The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Red asks whether Andy is troubled by laundering Norton’s profits; Andy defends his library work.

Scene 134 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 1:11 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 134

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 131
Andy calculates the profits behind Norton’s corrupt contracts.
Scene 132
Andy carries Norton’s laundry and a pie box through the prison.
Scene 133
Red and Andy discuss the kickbacks and schemes Norton runs.
Scene 134
This scene

134EXT -- PRISON YARD -- DUSK (1965)

RED

Does it ever bother you?

ANDY

I don't run the scams, Red, I just

process the profits. That's a fine

line, maybe. But I've also built

that library, and used it to help a

dozen guys get their high school

diplomas. Why do you think the

warden lets me do all that?

RED

To keep you happy and doing the

laundry. Money instead of sheets.

ANDY

I work cheap. That's the trade-off.

TWO SIREN BLASTS draw their attention to the main gate. It swings open, revealing a prison bus waiting outside.