- 1. Who directed the film 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Steven Spielberg
B) Quentin Tarantino
C) Martin Scorsese
D) Frank Darabont
- 2. What is the name of the main character played by Tim Robbins?
A) Tommy Williams
B) Red
C) Warden Norton
D) Andy Dufresne
- 3. What is the name of the prison in which the majority of the film takes place?
A) Shawshank State Penitentiary
B) Sing Sing
C) Alcatraz
D) San Quentin
- 4. What is the final destination for Andy Dufresne after escaping from Shawshank?
A) Paris, France
B) New York City, USA
C) Zihuatanejo, Mexico
D) Los Angeles, USA
- 5. What occupation did Andy Dufresne have before he went to prison?
A) Lawyer
B) Teacher
C) Doctor
D) Banker
- 6. Who narrates the film 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Clint Eastwood
B) Morgan Freeman
C) Stephen King
D) Tim Robbins
- 7. In what year was 'The Shawshank Redemption' released?
A) 1996
B) 1994
C) 1991
D) 1989
- 8. What is the title of the novella written by Stephen King on which the film is based?
A) Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
B) The Stand
C) Pet Sematary
D) The Green Mile
- 9. Who plays the character of Andy Dufresne in 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Tim Robbins
B) Kevin Costner
C) Tom Hanks
D) Morgan Freeman
- 10. What year did Andy Dufresne arrive at Shawshank State Prison?
A) 1947
B) 1954
C) 1975
D) 1963
- 11. Who is the warden at Shawshank State Penitentiary?
A) Byron Hadley
B) Samuel Norton
C) Ellis "Red" Redding
D) Brooks Hatlen
- 12. What does Andy Dufresne do with the ledger containing evidence of corruption?
A) Gives it to Warden Norton
B) Burns it
C) Sends it to a local newspaper
D) Keeps it hidden in his cell
- 13. What does Warden Norton do after discovering Andy's escape?
A) Commits suicide to avoid arrest
B) Resigns from his position
C) Flees the country
D) Takes a vacation
- 14. What is Red's reaction when he finds Andy in Zihuatanejo?
A) Red turns him into the police
B) Red refuses to speak with him
C) They happily embrace
D) Red leaves immediately
- 15. What does Andy play over the prison's public address system?
A) A recording of a church service
B) An excerpt from The Marriage of Figaro
C) The national anthem
D) Rita Hayworth's songs
- 16. What does Andy do with Norton's suit, shoes, and ledger after escaping?
A) Leaves them in his cell to incriminate Norton
B) Sells them for money
C) Takes them with him
D) Burns them
- 17. What does Andy use his rock hammer for over 19 years?
A) To dig a tunnel for his escape
B) To break into the warden's office
C) To carve messages on his cell wall
D) To build a secret room
- 18. What does Red admit after visiting Zihuatanejo?
A) That he plans to return to Shawshank
B) That he regrets his parole violation
C) That he never wants to leave prison again
D) That he finally feels hope
- 19. Which character is the prison contraband smuggler in 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Samuel Norton
B) Tommy Williams
C) Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
D) Byron Hadley
- 20. Which character is a member of Red's gang of long-serving convicts?
A) Heywood
B) Skeet
C) Floyd
D) Bogs Diamond
- 21. Who portrays the brutal captain of the prison guards in 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
B) Byron Hadley
C) Samuel Norton
D) Tommy Williams
- 22. Who is the elderly prison librarian in 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Brooks Hatlen
B) Bogs Diamond
C) Heywood
D) Skeet
- 23. Which character leads 'the Sisters', a gang of prison rapists?
A) Brooks Hatlen
B) Bogs Diamond
C) Floyd
D) Heywood
- 24. Who is the prosecuting attorney in Dufresne's trial?
A) Joseph Ragno
B) Mark Rolston
C) Jeffrey DeMunn
D) Neil Giuntoli
- 25. Which character is implied to be responsible for the crimes Andy Dufresne was imprisoned for?
