Tag: Tom Robbins

“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.”

The Shawshank Redemption began as only a moderate success at the box office, but went on to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars®, and defied the odds to become one of the most indelible movies in film history. It’s also one that most moviegoers have never seen on the big screen. The Shawshank Redemption will return to movie theaters nationwide for three days only, September 22, 24 and 25, to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Since premiering in October 1994, it has been elevated as a modern day classic and has held the No. 1 ranking on IMDb’s user-generated Top 250 list for more than a decade.

Fathom Events presents the 25th anniversary of The Shawshank Redemption as part of the annual TCM Big Screen Classics series. Adding to the special big screen return, TCM Primetime Host Ben Mankiewicz will provide exclusive commentary before and after the feature.

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.”

Presented by Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Warner Bros.

Sunday, September 22, 2019 – 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (local time)

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 – 7:00 p.m. (local time)

Wednesday, September 25 – 7:00 p.m. (local time)

Tickets for The Shawshank Redemptioncan be purchased at www.FathomEvents.com or participating theater box offices. Fans throughout the U.S. will be able to enjoy the event in more than 600 movie theaters through Fathom’s Digital Broadcast Network (DBN). For a complete list of theater locations visit the Fathom Events website (participating theaters are subject to change).  

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION plays this weekend (April 26th and 27th) at the Tivoli (6350 Delmar Boulevard)as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli Midnight series.

But what is it about THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION that touches so many people? It’s not hard to see why so many people avoided it during its theatrical run. An innocent man is sent to a grim prison, only to slowly but surely begin to buck the system. It’s hardly the stuff of movie matinees. And, although audiences were not particularly averse to ultra-violence (this was the year of PULP FICTION after all), prison movies in general are considered to be more realistic, and therefore harder to stomach, than films with a more comic-book approach. But today, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who hasn’t seen it and very few who don’t love it. Now, you’ll have the chance to see it again in all its big-screen glory when it plays at the Tivoli this weekend!

A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE

Admission is $8

The Tivoli’s website can be found HERE

Here’s the rest of this Spring’s ‘Reel Late at the Tivoli’ schedule:

May 3-4              ALIEN (original theatrical version)  40^th anniversary!

May 10-11          PERFECT BLUE Subtitled  

May 17-18          THE CONJURING