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(R), including Best Picture and Best Screenplay and has
been named one of the 100 Best Films of All Time by the American Film
Institute.
The Newmarket Shooting Script Series(R) book includes:
- Introductions by Stephen King and Frank Darabont
- Complete shooting script
- Analysis of script-to-screen changes
- Behind-the-scenes photos
- Storyboards
- Complete cast and crew credits
- "Memo from the Trenches" by Frank Darabont