The Shawshank Redemption

by Mark Kermode, Rob White (Editor)

Overview

How did a low-key prison movie which was considered a box-office flop on its original release become one of the most popular movies of all time? Mark Kermode traces the history of this unexpected audience favourite from the pages of Stephen King's novella 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption', through the icy corridors of Ohio's Mansfield Reformatory (whose imposing gothic architecture dominates the film), to the television and video screens on which 'The Shawshank Redemption' became a phenomenon. This study traces the history of 'The Shawshank Redemption' and draws on interviews with writer/director Frank Darabont and leading players Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. The book also explores the near-religious fervour that the film inspires in a huge number of devoted fans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851709680
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/28/2003
Series:	BFI Film Classics
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	891,350
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 5.26(h) x 0.28(d)

About the Author

MARK KERMODE is a film critic and broadcaster. He writes for Sight and Sound and The Independent, and providing weekly film reviews for BBC Radio 5. On television he appears regularly on BBC 2's Newsnight Review, and has written and presented numerous film documentaries including The Fear of God; 25 Years of the Exorcist and Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing the French Connection for BBC1, and Hell on Earth; Resurrecting The Devils, The Cult of The Wicker Man and On the Edge of Blade Runner for Channel 4.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword to the second edition
Prologue: A Redeeming Feature
1. Deus ex Machina: The Sacred Projector
2. The Ass and the Angel: Raquel Welch vs. Richard Nixon
Notes
Credits