The Shawshank Redemption

The year 1994 gave us ‘Pulp Fiction’, ‘Forrest Gump’ and ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, but only two of the three premiered to acclaim.

Whether people were “movied-out” or it didn’t have the same appeal as the others, ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ was brushed aside by the bigger blockbusters and only gained an audience on TV.

But once that audience had been captured, its ingenuity won over millions who were all captivated by Andy Dufresne's determination survive in prison.