🎬 The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 drama film based on Stephen King’s novella *Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption*. The movie follows Andy Dufresne, a banker who is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and her lover and sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary. Inside the prison, Andy forms a close friendship with fellow inmate Ellis “Red” Redding and slowly adapts to the harsh realities of prison life. Through patience, intelligence, and quiet determination, Andy maintains