The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Tommy entertains the men with a story about a botched burglary.

Scene 141 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 1:13 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 141

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 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
Tommy works in the wood shop with Red and the older inmates.
Scene 141
This scene

141INT -- MESS HALL -- DAY (1965)

Tommy regales the old boys with his exploits:

TOMMY

...so I'm backin' out the door,

right? Had the TV like this...

(mimes his grip)

Big ol' thing. Couldn't see shit.

Suddenly, here's this voice:

"Freeze kid! Hands in the air!"

Well I just stand there holdin' on

to that TV, so the voice says: "You

hear what I said, boy?" And I say,

"Yes sir, I sure did! But if I drop

this fuckin' thing, you got me on

destruction of property too!"

The whole table falls about laughing.