Screenplay Archive
The Shawshank Redemption — Screenplay1994
- Writers:
- Frank Darabont
- Length:
- 115 pages (Hollywood standard format)
Darabont's adaptation of Stephen King. The canonical example of voice-over done right and compressing two decades into two hours.
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