The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Red and the men unpack the new books Andy found through book clubs and donations.

Scene 124 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:05 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 124

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 121
Marilyn Monroe’s poster replaces Rita Hayworth’s on Andy’s wall.
Scene 122
Red examines the harmonica Andy gave him but cannot bring himself to play it.
Scene 123
Construction begins on the expanded library funded by Andy’s letters.
Scene 124
This scene

124INT -- PRISON LIBRARY -- DAY (1960)

Red and the boys are opening boxes, pulling out books.

RED (V.O.)

You'd be amazed how far Andy could

stretch it. He made deals with book

clubs, charity groups...he bought

remaindered books by the pound...

HEYWOOD

Treasure Island. Robert Louis...

ANDY

(jotting)

...Stevenson. Next?

RED

I got here an auto repair manual,

and a book on soap carving.

ANDY

Trade skills and hobbies, those go

under educational. Stack right

behind you.

HEYWOOD

The Count of Monte Crisco...

FLOYD

Cristo, you dumbshit.

HEYWOOD

...by Alexandree Dumb-ass.

ANDY

Dumas. You boys'll like that one.

It's about a prison break.

Floyd tries to take the book. Heywood yanks it back.

HEYWOOD

I saw it first.

Red shoots Andy a look.

RED

Maybe that should go under

educational too.