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9780851709680

The Shawshank Redemption

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  • ISBN13:

    9780851709680

  • ISBN10:

    0851709680

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-08-26
  • Publisher: British Film Institute
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

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 6(1)
Prologue: A Redeeming Feature 7(6)
1 Deus ex Machina: The Sacred Projector 13(31)
2 The Ass and the Angel: Raquel Welch vs. Richard Nixon 44(45)
Notes 89(2)
Credits 91

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