Frank Darabont
Language
English
Description
City banker Andy Dufresne arrived at Shawshank Prison in 1947. Convicted of two brutal murders, he received a double life sentence. Within the confines of the prison, Andy forms an unlikely friendship with the prison "fixer" Red. He also becomes popular with the Warden and the prison's guards, as Andy is able to use his banking experience to help the corrupt officials amass personal fortunes. With the extraordinary twist in the tale, Andy finds that...
3) The mist
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When Dave Drayton notices a strange mist on the lake, he does not think much of it. When his son, Billy, his neighbor Brent Norton, and himself travel to the grocery store, strange things begin to happen. On their way to the market, they see the army, the local firefighters and police, heading toward the mist. When he sees this, Brent mentions something about "Project Arrowhead," a secret military plan that no one knows about. All of the store's shoppers...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Few movies capture the triumph of the human spirit as memorably as this. Red (Morgan Freeman), a life who "knows how to get things" inside the bleak walls of Shawshank State Prison, finds himself drawn to new inmate Andy (Tim Robbins), a quiet banker with an indomitable will. As Andy brings hope and change to the entire prison, he turns out to be full of surprises - and the best comes last, leading to one of the most satisfying finales in movie history....
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Shawshank redemption: Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940s, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner.
The green mile: Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their...
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Paul Edgecomb, now in a retirement home, looks back to 1935 and his time as head guard in charge of the death-row cellblock at Cold Mountain Penitentiary, especially his relationship with inmate John Coffey, a gentle prisoner with the power to heal and transform lives.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
Fight club: A man sets up a fight club in which young men are paired off in bloody no-holds-barred bouts until one drops.
The usual suspects: A $91 million cocaine heist. A devastating boat explosion. Two survivors. U.S. Customs special agent David Kujan is determined to find out who and what's behind the melee. As he pieces together clues with the help of a half-charred...