the movie shawshank redemption was filmed at metro atlanta, georgia.
the movie shawshank redemption was filmed at metro atlanta, georgia.
where was the movie shawshank redemption filmed at?
metro atlanta, georgia
the hulu original series, "castle rock", based on stephen king's work, was filmed here. in the series, the penitentiary is shawshank. the reason this site was chosen for shawshank instead of the ohio state reformatory in mansfield, ohio where the movie "shawshank redemption" was filmed, is due to the showrunner's desire to make the town around shawshank more visible.









































external shots of the penitentiary were used for season 1 episode 9 of the netflix original series "mindhunter"









































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the prison appears in the 2018 video game "fallout 76", where it is known as the "eastern regional penitentiary."
west virginia penitentiary
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rita hayworth and shawshank redemption is a novella by stephen king from his 1982 collection "different seasons", subtitled "hope springs eternal". it is loosely based on the leo tolstoy short story "god sees the truth, but waits". it was adapted for the screen in 1994 as "the shawshank redemption", which was nominated for seven academy awards in 1994, including best picture. in 2009, it was adapted for the stage as the play "the shawshank redemption".









































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rita hayworth and shawshank redemption