Home Actor: Alphabetical Actress: Alphabetical Films: Alphabetical Films: Date Oscars People	Title Shawshank Redemption Release Date 1994 Type Drama Rating Good Colour Yes Actors Morgan Freeman   Tim Robbins       Writer Based on the Stephen King short story Comment In the 1940's a man is wrongly convicted for the murder of his wife and her lover. He is sent to a notoriously cruel prison, where he suffers at he hands of some of the other inmates and eventually escapes. Powerful drama of life in prison. Freeman gives an excellent performance as the narrator and his friend. This is a good film. despite,which is unualal for a film that rates in the top few of most critics lists of top films. Oscar Nomination Best Actor - Morgan Freeman   Nomination Best Picture