A) Skeet
B) Elmo Blatch
C) Floyd
D) Bogs Diamond
- 26. Who plays Andy's wife in 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Frank Medrano
B) Alfonso Freeman
C) Renee Blaine
D) Scott Mann
- 27. Who portrays the lover of Andy's wife in 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Frank Medrano
B) Scott Mann
C) Renee Blaine
D) Alfonso Freeman
- 28. What does the name Zihuatanejo mean in 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Serene
B) Peaceful
C) Hopeful
D) Forgiving
- 29. Which film was originally intended to be featured in the prison theater scene before being changed to 'Gilda'?
A) Casablanca
B) The Lost Weekend
C) Sunset Boulevard
D) Double Indemnity
- 30. What does Andy use to fight off the Sisters in the projector room?
A) A film reel
B) A knife
C) A chair
D) A baseball bat
- 31. Which philosopher described freedom as an ongoing project requiring attention and resilience?
A) Immanuel Kant
B) Jean-Paul Sartre
C) Friedrich Nietzsche
D) John Locke
- 32. What does the scene where Andy and several inmates tar the prison roof resemble?
A) The Last Supper
B) A wedding ceremony
C) A funeral service
D) A graduation event
- 33. How is Warden Norton's behavior compared to a historical figure?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Former United States President Richard Nixon
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) John F. Kennedy
- 34. What does Zihuatanejo symbolize for some Christian viewers?
A) A metaphor for earthly desires
B) Hell or punishment
C) A place of eternal suffering
D) Heaven or paradise
- 35. How much did Frank Darabont originally pay Stephen King for the rights to adapt 'The Woman in the Room'?
A) $1
B) $14,170
C) $5,000
D) $25 million
- 36. What was Frank Darabont's first screenwriting credit?
A) The Shawshank Redemption
B) The Green Mile
C) Stand by Me
D) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- 37. Which film did Rob Reiner adapt from a Stephen King novella before 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Stand by Me
B) The Green Mile
C) Goodfellas
D) It's a Wonderful Life
- 38. Which magazine stated that the word 'Shawshank' could instantly convey images of a prison?
A) Empire
B) Variety
C) Rolling Stone
D) Time
- 39. What position did the American Film Institute rank 'The Shawshank Redemption' on its 2007 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list?
A) Number 72
B) Number 94
C) Number 76
D) Number 50
- 40. Who did Frank Darabont meet while scouting filming locations for 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Rob Reiner
B) John Frankenheimer
C) Stephen King
D) Liz Glotzer
- 41. Which South African politician expressed his love for 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Thabo Mbeki
B) Jacob Zuma
C) Oliver Tambo
D) Nelson Mandela
- 42. How much did The Shawshank Redemption gross in its opening weekend?
A) $727,327
B) $2.4 million
C) $12 million
D) $16 million
- 43. Which publication listed 'The Shawshank Redemption's ending among the best of all time in 2019?
A) GamesRadar+
B) The Daily Telegraph
C) Rolling Stone
D) USA Today
- 44. Which actor declined to speak with former guards for the role of Byron Hadley?
A) Bob Gunton
B) Clancy Brown
C) James Gandolfini
D) Gil Bellows
- 45. What was the average earnings per theater during The Shawshank Redemption's opening weekend?
A) $22,040
B) $330 million
C) $3 million
D) $2,545
- 46. Which group of professionals skewed most towards 'The Shawshank Redemption' in the 2014 Hollywood survey?
A) Directors
B) Entertainment lawyers
C) Film critics
D) Actors
- 47. What was the number of theaters The Shawshank Redemption expanded to during its wide release?
A) 33 theaters
B) 944 theaters
C) 51 theaters
D) 10 theaters
- 48. Which actor was initially cast as young convict Tommy but dropped out?
