The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Tommy works in the wood shop with Red and the older inmates.

Scene 140 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:13 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 140

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 137
Tommy and the newcomers are deloused and taunted during intake.
Scene 138
Tommy settles into his cell and jokes with his new cellmate.
Scene 139
Tommy struts through the prison as Red describes his cocky reputation.
Scene 140
This scene

140INT -- WOOD SHOP -- DAY (1965)

A SHRIEKING BUZZSAW slices ten-foot lengths of wood. Red runs the machine while some other OLD-TIMERS feed the wood.

RED (V.O.)

Young punk, Mr. Rock n' Roll, cocky

as hell...

Tommy is hauling the cut wood off the conveyor and stacking it, It's a ball-busting job, but the kid's a blur.

TOMMY

(slapping his gloves)

C'mon there, old boys! Movin' like

molasses! Makin' me look bad!

The old guys just grin and shake their heads.

RED (V.O.)

We liked him immediately.