The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 drama film directed by Frank Darabont, adapted from Stephen King’s novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" (from the collection Different Seasons). It follows Andy Dufresne, a banker wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and her lover, who is sentenced to two consecutive life terms at Shawshank State Penitentiary. Over decades, Andy forms a close friendship with inmate Ellis "Red" Redding, survives brutal prison conditions, and engineers an ingenious escape while exposing corruption within the prison system.
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