A) Johnny Depp
B) Nicolas Cage
C) Tom Cruise
D) Brad Pitt
- 49. Who was originally intended to play Andy in 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Morgan Freeman
B) Harrison Ford
C) Tim Robbins
D) Tom Cruise
- 50. Which company acquired Castle Rock Entertainment in 1993?
A) Film4
B) Warner Bros. Pictures
C) Turner Broadcasting System
D) Time Warner
- 51. What was the rank of The Shawshank Redemption among R-rated films in 1994?
A) 21st-highest-grossing
B) 10th-highest-grossing
C) 1st-highest-grossing
D) 51st-highest-grossing
- 52. Which publication included 'The Shawshank Redemption' in its list of the greatest films of the 1990s in 2017?
A) Rolling Stone
B) Paste
C) Complex
D) MSN
- 53. Which Stephen King adaptation did Frank Darabont direct after 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) The Green Mile (1999)
B) 'Misery'
C) 'Stand by Me'
D) 'It'
- 54. To whom was 'The Shawshank Redemption' dedicated?
A) Tim Robbins
B) Allen Greene
C) Thomas Newman
D) Morgan Freeman
- 55. Which poll identified 'The Shawshank Redemption' as Britain's favorite film in 2015?
A) YouGov poll
B) Sky UK poll
C) BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra listeners' vote
D) Empire readers' poll
- 56. Who was cast as Warden Samuel Norton after recording a screen test on a day off from another film?
A) Gil Bellows
B) James Gandolfini
C) Clancy Brown
D) Bob Gunton
- 57. How many hours of airtime did The Shawshank Redemption occupy in 2013?
A) 151 hours
B) 200 hours
C) 250 hours
D) 100 hours
- 58. Which channel was the most-watched movie on for The Shawshank Redemption despite its mainly male cast?
A) Up
B) OWN
C) Spike
D) Sundance TV
- 59. Since what year has 'The Shawshank Redemption' been number-one on IMDb's user-generated Top 250?
A) 2020
B) 1994
C) 2008
D) 2015
- 60. In what year were the rights to The Shawshank Redemption acquired by Warner Bros. Pictures?
A) 1997
B) 1996
C) 2004
D) 1995
- 61. What was the budget for 'The Shawshank Redemption' after Darabont secured financing?
A) $2.4 million
B) $5,000
C) $25 million
D) $3 million
- 62. In what year was 'The Shawshank Redemption' named Hollywood's fourth-favorite film?
A) 2019
B) 2017
C) 2014
D) 2006
- 63. Who won the American Society of Cinematographers award for 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Stephen King
B) Roger Deakins
C) Frank Darabont
D) Thomas Newman
- 64. In what year was 'The Shawshank Redemption' selected by the United States Library of Congress to be preserved?
A) 2001
B) 2015
C) 2020
D) 1994
- 65. What instrument was 'So Was Red' originally written for before adding harmonica?
A) Solo oboe
B) Flute
C) Trumpet
D) Violin
- 66. What was one reason given for the film's initial box-office failure?
A) High number of female characters
B) Successful marketing campaign
C) Unmemorable title
D) Action-packed scenes
- 67. Which producer at Castle Rock Entertainment was interested in producing 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) Stephen King
B) Frank Darabont
C) John Frankenheimer
D) Liz Glotzer
- 68. What position did 'The Shawshank Redemption' hold on Film4's list of 50 Films to See Before You Die?
A) Number 22
B) Number 13
C) Number 17
D) Number 23
- 69. By its tenth anniversary, how much was actor Clive Owen earning in residual payments?
A) $10,000
B) $100,000
C) $50,000
D) Six-figure residual payments
- 70. What grade did audiences polled by CinemaScore give 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) 'B+'
B) 'F'
C) 'A'
D) 'C'
- 71. Which film did Frank Darabont cite as an inspiration for using dialogue to illustrate the passage of time?
A) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
B) Stand by Me
C) Goodfellas
D) It's a Wonderful Life
- 72. What position did The Daily Telegraph rank 'The Shawshank Redemption' as the best prison film?
