The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Red listens from his cell as footsteps approach the block.

Scene 18 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 14 min into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 18

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.
Scene 11
Andy crosses Shawshank’s gate and enters the prison system that will define his life.
Just before
Scene 15
Andy and the other newcomers enter Cellblock Five amid taunts from the inmates.
Scene 16
Alone in his cell, Andy dresses and takes in his confinement.
Scene 17
A passing train crosses the bleak night outside Shawshank.
Scene 18
This scene

18INT -- RED'S CELL -- NIGHT (1947)

Red lies on his bunk below us, tossing his baseball toward the ceiling and catching it again. He pauses, listening. FOOTSTEPS approach below, unhurried, echoing hollowly on stone.