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