Of the 4K's 2160p HDR transfer, they at least provide a general idea of its different color grading, mostly better contrast levels, deeperīlacks, and correct 1.85:1 framing. Although they obviously do not represent the full potential Include 1080p SDR screenshots for this review that were downsampled from the 4K disc.

NOTE: The Blu-ray disc included with this release is identical to both the 2008 Digibook edition and the 2010 Blu-ray, so I chose to but had only seen the TV version, so that was an awkward afternoon.įor a synopsis and appreciation of the film, please see Casey Broadwater's review of the 2008 Digibook edition. Relative over who championed it as her favorite movie. My favorite memory of Shawshank, though, was back in the mid-2000s when I had a (The only others that come to mind are Stand by Me and The Dead Zone.) It's a reliably watchable and endlessly effective slice of tragedy and, yes, redemption, everyīit at powerful now as it was almost 30 years ago. The Shawshank Redemption is a fine example of durable, timeless entertainment where all the pieces just fit, with the end resultīeing an extremely rare case when critics, audiences, and the story's original author - in this case, Stephen King - embraced itsĬharms. Holding steady over all-time classics like The Godfather, Seven Samurai, and the less classic Forrest Gump (which beat Shawshank for Best Picture that year, along with two other more deserving films). (relative) box office obscurity and seven fruitless Oscar nominations to steady cable TV airings in the late 1990s and, eventually,Ī perch atop IMDb's Top 250 list for the bulk of that site's existence, Reviewed by Randy Miller III, September 9, 2021Īrriving more than a decade after its last two digital home video releases, a standard Blu-ray and an identical Digibook edition, Frank Darabont's monumental prisonĭrama The Shawshank Redemption makes its long-awaited 4K UHD debut from Warner Bros.

What, no collectible Rita Hayworth poster?

The Shawshank Redemption 4K Blu-ray Review

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