The Shawshank Redemption (DVD, 2004, Special Edition 2-Disc Set)

Everyone always complains about Steven King stories evolving into the cinema as being "unsavory"

This movie is a true masterpiece, and if anything, much better than the story.

The story was originally written by Steven King as a different title in the book Different Seasons. It was called "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption"

I think the movie is even better than the book (largely due to Morgan Freeman and Timothy Robbins), but everything that shines in the movie is here in the book.

An innocent man, convicted of killing his wife and her lover, gives new meaning to the term patient resolve - and has a profound effect on some of his fellow prisoners. I think it's the ultimate prison story, as it shows us the good and the bad of prison life and imbues its characters with a humanity rarely seen in prison-based stories.

Definately worth watching, even more than once!