The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Andy sets up a phonograph in the guard station and starts Mozart.

Scene 105 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 1:00 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 105

After a banker is wrongly imprisoned for murder, he uses patience, expertise, and friendship to survive Shawshank and build a path to freedom.

Scenes 1–8
Andy’s former life and conviction frame a banker whose apparent control has vanished.
Scenes 9–10
Inside prison, Andy needs a way to survive without surrendering the inner self he is trying to protect.
Scenes 11–30
Andy enters Shawshank and confronts its violence, hierarchy, and rules.
Scene 31
Andy and Red begin the friendship that will carry the film’s argument about hope and connection.
Scene 51
Andy tells Red that prisoners retain an inner life and hope, though Red warns hope can be dangerous.
Just before
Scene 102
Hadley spots Andy and Red in the yard and summons Andy to the warden’s office.
Scene 103
Hadley summons Andy to answer for the many packages addressed to him.
Scene 104
Wiley waits in the bathroom while Andy prepares the phonograph.
Scene 105
This scene

105INT -- GUARD STATION/OUTER OFFICE -- DAY (1955)

Andy wrestles the phonograph player onto the guards' desk, sweeping things onto the floor in his haste. He plugs the machine in. A red light warms up. The platter starts spinning. He slides the Mozart album from its sleeve, lays it on the platter, and lowers the tone arm to his favorite cut. The needle HISSES in the groove...and the MUSIC begins, lilting and gorgeous. Andy sinks into Wiley's chair, overcome by its beauty. It is "Deutino: Che soave zeffiretto," a duet sung by Susanna and the Contessa.