The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

In the mess hall, the men joke with Andy about the broadcast and ask whether the punishment was worth it.

Scene 117 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Heywood
Andy
Floyd
Red

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:02 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 117

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.
Scene 112
Andy broadcasts Mozart; the whole prison experiences a brief freedom of mind, revealing what hope can still do.
Just before
Scene 114
Norton and Hadley break into the station; Wiley pounds to get out.
Scene 115
Andy is sent to solitary for broadcasting the opera.
Scene 116
Andy sweeps his arms to the music still playing in his head while he sits in solitary.
Scene 117
This scene

117INT -- MESS HALL -- DAY (1955)

HEYWOOD

Couldn't play somethin' good, huh?

Hank Williams?

ANDY

They broke the door down before I

could take requests.

FLOYD

Was it worth two weeks in the hole?

ANDY

Easiest time I ever did.

HEYWOOD

Shit. No such thing as easy time in

the hole. A week seems like a year.

ANDY

I had Mr. Mozart to keep me

company. Hardly felt the time at

all.

RED

Oh, they let you tote that record

player down there, huh? I could'a

swore they confiscated that stuff.

ANDY

(taps his heart, his head)

The music was here...and here.

That's the one thing they can't

confiscate, not ever. That's the

beauty of it. Haven't you ever felt

that way about music, Red?

RED

Played a mean harmonica as a

younger man. Lost my taste for it.

Didn't make much sense on the

inside.

ANDY

Here's where it makes most sense.

We need it so we don't forget.

RED

Forget?

ANDY

That there are things in this world

not carved out of gray stone. That

there's a small place inside of us

they can never lock away, and that

place is called hope.

RED

Hope is a dangerous thing. Drive a

man insane. It's got no place here.

Better get used to the idea.

ANDY

(softly)

Like Brooks did?

FADE TO BLACK