Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★ - perfect

"Yeah, right. That's the way it is. It's down there and I'm in here. I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'." - Andy Dufresne

Why watch this? It's simply a modern classic - one of the best prison films, hell films, ever made.

Plot Summary: Andy Dufresne is banker wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Sentenced to life in the harsh Shawshank State Penitentiary, Andy must navigate the brutality of prison life, including violence from guards and inmates alike. Despite the grim realities of his confinement, Andy finds friendship with a fellow prisoner, Red, and maintains hope through sheer resilience and determination.

Dad's Preview: There's a reason Shawshank is so over-played on TV. Based on a Stephen King novella, this is the ultimate film about wrongful imprisonment, the brutalities of prison, and one man's determination to escape. We each become Andy Dufresne, and he battles, through every trial and inch of pain, to finally gain his freedom. Morgan Freeman's steady narration soothes you like manna from heaven.

Castle Rock Entertainment; Columbia Pictures