The Shawshank Redemption

Mon 3 Aug 2009

Full of emotional and dramatic power, this is one of the most popular films ever made. Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins may be locked up in a formidable prison, but this is one of cinema's great acts of escapism.

The Shawshank Redemption links

Film4 Review
YouTube trailer
IMDB
Wikipedia

Behind the Screen - Prison Movies and the Reality of Life Inside

Mon 3 Aug
Author and Hollywood screenwriter Ronan Bennett talked to writer and former life prisoner Erwin James, who became a Guardian columnist whilst still inside about the merits of prison as depicted on the big screen.
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Other Film4 Summer Screen films

Broken Embraces - Thu 30 July 2009
Alien / Poltergeist - Fri 31 July 2009
West Side Story - Sat 1 Aug 2009
Slumdog Millionaire - Sun 2 Aug 2009
Wings of Desire - Tue 4 Aug 2009
Don't Look Now - Wed 5 Aug 2009
Strangers on a Train - Thu 6 Aug 2009
Cool Hand Luke / Road House - Fri 7 Aug 2009
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Sat 8 Aug 2009
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