The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Tommy worries that he disappointed Andy; Red reassures him.

Scene 154 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:18 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 154

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 151
Andy teaches Tommy to write a sentence and begins his coursework.
Scene 152
Andy polishes the nearly completed chess set as Red reflects on prison time.
Scene 153
Tommy sits for his high-school equivalency test while Andy watches.
Scene 154
This scene

154INT -- WOOD SHOP -- DAY (1966)

Rest break. Tommy and Red sipping Cokes.

TOMMY

I feel bad. I let him down.

RED

That's crap, son. He's proud of

you. Proud as a hen.

(off Tommy's look)

We been friends a long time. I know

him as good as anybody.

TOMMY

Smart fella, ain't he?

RED

Smart as they come. Used to be a

banker on the outside.

TOMMY

What's he in for anyway?

RED

Murder.

TOMMY

The hell you say.

RED

You wouldn't think, lookin' at him.

Caught his wife in bed with some

golf pro. Greased 'em both. C'mon,

boy, back to work...

SMASH! Red turns back. Tommy's Coke has slipped from his hand and shattered on the floor. The kid's gone white as a sheet.

TOMMY

(bare whisper)

Oh my God...