: Tim Robbins (Andy Dufresne) and Morgan Freeman (Ellis "Red" Redding). Source Material : Based on the 1982 Stephen King novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption : 2 hours 22 minutes. Plot Summary
: It is celebrated for its powerful message of hope , friendship , and perseverance . As Andy famously notes in a letter to Red, "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies". : Tim Robbins (Andy Dufresne) and Morgan Freeman