SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION BACK IN THEATERS THIS WEEKEND!

This is one of my favorite films and what an opportunity this weekend to see it again on the big screen.

Fathom Events: From a novella by best-selling author Stephen King comes a poignant tale of the human spirit. Red (Morgan Freeman), serving a life sentence, and Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a mild-mannered banker wrongly convicted of murder, forge an unlikely bond that will span more than twenty years. Together they discover hope as the ultimate means of survival.

Join unlikely friends Andy and Red on the big screen this September for The Shawshank Redemption as it returns for this special 25th-anniversary event, featuring exclusive insights from TCM host Ben Mankiewicz. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION PREMIERED SEPT 23, 1994

One of my favorite films off all time premiered today in 1994. This film really launched the careers of stars Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. It seems that just about everyone I know can quote dialogue from this movie...It is one of the great films made from a Stephen King story.... It was directed by Hungarian Frank Darabont.

On this day in 1994, The Shawshank Redemption, starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins, opens in theaters around the United States. Based on a short story titled “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” by the best-selling author Stephen King, the movie followed the story of a man named Andy Dufresne (Robbins) who is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife and her lover.

Behind bars, Andy forms a friendship with Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding (Freeman), a longtime inmate known for his ability to “get things,” or smuggle contraband into the prison. The Shawshank Redemption was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Freeman) and Best Picture (it lost to Forrest Gump). Frank Darabont, who wrote and directed The Shawshank Redemption, also helmed The Green Mile (1999) and The Mist (2007), both of which were based on books by King.