title: The Shawshank Redemption (BFI Film Classics)
author:  Mark Kermode 
description: How did a low-key prison movie which was considered a box-office flop on its original release become one of the most popular movies of all time? Mark Kermode traces the history of this unexpected audience favourite from the pages of Stephen King's novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption", through the icy corridors of Ohio's Mansfield Reformatory (whose imposing gothic architecture dominates the film), to the television and video screens on which "The Shawshank Redemption" became a phenomenon. This study traces the history of "The Shawshank Redemption" and draws on interviews with writer/director Frank Darabont and leading players Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. The book also explores the near-religious fervour that the film inspires in a huge number of devoted fans.
zlib_text: 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 Darabont’s 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.
  
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  > Frank Darabont
  
  >  **The Shawshank Redemption**
  
  >  **The Shooting Script**
  
  >  **ePub r1.0**
  
  >  **Titivillus** 28.06.18
  
  > Título original: _The Shawshank Redemption_
  
  > Frank Darabont, 1993
  
  > Editor digital: Titivillus
  
  > ePub base r1.2
  
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  ``**1 INT -- CABIN -- NIGHT (1946)**``  
    
  A dark, empty room.  
    
  The door bursts open. A MAN and WOMAN enter, drunk and  
  giggl