Bob Gunton

Nominated for Academy Awards, including seven Best Picture, The Shawshank Redemption amazingly failed to win a single Oscar. It's amazing because it is probably one of the ten best films ever produced. Based on Stephen King short story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption", the film transcends the typical intellectually and spiritually bankrupt Hollywood entertainment with a modern art that the screen is the closest we will probably never seen poetry in moving pictures. With masterful performances by Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins, members of the public will find themselves immersed in a tragic story wrought with suspense at every turn ...

The Shawshank Redemption focuses on the life of Andy Dufresne (Robbins), a banker convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Sent to Shawshank Prison for the summer of 1947, the wager on which prisoners of newcomers will be the first to crack. Ellis "Red" Redding (Freeman), an institutional arrangement and the man who can make anything for a price that puts his money on Andy. But to his surprise, Andy does not make a noise ...

Over time, Andy and Red develop a close friendship, and provides a small red rock hammer for Andy. As the years go by, he procures other items as well, the most interesting being Rita Hayworth. Red acquires a poster of the screen siren for Andy, and business continues as usual in Shawshank. On the way, Andy ingratiates with the infamous prison guard Byron Hadley (Clancy Brown) and Warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton). Putting his outside skills to good use, Andy provides tax advice and preparation services tax return for the guards not only at Shawshank, but other prisons as well.

Finally, in exchange for a prison library together, he finished running a money laundering operation for Norton massive profit prison labor in exchange for lucrative kickbacks. But everything goes awry when Shawshank's newest prisoner, a young punk named Tommy (Gil Bellows) comes forward with shocking information. Andy, who has spent twenty years in Shawshank prison, might be innocent after all ... The revelation ruins lives and destroys sanctuary Andy prison, but it's Warden Norton and his associates who are ruined when the beautiful pin-up Raquel Welch reveals her hidden secret ...

Directed by Frank Darabont, producer of blockbusters such as The Green Mile (1999) and The Majestic (2001), The Shawshank Redemption is a film of breathtaking perfection that ranks near the top of most lists best films ever produced. Thomas Newman's musical score, reused in countless films in the years since its release, mixing with brilliant casting, memorable screen performance, and set design to create a masterful epic unparalleled and timeless. If you have not seen The Shawshank Redemption, you're not just missing out on a great film, but a great life experience as well. Spoil yourself and see this movie ...