The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Andy and Red reunite in the yard and wonder where the years went.

Scene 119 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:03 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 119

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 116
Andy sweeps his arms to the music still playing in his head while he sits in solitary.
Scene 117
In the mess hall, the men joke with Andy about the broadcast and ask whether the punishment was worth it.
Scene 118
Red faces the parole board after thirty years and is denied release again.
Scene 119
This scene

119EXT -- PRISON YARD -- DUSK (1957)

Red emerges into fading daylight. Andy's waiting for him.

RED

Same old, same old. Thirty years.

Jesus. When you say it like that...

ANDY

You wonder where it went. I wonder

where ten years went.

Red nods, solemn. They settle in on the bleachers. Andy pulls a small box from his sweater, hands it to Red.

ANDY (CONT'D)

Anniversary gift. Open it.

Red does. Inside the box, on a thin layer of cotton, is a shiny new harmonica, bright aluminum and circus-red.

ANDY (CONT'D)

Had to go through one of your

competitors. Hope you don't mind.

Wanted it to be a surprise.

RED

It's very pretty, Andy. Thank you.

ANDY

You gonna play something?

Red considers it, shakes his head. Softly:

RED

Not today.