At the 1994 Academy Awards, the film received seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Score. , Best Mix. But ultimately failed to win any awards.

The film is adapted from Stephen Edwin King's 1982 novella "The Shawshank Redemption". It mainly tells the story of the male protagonist Andy, a banker, who was imprisoned for shooting his wife and her lover. , and became friends with Ellis, who could smuggle all kinds of prohibited goods for inmates. Andy quietly planned self-rescue for the camp step by step, and finally successfully escaped from prison and regained his freedom.

Film Review

The Shawshank Redemption is one of the most inspiring and morally satisfying films of the 1990s. This is not just because it contains religious elements, God never favors Shawshank, but because it is a story about finding hope in the unshakable friendship between two people. Crucially, as a period piece based on a non-horror short story by Stephen King, the film never ages.