The prison that made Shawshank so iconic was the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, not Maine. This historic 1896 ...

Filmmakers behind The Shawshank Redemption have said they had to be extra careful when filming one scene, with the producers scrambling to find a fake maggot so they could film a scene ...

A scene in The Shawshank Redemption sees a character feed a maggot to a crow, but the American Humane Society had other ideas ...

Upon rewatching Frank Darabont’s iconic Stephen King adaptation, I certainly had some thoughts, and they further proved why ...

Mulling over his own explanation, he continued: "During the movie, right after Brooks dies ... of the King novella 'Rita ...

The filmmakers of The Shawshank Redemption had to get creative when they were told they couldn't use real animals for a particular scene. One memorable moment in the iconic film features Brooks ...

The Turner Broadcasting Corporation helped turn “The Shawshank Redemption” into an iconic film. While the movie was nominated for Best Picture in 1994, it wasn’t a huge hit and came and went.

Stephen King never cashed out his $5,000 rights check for the Shawshank Redemption. The author’s 1982 novel Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption inspired the film that was released in 1994.

Chronicles the experiences of a formerly successful banker as a prisoner in the gloomy jailhouse of Shawshank after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. The film portrays the man's ...