Two convicts, one white and one black, never give up the dream of freedom, and together they turn hope and friendship into an uplifting bond no prison can ever take away.
General Note: Closed-captioned. In English or French with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles.Home use only.MPAA rating: R (language and prison violence).Special features include: audio commentaries; 2 documentaries; featurettes; stills gallery; storyboards; DVD-ROM weblink; trailer.Dual-layer format.Widescreen format.Originally released as motion picture in 1994.Based on the short novel "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank redemption" by Stephen King; this novel also appeared under the title "Hope springs eternal."
Creation/Production Credits Note: Music, Thomas Newman ; production designer, Terence Marsh ; editor, Richard Francis-Bruce ; director of photography, Roger Deakins ; executive producers, Liz Glotzer, David Lester.
Participant or Performer Note: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore.