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Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

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In Stephen King: Short fiction
The novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, which was published in Different Seasons (1982), inspired the Academy Award-nominated film The Shawshank Redemption (1994), starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins.
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In The Shawshank Redemption
…and based on the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (1982), by the American author Stephen King. The film’s director and screenwriter, Frank Darabont, paid King a token fee of \$5,000 in 1987 for permission to adapt the story. Although not an early box office success, earning only \$16 million…
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