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4 2 I D G A M O N T H L Y FROM THE SET OF: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION In Director Frank Darabont's 1994 drama The Shawshank Redemption, innocent banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of his wife and her lover. Over the following two decades, he befriends a fellow prisoner, contraband smuggler Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), and becomes instrumental in a money laundering operation led by the prison warden Samuel Norton (Bob Gunton) before his eventual escape. In these photos kindly provided by Darabont's 1st AD John Woodward, we get a glimpse at some of the the scope of the production. While discussing the next setup where Red is released from Shawshank, we all were enrapt listening to a colorful story provided by Morgan Freeman. L-R: Director Frank Darabont, 2nd 2nd AD Michael Greenwood, 1st AD John Woodward, Key 2nd AD Thomas Schellenberg, and Actor Morgan Freeman. Taking their daily ice cream break in a rock-strewn field where prisoners search for rocks to present to "rockhound" Andy upon his release from solitary. L-R: Director Frank Darabont and DP Roger Deakins look skyward with anticipation of some oncoming rain. A four-story cell block set was built in a huge defunct GE plant in Mansfield, Ohio, 1st AD John Woodward is looking ahead a few setups, discussing some details with Director Frank Darabont as DP Roger Deakins lines up an upcoming dolly shot. Top L-R: Chief Lighting Technician Bill O'Leary, DP Roger Deakins, Electric Best Boy Jeremy Knaster. Bottom L-R:1st AD John Woodward and Director Frank Darabont. The team discusses a dolly shot where Morgan Freeman's character Red enters a bus station to begin his trip to Mexico to reunite with Tim Robbins' Andy Dufresne. L-R: Dolly Grip Bruce Hamme, a Security Guard, 1st AD John Woodward, Director Frank Darabont, Production Designer Terry Marsh, DP Roger Deakins and Grip Best Boy Keith Bunting. If you have photos of yourself and/or fellow members at work on a classic film, please send them, along with details about the images to: Press@dga.org. CELEBRATING FILM HISTORY