Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Film and Best Actor, The Shawshank Redemption is a modern classic, an extraordinary tale of hope, friendship and survival inside a maximum security prison. City Banker Andy Dufresne arrives at Shawshank Prison in 1947, convicted of two brutal murders to serve out a double life sentence. He discovers that when they send you to Shawshank Prison for life...that's exactly what they take. The Shawshank Redemption builds considerable impact as a prison drama that defies the conventions of the genre (violence, brutality, riots) to illustrate its theme of faith, friendship and survival. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Actor and Screenplay.