The Shawshank redemption

Genre: Drama



Year: 1994



Directed by: Frank Darabont



Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Ganton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, Mark Ralston, James Whitmore, Jeffrey Demunn, Larry Brandenburg



IMDb: 9.2/10


The film won seven nominations for Oscars, including best film of the year. Shawshank - the name of the prison. And if you are not yet 30, and you get a life then get ready for the worst: you exit Sosenka!




Actress Rita country: United States favorite across America. Andy Detrano she also loved. Rita never heard about Andy, but life Detrano, former Vice President of a major Bank, convicted of murdering his wife and her lover, Rita country: United States still saved.





Interesting facts


The shooting took place in Mansfield correctional colony in Ohio. The prison was in such poor condition that I had to spend a lot of budget to bring it in view.




- Stephen king has agreed to sell the rights to his work almost for nothing, because with Frank their long-standing friendship. This happened after Frank quite successfully filmed the story of the king "Lady in the room." Since they are almost not seen, but, nevertheless, kept up an active correspondence. The meeting took place only after Frank showed great interest in the "Sosenka".




The audience will no doubt notice some overlap with the novel of Alexandre Dumas ' the Count of Monte Cristo". In addition, in the context of the film is mentioned and the book itself is a great writer. As in "Sosenka", the hero of the novel of Dumas falls in long-term imprisonment, and, having quite a daring escape, finds the treasure, which he found in his place of confinement.




- The role of Tommy Williams was originally written for brad pitt.




Painting 1946 with Rita Hayworth and watched the prisoners, is called "Hilda".




- Warden Norton whistling anthem "Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott", the name of which translates roughly as: "a Mighty fortress is our God".




- Pictures of a young Morgan Freeman on the documents are actually photographs of his son, Alfonso Freeman. By the way, Alfonso can be seen in one of the episodes of the picture.




Despite the fact that in movie theaters, the film has collected a lot of money, he became one of the highest-grossing releases on video and later on DVD.




Former chief Mansfield prison, where he held full-scale shooting of the film, Dennis Baker in the role of an elderly prisoner sitting in a prison bus behind Tommy Williams.




- Original story by Stephen king was, in the words of the writer, the culmination of all his experiences from prison films that he watched in my childhood.




- The role of Andy Dufresne originally offered to Tom Hanks. He was very interested, but could not accept the proposal, because it was already busy in the "Forrest Gump" (1994).


Vposledstvii Tom Hanks has starred in a prison drama Frank Darabont's "the Green mile" (1999), also delivered on the novel by Stephen king.




- The role of Andy Dufresne also offered Kevin Costner, but the actor declined the offer, than later greatly regretted.




- In the original story by Stephen king Ed - Irish. Although in the movie the role of ed played black Morgan Freeman, it was decided to leave the film replica of ed "Maybe because I'm Irish," as a good joke.




- Despite the fact that almost all the inhabitants of the town of Mansfield has expressed a desire to participate in the mass scenes of the film, most people were too busy with their work and failed to act. The crowd had to dial in to the local hospice, and some of its inhabitants were former convicts.




When we see on the screen closeups of hands Andy Dufrane, when in the beginning of the movie he charges revolver, and later, when Andy carves his name on the wall of his cell, is actually the hands of Director Frank Darabont, and not the actor Tim Robbins. These close-UPS were shot during post-production film and already inserted in the footage.




- Camera red - 237. The same figures appear in both film adaptations of the novel by Stephen king the Shining (film 1980 and mini-series 1997) - there is the room of the hotel, which is haunted women. Also, these figures appear in the movie "Stand by me" (1986), a film based on a story by Stephen king "the Body", this is the amount of detail collected four young heroes ($2.37).




- On the wall in the chamber Andy Dufrane there is a portrait of albert Einstein. This is a hint that the actor Andy Dufresne Tim Robbins in parallel starred in the romantic Comedy "I.Q." (1994), where one of the main characters was albert Einstein (played by Walter Matthau).




- Two of the prisoners Sosenka are names Heywood and Floyd. This is a reference to the trilogy Arthur Clarke's "Space Odyssey" connecting character is Dr. Heywood Floyd.




Mexican Paradise Zihuatanejo international airport really exist. This tourist resort town on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Guerrero.




Prison room Andy Dufrane - 37927.





Awards


- Film award in Japan for foreign film.




- Premium edition "W" (Japan) for foreign film.




- Premium edition "Mainichi (Japan) for foreign film.




- 2 premium edition "Kinema, Junpo (Japan): premium edition for foreign film and award readers for foreign film.




Premium Studio Crystal heart" at the international film festival "Country of hearts" (USA).




- Prize "Chlotrudis (USA) actor (Morgan Freeman - half-and-half with by Wallace Shawn for the film "Vanya on 42nd street").




- Award of the American Society of cinematographers for the operator to work in a full-length movie (Roger Deakins).




- Prize "Bronze frog" at the international film festival cinematography art "Camerimage" (Poland).




- The prize of "Humanitas (USA) in the category "feature film".




Award USC (USA) for the screenplay (Stephen king - author, Frank Darabont - writer).




Seven nominations for Oscar: Best film; Best actor (Morgan Freeman); Best adapted screenplay; Best cinematography; Best sound; Best editing; Best original soundtrack.

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