It is based on a short story by Stephen King called "Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption". You can find the whole story online on many sites, usually as a .pdf.
The Movie was based of a book, not a play.
The movie "The Shawshank Redemption" was not based on a book by Stephen King but rather a novella called "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" from his collection "Different Seasons."
Stephen King wrote the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption on which the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption is based. It appears with three other novellas in a book called "Different Seasons".
"The Shawshank Redemption" is not based on a true story. It is a work of fiction adapted from a novella by Stephen King.
No, "The Shawshank Redemption" is not based on a true story. It is a work of fiction, adapted from a novella by Stephen King.
1982.
Frank Darabont directed The Shawshank Redemption(1994).
The duration of The Shawshank Redemption is 2.37 hours.
Shawshank Redemption.
The Shawshank Redemption was created on 1994-09-23.
The Shawshank Redemption was released on 09/23/1994.
Red's full name is Ellis Boyd Redding in The Shawshank Redemption.