Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, and Raquel Welch.

In the book its because he killed his wife, I am not sure if its the same in the movie.

Dear Warden, You were right. Salvation lies within..

It was filmed on the island of St. Croix. When he is shown driving along what's supposed to be the Pacific Coast of Mexico, he is actually driving along a road called North Shore Road; it is east of a place on the island called Cane Bay. The final scene when Red is walking toward him on the beach where he is refurbishing an old boat was filmed on one of St. Croix's best known beaches, Sandy Point. (St. Croix, for those who don't know, is one of the three islands that make up the United States Virgin Islands, or U.S.V.I.)

I lived on St. Croix for 28 years. I am forever an island girl! :)

Immediately after his escape, Andy goes to Portland, Maine to withdraw all of the money (from the warden's schemes) and to mail the letter and evdidence of the warden's schemes to the Portland Daily Bugle newspaper. He then flees to Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption spans 20 years, from 1947 to 1967.

When Andy heads to his cell after shining the Warden's shoes; his last roll-call.

One example is when Red describes Andy's ideas of freedom as a "Sh**ty pipe dream." This foreshadows the fact that Andy's way to freedom was by crawling through a sewer, or a "sh**ty Pipe", as Red narrates

"Andy Dufresne, who crawled through a river of sh*t and came out clean on the other side."

through a hole in his cell behind a poster of a girl which led to the sewer and crawled miles in crap to get out

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Conspiracy Theory

Tim Robbins most memorable and equally successful film to date is Shawshank Redemption also starring Morgan Freeman. the film tells the story of a wrongly convicted banker named Andy Dufrane (Robbins) who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his cheating wife and her lover. Eventually Andy breaks out but not before conning the evil warden out of his life savings.

or 'Howard the Duck'.

Murdering his wife and her lover

I think so. I've enjoyed it enough to buy the DVD and watch it over and over again.

Brooks. The old man who worked in the library and had a raven or crow for a pet.

I don't remember his first name. He had been in prison for more than 30 years and was "institutionalized."

Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, & Raquel Welch _ Farah Fawectt was the last one - I'm watching it right mow. but I'm pretty sure I'm correct ... Nope - my mistake. I'm watching it right now Raquel was the last one.

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Elmo Blatch actually committed the murders, convicted of other crimes he confessed ( bragged )his crime to an inmate ( Tommy ) who eventually was sent to Shawshank and made the connection between the two.

Rotten Tomatoes has it at 89% fresh.

IMDb has it at 9.2 making it greatest American movie of all time.

A rock hammer is the first thing Andy asks for.

His theory is he knows he did not do it.

The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart. It is an opera.

Morgan Freeman was awarded the Best Actor in a Supporting Role award on February 27, 2005 at the 77th Annual Academy Awards for his role as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupuis in Million Dollar Baby. He was born June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time he accepted the award he was 67 years old.

Shawshank was filmed in and around the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield Ohio. The prison closed down in 1990, but was used for Air Force One and then Shawshank in the 90s.

The plan was to bulldoze it right after filming, and the crew was told not to bother fixing anything they busted but the prison was saved by local activists. You can take tours there now, including one of areas used in filming Shawshank.

The tunnel Andy made in his cell as well as the sewage pipe he escaped through are available for you to see and touch as well as the room Brooks hung himself in. (It was not filmed in a separate location as is often believed, just an admin room in the prison building).