The Shawshank Redemption is written and directed by Frank Darabont. The story was adopted from the Stephen King story titled “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”. Film director, Frank Darabont purchased the film rights to King’s story in 1987, but development did not begin until five years later when he wrote the script over an eight-week period.
The film was released in 1994 by the Columbia Pictures and when the movie was released it barely made any success in the box office. The film gained a reputation and earned the audience years later. The audience understood the film a little later and turned into a sort of phenomenon. It is one of the few movies that are truly timeless, heartbreaking, deceptive, and giving hope to survive in the most deplorable conditions.
Here below are some stunning behind-the-scenes from ‘The Shawshank Redemption”.
#1 Deakins and Darabont plot a shot on location.
#2 Red and Andy (Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins) discuss obtaining a rock hammer.
#3 Deakins and his crew plot a crane shot inside the cell block set.
#4 Taking a brief ice cream break, Deakins and Darabont consider their daylight.
#5 Darabont blocks out a portion of the rooftop scene.
#6 Tim Robbins getting ready for another retake.
#7 The Rooftop Tarring Scene.
#8 Morgan Freeman On The Set.
#9 The discussion before the scene.
#10 Deakins and Darabont on the set.
#11 Morgan Freeman with the director Frank Darabont on the set.
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Guess captioning the photos became too tiring. #26, #27 …. I could count them on my own.
Interesting, but not really “stunning.”
I love Shawshank and yeah, these are pretty basic behind the scenes. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen most of these in the early 2000s on fan sites, but a nice blast from the past.
No. 24 has a doppelgänger for Robert De Niro.
Photo #25: Didn’t realize Tim Robbins was a freakin’ giant