the screen in 1994 as the shawshank redemption, which was nominated for seven academy awards in 1994, including best picture. A stephen king novel telling of unfair imprisonment and escape.
Freedom in the shawshank redemption essay example for. Rita hayworth was the girl on the poster that andy used to hide the hole that he was digging. The shawshank redemption is written and directed by frank darabont. It appears with three other novellas in a book called different. Darabont directed shawshank and wrote the screenplay based on the novel rita. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online. It has been thought to be loosely based on the leo tolstoy short story god sees the truth, but waits. The one thing morgan freeman really hates about the shawshank. Shawshank, which earned a total of seven academy award nominations but won exactly zero, is considered one of the most beloved american films ever.
Both play a part in defining the titles redemption. If youve seen the movie either shawshank or green mile, pick up the novels that started it all, if the movies had you on the edge of your seat, the novels will probably turn your knuckles white. The shawshank state prison is a penitentiary in maine. How the shawshank redemption went from box office bomb to. Rita hayworth and the shawshank redemption introduction. The shawshank redemption 1994 the shawshank redemption. The movie stars morgan freeman and tim robbins as two convicts servingtime in a new england prison named shawshank. The film is based on stephen kings novella rita hayworth and shawshank redemption, which was published in a short story collection called different seasons. Andy was not an american banker in portland, maine.
Stephen king wrote the story rita hayworth and the shawshank redemption, the 1994 movie the shawshank redemption is centered. Sunday express one of the most engrossing reads ive had for months. The shawshank redemption is only one of the short stories in this book. Rita hayworth is an american actress from the 1940s. Stephen king, known by many as the master of horror, threw audiences for a loop when he wrote rita hayworth and the shawshank redemption, a story that details a oneofakind friendship between two convicted. The original title came from stephen kings book, rita hayworth and the shawshank redemption, he told chat show host seth meyers earlier. For years, the shawshank redemption has reigned in the coveted no. Why do you think the shawshank redemption is a well written screenplay.
Darabont also wrote the pilot for my newest addiction, the walking dead, which was adapted from a comic book series by robert kirkman, tony moore, and charlie adlard. Stephen king wrote the novella rita hayworth and shawshank redemption on which the 1994 movie the shawshank redemption is based. Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. The shawshank redemption was produced by castle rock entertainment, a company that was named after a fictional maine town that pops up in a number of stories by stephen king, who wrote the novella on which shawshank was based, so full circle there of course, it wasnt just a coincidence. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Andrew andy dufresne is the main protagonist in stephen kings rita hayworth and shawshank redemption and the 1994 film adaptation. 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. The shawshank redemptions journey to become one of the worlds bestloved movies is an unlikely underdog tale to rival that of its enigmatic protagonist andy dufresne tim robbins.
Although stephen king is known for novels featuring horror such as soulsucking hotels, he wrote the novel that the shawshank redemption is based on. Rita hayworth and the shawshank redemption is a short story by stephen king from his 1982 collection different seasons, subtitled hope springs eternal. Andy is sentenced to two life sentences for the murder of his wife and her lover, a crime he truly did not commit. It is the main setting for rita hayworth and shawshank redemption and the subsequent film adaptation the shawshank redemption as well as a major location in the castle rock television series. The book four seasons with four stories, including rita hayworth and the shawshank redemption, was written by stephen king. Readers of the british movie magazine empire voted the shawshank redemption no.
Only one of them, the breathing method, has not been turned into. He is befriended by a convict who knows the ropes and helps him to cope with the frightning realities of prison life. Read about its director, celebrity actors such as tim robbins. Maine town that provides the setting for many of kings books. Frank darabonts oscarnominated film the shawshank redemption failed to find an audience when it was released 25 years ago. In his novella rita hayworth and shawshank redemption, andy. I think the basic character is the morgan freeman one. The film is based on stephen kings novella rita hayworth and shawshank redemption. Why do you think the shawshank redemption is a well. This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on monday, may 25, 2015. The movie was adapted from a novella in the anthology called rita hayworth and the. The shawshank redemption has 2 interesting connections to this cult film it was released to 930 movie theaters the day pulp fiction was released on october 14, 1994 it received an equal amount of academy award nominations, namely 7 on top of that, both. In our recent interview with stephen king, we asked the author to name the.
The littleknown story of how the shawshank redemption. Titled rita hayworth and the shawshank redemption, the novel was part of a collection, including apt. The original title came from stephen kings book, rita hayworth and the shawshank redemption, he told chat show host seth meyers earlier this week. Review of the shawshank redemption red, who was serving a lifetime sentence for planning the murder of his wife. These are the sources and citations used to research the shawshank redemption. Who is the author of the story upon which the shawshank.
This is the theme from the movie shawshank redemption 1994. Stephen king, for sure, didnt intend when he wrote rita hayworth and shawshank redemption to emphasize a lot on the character of andy. We wound up dropping the rita hayworth bit because we discovered as we were prepping the movie that there was a certain amount of confusion. Hayworth and shawshank redemption by author stephen king. Over the course of the film, dufresne suffers a succession of appalling setbacks incarcerated, perhaps unjustly, for the murder of his wife and her golf pro lover. The shawshank redemption movie quotes rotten tomatoes. 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. The shawshank redemption is a movie about time, patience and loyalty not sexy qualities, perhaps, but they grow on you during the subterranean progress of this story, which is about how two men serving life sentences in prison become friends and find a way to fight off despair. Book overview a prominent banker unjustly convicted of murder spends many years in the shawshank prison. Was the shawshank redemption written by stephen king. 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. For my film analysis, i chose the movie the shawshank redemption. The movie was made in1994 and produced by niki marvin.
The shawshank redemption was nominated for best picture in 1994, as was darabonts adapted screenplay. What is the original name of the book the shawshank redemption. Reallife shawshank redemption prison escapee recaptured. Ive been asked on occasion why there was a title change. Killer clowns, telekinetic murderous rampages, haunted hotels, andthe undying nature of true friendship. This is based on a stephen king story called rita hayworth and the shawshank redemption, and obviously the movie was renamed the shawshank redemption. The shawshank redemption was actually a novella called rita hayworth and the shawshank redemption that was written by stephen king in 1982. Frank darabont, emphasized on both characters, andy and red.
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