A) 50th-best
B) 17th-best
C) 72nd-best
D) 23rd-best
- 73. How long was the final cut of 'The Shawshank Redemption' for theatrical release?
A) 150 minutes
B) 142 minutes
C) 130 minutes
D) 120 minutes
- 74. Which country's favorite film was 'The Shawshank Redemption' in a 2015 poll?
A) Australia
B) Canada
C) South Africa
D) New Zealand
- 75. Who played Bogs Diamond, the prison rapist?
A) Mark Rolston
B) Clancy Brown
C) James Gandolfini
D) Gil Bellows
- 76. In which year did Complex rank 'The Shawshank Redemption' among the greatest films of the 1990s?
A) 2013
B) 2015
C) 2014
D) 2012
- 77. What illness led to Allen Greene's death during the filming of 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) AIDS
B) Cancer
C) Heart disease
D) Stroke
- 78. What unusual financial situation did Gunton mention regarding his earnings from The Shawshank Redemption?
A) Earning a substantial income many years after its release
B) Only earning residuals during its first year
C) Not receiving any residuals
D) Losing money on the film
- 79. What approval rating does Rotten Tomatoes give 'The Shawshank Redemption'?
A) 89%
B) 82%
C) 95%
D) 75%
- 80. Which film won the Palme d'Or award before its release in October 1994?
A) Quiz Show
B) Forrest Gump
C) Pulp Fiction
D) The Shawshank Redemption
- 81. Which magazine listed 'The Shawshank Redemption' among the 50 best films of all time?
A) Time
B) Variety
C) USA Today
D) Entertainment Weekly
- 82. Which film did The Shawshank Redemption finish just ahead of during its wide release weekend?
A) Forrest Gump
B) Exit to Eden
C) Pulp Fiction
D) Quiz Show
- 83. Which film did 'The Shawshank Redemption' surpass to become number-one on IMDb's Top 250?
A) The Godfather
B) Forrest Gump
C) Schindler's List
D) Pulp Fiction
- 84. Where were most of the interior scenes in the prison cellblocks filmed?
A) A sound stage built inside a nearby shuttered Westinghouse Electric factory.
B) The Ohio State Reformatory
C) An active prison facility
D) A studio in Hollywood
- 85. How many rental video copies were shipped by Warner Home Video in 1995?
A) 250,000
B) 100,000
C) 500,000
D) 320,000
- 86. How many Academy Awards nominations did 'The Shawshank Redemption' receive in 1995?
A) Two
B) Seven
C) Ten
D) Five
- 87. In what year did the Writers Guild of America rank Darabont's screenplay for 'The Shawshank Redemption' as number 22 on its list?
A) 2017
B) 1999
C) 2005
D) 2014
- 88. Which airport conducted a poll identifying 'The Shawshank Redemption' as the fourth-best film to watch while in flight?
A) Heathrow Airport
B) JFK International Airport
C) Los Angeles International Airport
D) Gatwick Airport
- 89. By 2013, on how many basic cable networks had The Shawshank Redemption aired?
A) 25
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20
- 90. On which network did The Shawshank Redemption begin airing regularly in June 1997?
A) TNT
B) OWN
C) Lifetime
D) Spike
- 91. What was the average earnings per theater during The Shawshank Redemption's wide release?
A) $22,040
B) $3 million
C) $330 million
D) $2,545
- 92. In what year did Warner Home Video ship rental video copies of The Shawshank Redemption throughout the United States?
A) 1993
B) 1997
C) 2006
D) 1995
- 93. Which director compared the film to a 'chewing-gum movie'?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) Steven Spielberg
C) Francis Ford Coppola
D) Quentin Tarantino
- 94. Which film was ranked higher than 'The Shawshank Redemption' on AFI's 2007 list?
A) Titanic
B) Pulp Fiction
C) Schindler's List
D) Forrest Gump
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