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Synopsis: Chronicles the experiences of a formerly successful banker as a prisoner in the gloomy jailhouse of Shawshank after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. The film portrays the man's unique way of dealing with his new, torturous life; along the way he befriends a number of fellow prisoners, most notably a wise long-term inmate named Red.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Frank Darabont
Production: Columbia Pictures
  Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 32 nominations.
 
IMDB:
9.3
Metacritic:
80
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
1994
142 min
10,037 Views


The competition's over, close the entries,

I'd like to thank everyone who lost.

Don't light that!

Dinosaurs pick up scents from miles away.

We're here to observe and document,

not interact.

Which is a scientific impossibility.

Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.

What you study, you change.

I'll risk it. I'm sick of scratching around

in rock and bone...

making assumptions about

the nurturing habits of animals...

that have been dead for 65 million years.

Then you fill my head with stories.

Of course I came down here.

Stories of mutilation and death.

Were you paying attention?

Please! Don't treat me like a grad student.

I've worked around predators

since I was 20.

Lions, jackals, hyenas, you.

Where's the fire?

I'm trying to change 100 years

of entrenched dogma.

Dinosaurs were characterised early on

as vicious lizards.

There's resistance to the idea of them

as nurturing parents.

Robert Burke said the T. Rex was a rogue...

who abandoned its young at the first

opportunity. I can prove otherwise.

Fire! Dr Malcolm, fire, base camp!

No! Water makes the smoke billow.

Use dirt!

Who started the fire?

I just wanted to make dinner.

I wanted it ready when you guys got back.

Do you see any family resemblance there?

You practically told me to come.

I... What?

You said, "Don't listen to me".

I thought you were trying to tell me...

Kelly, you knew exactly what I meant.

You have no...

You want to lock her up for her curiosity?

Where do you think she gets it?

- Thank you, Sarah.

- Don't start the teaming-up thing.

Out of the conversation. Please. Really.

Eddie, why doesn't this thing ever work?

It's not a land line.

You're not in a phone booth.

Wait for a decent signal.

Violence and technology:

not good bedfellows.

Hammond wants your equipment

as close to the animals as possible.

Great idea. And why don't you smear on

a little sheep's blood?

Eddie, is there any reason to think

the radio in the trailer might work?

Don't tease me.

If you feel qualified,

try flicking the switch to "on".

Okay, I'm taking my daughter out of here.

Anyone coming with me,

this is your last chance.

When you're out in the field....

Nick, if you're staying, I'll gladly deliver

a letter to your wife or loved one...

so you can say good-bye.

Eddie, if you have any personal effects...

it's the least I can do.

I'll be in there, guys.

Our presence needs

to be 100-percent antiseptic.

If we so much as bend a blade of grass....

- Dad, are you mad?

- No, I'm not mad. I'm furious.

This looks like your room.

- I was going to clean it up.

- Right now.

What is this? There are 100 switches!

Don't be mad. I was going to call

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Frank Darabont

Frank Arpad Darabont (born January 28, 1959) is a Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and producer who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In his early career he was primarily a screenwriter for horror films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Blob and The Fly II. As a director he is known for his film adaptations of Stephen King novels such as The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist. more…

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