THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION Screening at The Wildey Theater in Edwardsville Tuesday March 8th

“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.”

Nothing’s more fun than The Wildey’s Tuesday Night Film Series. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994) will be on the big screen when it plays at The Wildey Theater in Edwardsville, IL (252 N Main St, Edwardsville, IL 62025) at 7:00pm Tuesday March 8th. Tickets are only $3  Tickets available starting at 3pm day of movie at Wildey Theatre ticket office.  Cash or check only. (cash, credit cards accepted for concessions)  Lobby opens at 6pm.

Adapted from the novella “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” by best-selling author Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption stars Tim Robbins as mild-mannered banker Andy Dufresne who is wrongly convicted of murder. When Dufresne is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary and befriends fellow inmate Ellis “Red” Redding (Morgan Freeman), a sweeping tale of unlikely friendship, survival at any cost and the unrelenting human spirit unfolds. Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown and Gil Bellows co-star in the film directed and written (adapted screenplay) by Frank Darabont (The Green Mile, The Majestic), and produced by Niki Marvin. 

The Shawshank Redemptionwas nominated for seven Academy Awards® in 1995, including Best Picture (Marvin), Best Actor (Freeman), Best Adapted Screenplay (Darabont), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Original Score. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected The Shawshank Redemption for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”