While The Shawshank Redemption’s ending is famously perfect, the moment could have been ruined if it wasn't for Morgan Freeman’s intervention. Based on Stephen King’s short story “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption,” director Frank Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption is frequently singled out as one of the best screen adaptations of the author’s work. Despite King’s fearsome reputation as a horror scribe, The Shawshank Redemption is an atypically uplifting story about a pair of inmates who forge a deep friendship during their lengthy sentences in the eponymous prison. Red and Andy’s bond ensured that what could have been a brutally bleak story became a moving, redemptive tale.
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