Books about Shawshank from Amazon.com

The New York Times bestseller Now I Can Die in Peace is now available in paperback with a new afterword (and more footnotes) by the author

"The Red Sox won the World Series." To Citizen No. 1 of Red Sox Nation, those seven words meant "No more ‘1918’ chants. No more smug glances from Yankee fans. No more worrying about living an entire life -- that’s eighty years, followed by death -- without seeing the Red Sox win a Series." But once he was able -- finally -- to type those life-changing words, Bill Simmons decided to look back at his "Sports Guy" columns for the last five years to find out how the miracle came to pass. And that’s where the trouble began.

The result is Now I Can Die in Peace, a hilarious and fresh new look at some of the best sportswriting in America, with sharp, critical commentary (and fresh insights) from the guy who wrote it in the first place..
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The first book in the Newmarket Shooting Script Series reissued with new material to coincide with the Warner Bros. theatrical re-release and special 10th anniversary DVD launch of this modern classic.

This expanded edition draws from the many new extras that are being created for the DVD, including 90 minutes of commentary by Darabont, documentary material on the making of the film, and a tribute parody of the film.

Nominated for 7 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay, The Shawshank Redemption, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, is an extraordinary tale of hope and survival inside a maximum security prison. Based on a Stephen King novella, Frank Darabont's screenplay follows the complex twenty-year relationship between two convicts who have little in common—except friendship.

Darabont personally wrote and/or assembled all of the content in The Shawshank Redemption: The Shooting Script, as follows:

• Introductions by King and Darabont on the movie's genesis
• The shooting script in its original form ("the one I wrote, the one Castle Rock decided to make, the one my cast and crew dealt with every day")
• Detailed analysis of script-to-screen changes (26 pages) showing why and how scenes were cut, and how some scenes were handled technically
• Two storyboard sequences, with commentary
• Stills section (35 photos)
• Afterword by Darabont about his experience in Hollywood ("It took me nine years of saving, struggling, and honing my craft before I started making my living as a writer.")
• 35 b/w photos, plus storyboards

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Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman star in The Shawshank Redemption, now a major motion picture from Columbia based on the novella "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" in Different Seasons by Stephen King. A prisoner exacts a revenge and escape so meticulous, so brilliant, that no one suspects his plan. . . ..
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How did a low-key prison movie which was considered a box-office flop on its original release become one of the most popular movies of all time? Mark Kermode, writer and presenter of the acclaimed Channel 4 documentary Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature, traces the history of this unexpected audience favorite from the pages of Stephen King's novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, through the icy corridors of Ohio's Mansfield Reformatory (whose imposing gothic architecture dominates the film), to the television and video screens on which The Shawshank Redemption became a phenomenon. Kermode's account draws on extensive interviews with writer/director Frank Darabont and leading players Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. The book also explores the near-religious fervour that the film inspires in its huge number of devoted fans..
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Guero, a young suburban white kid, is thrust into the feds on a marijuana rap. Facing a lengthy sentence he sets out to make his mark in the penitentiary and get his respect While growing into his manhood amidst the everpresent chaos and twisted realities of the penitentiary, Guero falls in with a Latino drug smuggling gang and struggles with his evolving identity as a convict and "vato loco." Prison Stories is a real-life look into the life of prisoners confined in the Bureau of Prisons. Short story vignettes interwoven throughout the pages offer readers a vicarious, personal experience of everything prison is...the power-tripping of guards, gangs, prisoners getting turned out, killings and more..
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The Newmarket Shooting Script® Sets offer a value-priced opportunity for screenplay lovers to build their collection Each book within the set includes a facsimile of the film's actual shooting script, plus exclusive extras, such as introductions by or interviews with the filmmakers, notes on the film's production, selected movie stills, and complete cast and crew credits. This 3-vol. paperback set includes the script books for the movies The Shawshank Redemption, Cinderella Man, and The Constant Gardener.

The Shawshank Redemption: Nominated for 7 Academy Awards®, including Best Adapted Screenplay—"Frank Darabont, with this one work, declares himself a special talent" (Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune)
Cinderella Man: Writer's Guild of America nominee for Best Original Screenplay; includes a section of archival material and 16 pages of film stills
The Constant Gardener: Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay—"Jeffrey Caine…fashioned an intelligent and riveting movie" (Claudia Puig, USA Today).
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The Newmarket Shooting Script® Sets offer a value-priced opportunity for screenplay lovers to build their collection Each book within the set includes a facsimile of the film's actual shooting script, as chosen by the writer and/or director, notes on the film's production and history, selected movie stills, and complete cast and crew credits.

This boxed set includes: The Shawshank Redemption: nominated for 7 Oscars® including Best Screenplay American Beauty: Five-time Oscar®-winner including Best Picture with Afterword by Alan Ball Adaptation.
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