Stephen King is often laughed at by literary critics, but millions of fans and the film industry appreciate his novels. A total of 95 films and series are based on stories by the horror author. Many adaptations are very successfulincluding the prison drama The Condemned, which is the best film of all time according to three million ratings on IMDb.
Must-see: The breakout drama The Condemned is on TV tonight
In the early 1940s, Andrew Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is wrongly convicted of his wife’s murder. Andrew is having a hard time in prison. It’s not just his fellow inmates who make his life hell, the corrupt prison warden Norton (Bob Gunton) and head guard Headley (Clancy Brown) also run a brutal regime. But in Red (Morgan Freeman) he finds a friend who supports him behind bars and with whom he ultimately makes plans to escape.
For director Frank Darabont, The Condemned was his directorial debut, and he would later successfully film two more Stephen King novels, The Green Mile and The Fog. The King novella is comparatively short at 172 pages. Darabont knits from this a two and a half hour film that never gets boring and shows humanity in a completely hopeless place.
Freeman and Robbins show the deep emotional world of their characters, who warm the audience’s hearts with their friendship. So it’s no wonder that The Condemned repeatedly appears among the best films of all time and even ends up at number 1 in the top 250 list on IMDb. Our author Sophia Rosenberger saw the film for the first time this year and recorded the experience meticulously.
A total of five Stephen King film adaptations were nominated for Oscars, but only one won
There were a total of seven Oscar nominations for The Condemned in 1994, including for Best Film, Best Actor (Freeman) and Best Adapted Screenplay. However, the novel is not the only King adaptation that was considered for the most important film award. The Green Mile, also a prison drama, received four nominations, two for Carrie and one for the coming-of-age classic Stand By Me. One However, only Kathy Bates could win an Oscar for her diabolical role in Misery.
When will the Stephen King adaptation The Convicts be on TV?
The gripping prison drama is on today Monday, December December 30, 2024 at 8:15 p.m. on Kabel Eins. The station will show a repeat on January 1, 2025 at 3:25 p.m. If you missed The Convicted on TV, you can buy or rent it at a greatly reduced price on Amazon Prime.
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