SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION was a dud in theatres, then became one of the most rented-titles in the 1990s.

Then Ted Turner, somehow, had gotten the TV rights on the cheap. Which is why TBS/TNT basically played the movie so damn much for years...which probably is why the movie has such a dedicated following now.

It deserves it too.

I think the best thing about SR is the fact that it actually deserves its happy ending. It works to earn it. Few films do that these days.

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994) - ***** - Masterpiece