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City Banker Andy Dufresne is in Shawshank State Prison after receiving a double life sentence for murder. There he meets Red and also forms friendships with the warden and prison guards. Andy soon finds that you either get on with living or you get on with dying. The bonus features stretch over two discs, which are sent out .. Read more

Starring	James Whitmore, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Robert Gunton
Director	Frank Darabont
Genres	Drama

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  Is this the greatest movie ever made?
  
  An all time classic. If you haven?t seen this movie yet, ensure that it is top of your list. It tells the story of wrongly accused murderer, Andy Dufresne (Tim ... read more »
  
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  - 20 Sep 2003 at 15:57
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  just BRILLIANT!
  
  If you like GOOD films, this is what you should watch. Definitly a film which you HAVE to watch before you die! incredible film with incredible acting! The ... read more »
  
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- - moviefrenzy
  - 3 reviews
  - 01 Jun 2012 at 17:36
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  The Shawshank Legacy
  
  I hate this film with a passion. It is over-long, simplistic, and predictable, which of course made it boring to me to the point of wanting to scratch my eyes ... read more »
  
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  - 30 May 2012 at 12:25
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  The best film ever!
  
  Set in a prison but my favourite film ever. Great acting by Morgan Freeman James Whitmore and Tim Robbins. I have watched it several times and always enjoy it. ... read more »
  
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  - 15 May 2012 at 22:50
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  Brilliant
  
  Brilliant film, have always loved it.
  
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  - Cambs
  - 08 May 2012 at 19:57
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  Absolutely brilliant!!!!
  
  Enjoyed from start to finish, story line was amazing and kept you enthralled. Excellent casting of Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins with one of the best ... read more »
  
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- - tkam
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  - 20 Apr 2012 at 23:30
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  City Banker
  
  City Banker Andy Dufresne is in Shawshank State Prison after receiving a double life sentence for murder. There he meets Red and also forms friendships with the... read more »
  
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- - tream
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  - 16 Mar 2012 at 12:14
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  Movie heaven
  
  What can I say about The Shawshank Redemption, in my opinion it's about a close as you can get to movie perfection.
  
  Each actor gives a superb ... read more »
  
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  - 07 Mar 2012 at 21:48
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  absolutely brilliant
  
  amazing film, lots of action, and reall good stuff, as expected from a morgan freeman film.
  
  very moving as well, with an amazing twist.
  
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- - cheesekake
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  - 04 Mar 2012 at 14:04
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  Greatest Movie of Our Time
  
  This IS the best film ever made, I know the extraordinary box office sucess of Titanic and Avatar will tell you otherwise but make no mistake you have to see ... read more »
  
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- - Leopardruins
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  - Stroud
  - 02 Mar 2012 at 23:23
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  Best prison film ever
  
  Amazing film what some people would call an old classic.
  
  One of the best prison films out there. Highly recommend this.
  
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- - stayc
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  - 02 Mar 2012 at 11:35
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  Is this the greatest movie ever made?
  
  An all time classic. If you haven?t seen this movie yet, ensure that it is top of your list. It tells the story of wrongly accused murderer, Andy Dufresne (Tim ... read more »
  
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  The Gaping Vent of a Sewer.
  
  Artificially sentimental, naive and dispiritingly predictable, The Shawshank Redemption is a fatuous Hollywood fairy tale, about as realistic about prison life ... read more »
  
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  - 29 May 2007 at 15:24
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  "get busy living, or get busy dying"
  
  A perennial readers' fave, shawshank has clearly maintained its resounding emotional thob. it's a rare one, alright: a bloke's weepie. And also the ... read more »
  
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  - 27 Jan 2012 at 13:00
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  Too good to miss
  
  If you haven't seen Shawshank Redemption yet, then lucky you, for I would love to sit down again and watch this movie for the first time. Unfortunately, I&#... read more »
  
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  - 03 Nov 2004 at 11:58
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  The spandex pants of prison movies
  
  I must have argued against the banal, cliche ridden gloop infested dungheap this movie is at least 100 times whenever people talk about their favourite movie, I... read more »
  
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  Simply Stunning!
  
  First and foremost, please do your best to disregard our friend Austin's comments in the reviews for this title.
  
  Obviously, this chap can't ... read more »
  
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- - Rob & Fiona Stanley
  - Hull, England
  - 27 Feb 2004 at 13:01
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  Hollywood horror
  
  This film is complete emotional schlock. It's stolen all the emotional chords from other people's classic ballads and strung them together into a ... read more »
  
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- - Daniel Smith
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  - 10 Feb 2008 at 22:40
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  The easy choice
  
  In a way I do actually like this film, but I don't think it deserves all the attention it gets. When people say it's their favourite, or one of their ... read more »
  
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- - Laura Wilson
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  - 17 Apr 2007 at 13:49
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  Fashionably good but not THAT good.
  
  A wonderful film by any comparison. Not as good as The Usual Suspects though!
  
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- - younglochinvar
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  - 18 Sep 2007 at 21:08
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  The most overrated film ever!
  
  Could be? One cinematic cliche after another!
  
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  - 08 Feb 2007 at 17:20

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Critics' reviews
- Special Anniversary edition of the now classic prison movie, consistently ranked as one of the top 10 of all time. read more »
- LOVEFiLM Review
  - Tom Charity
  - LOVEFiLM
- A melodrama of wasted lives and male bonding with a twist ending, more enjoyable for the performances than the narrative, which veers unpredictably between toughness and sentimentality.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
- "...A slow, gentle story of camaraderie....THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION has its own brand of iconoclasm..."
- 11834
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...Extremely satisfying entertainment....[A] provisional masterpiece..." -- Rating: A-
- 11833
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...[The pairing of Freeman and Robbins] sparks moments of true grace and emotion..."
- 11835
- - Premiere
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...Undeniably powerful and moving..."
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- - Rolling Stone
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59

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  City Banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is in Shawshank State Prison after receiving a double life sentence for murder. There he meets Red (Morgan Freeman) and also forms friendships with the warden and prison guards. Andy soon finds that you either get on with living or you get on with dying.
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  City Banker Andy Dufresne is in Shawshank State Prison after receiving a double life sentence for murder. There he meets Red and also forms friendships with the warden and prison guards. Andy soon finds that you either get on with living or you get on with dying. The bonus features stretch over two ...