The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption is a UK VHS release by VCI on 26th August 1996. It got re-released by VCI on 2nd September 1996, it's called Special Widescreen Edition. It later got re-released by Cinema Club and VCI on 21st July 1997. It go re-released by Cinema Club and Carlton on 6th November 2000.

Description[]

Cast[]

Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne:

An investment banker sentenced to life in prison in 1947 for the murder of his wife and her lover

Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding:

A prison contraband smuggler who befriends Andy

Bob Gunton as Samuel Norton:

The pious and strict warden of Shawshank penitentiary

William Sadler as Heywood:

A member of Red's gang of long-serving convicts

Clancy Brown as Byron Hadley:

The brutal captain of the prison guards

Gil Bellows as Tommy Williams:

A young convict imprisoned for burglary in 1965

James Whitmore as Brooks Hatlen:

The elderly prison librarian, imprisoned since the early 1900s The cast also includes: Mark Rolston as Bogs Diamond, the head of "The Sisters" gang and a prison rapist; Jeffrey DeMunn as the prosecuting attorney in Dufresne's trial; Alfonso Freeman as Fresh Fish Con; Ned Bellamy and Don McManus as, respectively, prison guards Youngblood and Wiley; and Dion Anderson as Head Bull Haig. Renee Blaine portrays Andy's wife, and Scott Mann portrays her golf-instructor lover Glenn Quentin. Frank Medrano plays Fat Ass, one of Andy's fellow new inmates who is beaten to death by Hadley, and Bill Bolender plays Elmo Blatch, a convict who may actually be responsible for the crimes of which Andy is accused

Credits[]

Opening (Original 1996 release)[]

TNT Classic Movies UK Advert
VCI "Something for Everyone" (A Video Makes a Perfect Gift) promo from 1996 with clips of "Mr. Bean", "Riverdance", "Goodnight Sweetheart", "Drop the Dead Donkey", "Men Behaving Badly", "Les Miserables", "The Shawshank Redemption", and "Have I Got News for You". [announced by Peter Hawkins]
VCI Tracking Control Screen (1995-2005)
VCI Warning Screen (1995-2005)
VCI logo (1995-2005)
Rank Film Distributors logo
Castle Rock Entertainment logo (1994-present)
Start of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Closing (Original 1996 release)[]

End of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Closing Credits Film
VCI logo (1995-2005)

Opening (Rare 1996 release, Special Widescreen Edition) (with no trailer)[]

Tracking control screen (1995-2005)
Warning screen (1995-2005)
VCI logo (1995-2005)
Rank Film Distributors logo
Castle Rock Entertainment logo (1994-present)
Start of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Closing (Rare 1996 release, Special Widescreen Edition) (with no trailer)[]

End of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Closing Credits Film
VCI logo (1995-2005)

Opening (1997 Re-release)[]

Tracking control screen (1997-2004)
Warning screen (1997-2004)
Cinema Club logo (1993-2004)
Cinema Club promo from 1997 [announced by Peter Hawkins]
Let's Buy Hollywood promo
NCH: Action For Children advert
Rank Film Distributors logo
Castle Rock Entertainment logo (1994-present)
Start of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Closing (1997 Re-release)[]

End of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Closing Credits Film
Cinema Club logo (1993-2004)

Opening (2000 Re-release) (with no trailer)[]

Tracking control screen (1997-2004)
Warning screen (1997-2004)
Cinema Club logo (1993-2004)
Rank Film Distributors logo
Castle Rock Entertainment logo (1994-present)
Start of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Closing (2000 Re-release) (with no trailer)[]

End of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Closing Credits Film
Cinema Club logo (1993-2004)

Trailers and info[]

Original 1996 release[]

1997 Re-release[]

The Cinema Club trailer from 1997 with clips of "Boyz N the Hood", "Gandhi", "See No Evil, Hear No Evil", "The Shawshank Redemption", "Hellraiser 1, 2 and 3", "The Silence of the Lambs", "Striking Distance", "Frankenstein", "Wes Craven's New Nightmare", "Candyman" and "In the Line of Fire".
Let's Buy Hollywood (01371 873138)
NCH Action for Children