The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption was a box office flop when it was released in 1994. Nominated for seven Oscars but it didn’t get one, losing to blockbuster hit Forrest Gump, it wasn’t until it received multiple Oscar nominations and an Oscar fueled theatrical re release that the film made its entire budget back.Based on a book by Stephen King (Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption ) the film tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who is jailed for killing his wife and her lover despite his claims of innocence. Inside the walls of the Shawshank  he makes friends with long-term inmate, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, the likeable prison fixer who can get anybody anything