The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Tommy visits with his young wife and baby through the glass.

Scene 143 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:14 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 143

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 140
Tommy works in the wood shop with Red and the older inmates.
Scene 141
Tommy entertains the men with a story about a botched burglary.
Scene 142
Tommy plays cards with Andy, Red, and the others, comparing prisons.
Scene 143
This scene

143INT -- VISITOR'S ROOM -- DAY (1965)

CAMERA TRAVELS the room. Chaotic. CONS are waiting their turn or talking to visitors through a thick plexi shield.

RED (V.O.)

As it turns out, Tommy had himself

a young wife and new baby girl...

Tommy's at the end of the row, phone to his ear. Other side of the glass is BETH, near tears, fussing with a BABY on her lap.

BETH

...said we can stay with them, but

Joey's gettin' out of the service

next month, and they barely got

enough room as it is. Plus they got

Poppa workin' double shifts and the

baby cries half the night. I just

don't know where we're gonna go...

PUSH IN on Tommy's face as he listens.

RED (V.O.)

Maybe it was the thought of them on

the streets...or his child growing

up not knowing her daddy...