The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

The new prisoners endure a night of panic, crying, and sickness in their cells.

Scene 20 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 15 min into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 20

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 17
A passing train crosses the bleak night outside Shawshank.
Scene 18
Red listens from his cell as footsteps approach the block.
Scene 19
The guard calls lights out and darkness settles over the tiers.
Scene 20
This scene

20INT -- VARIOUS CELLS -- NIGHT (1947)

thru thru 25 ...while the new cons go quietly crazy in their cells. One man paces like a caged animal...another sits gnawing his cuticles bloody...a third is weeping silently...a fourth is dry-heaving into the toilet...