Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is a novella by Stephen King, from his collection Different Seasons (1982). It was adapted for the screen in 1994 as The Shawshank Redemption, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1994, including Best Picture. In 2009, it was adapted for the stage as the play The Shawshank Redemption. The story is narrated by Red, an inmate who can deliver contraband of almost any type into Shawshank Prison. This ... More

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Richard Bachman is a pen name used by horror fiction author Stephen King. At the beginning of Stephen King's career, the general view among publishers was such that an author was limited to a book every year, since publishing more would not be acceptable to the public. King therefore wanted to...

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