Shawshank - Distribution

This is one of the posters used for the film.

Shawshank Redemption Production

Director: Frank Darabont (Other films made: The Green Mile, Frankenstein)


Writers: Stephen King, Frank Darabont (screenplay)



Tim Robbins - Andy Dufresne
Morgan Freeman - Ellis Boyd Red Redding
Bob Gunton - Warden Norton
William Sadler - Heywood
Clancy Brown - Captain Hadley





Production Companies: Castle Rock Entertainment



Filming locations: Ashland, Ohio, USA (Bank and bus station)
Butler, Ohio, USA (rural town of "Buxton")


4050 Bromfield Road, Lucas, Ohio, USA (cabin, tree and rock wall)
100 Reformatory Road, Mansfield, Ohio, USA (Prison, wardens office.)
Mansfield, Ohio, USA U.S. Virgin Islands (final scene)
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, USA (Mill and Courtroom)


Movie details:

Distributed by Columbia Pictures and later by Warner Bros
Released theatrically on September 10th 1994
Running time is 142 minutes (2 hours and 22 minutes)
Budget was $25,000,000 USD

GCSE Film Case Study

An ordinry man named Andy Dufrane (Tim Robbins) who is wrongly imprisoned for a double murder one of them including his wife. He is imprisoned for life and meets a man called "Red" (Morgan Freeman) who also is imprisoned for life and they eventually bond. Andy also meets a corrupt warden and guards. Using his banking skills to sort out the illegal business for the guards and warden. In exchange he is able to improve the library and bring some. Shawshank was based on a book written by Stephen King. I have chosen this film because it has a deep story and lots of differnt messages to it and shows you a difernt kind of prison life.