Screening

About The Shawshank Redemption

Rating:

R R

Year Released:

1994

Genres:

Drama

Metadata:

Directed by Frank Darabont

Two by Stephen King In anticipation of the October 10 IU Auditorium touring premiere of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, the brilliant collaboration between John Mellencamp, Stephen King, and T-Bone Burnett, IU Cinema presents two films based on King’s work. A prolific novelist and master of suspense, dozens of King’s novels have been adapted to films. Ghost Brothers offers his debut as a playwright and he delivers everything one could ask for. See www.IUauditorium.com for more details.

Academy Award®-winner Tim Robbins stars as a prominent banker unjustly convicted of murder who spends many years in the Shawshank prison. He is befriended by a lifelong convict (Morgan Freeman) who knows the ropes and helps him to cope with the frightening realities of prison life. The film is based upon a Stephen King short story titled Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, and was nominated for 7 Academy Awards®, including Best Adapted Screenplay, for Frank Darabont. (HD Presentation)