Shawshank Redemption: The Shooting Script
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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®, 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® 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
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Frank Darabont's first two feature films received Best Picture Academy Award® nominations: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and The Green Mile (1999). Other film and TV projects include The Majestic (2001), The Mist (2007), and AMC's The Walking Dead, among many others.