The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Red and the inmates remember Andy, then Red reflects on the empty yard.

Scene 222 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:46 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 222

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.
Scenes 31–154
He adapts through Red’s help, builds the library, and slowly earns trust while preparing for freedom.
Scenes 155–156
Tommy reveals that another inmate confessed to the murders, offering Andy a route to prove his innocence.
Scenes 157–166
Norton refuses to help and has Tommy killed, costing Andy the legal hope he had found.
Scenes 167–218
Andy escapes with evidence and exposes the warden, returning to the outside world on his own terms.
Just before
Scene 219
Red receives a blank postcard postmarked McNary, Texas.
Scene 220
Red finds McNary on an atlas and imagines Andy heading south.
Scene 221
Andy drives through Mexico toward the Pacific coast.
Scene 222
This scene

222INT -- MESS HALL -- DAY (1966)

Heywood is regaling the table with some anecdote about Andy.

RED (V.O.)

Those of us who knew him best talk

about him often. I swear, the stuff

he pulled. It always makes us

laugh.

A wild burst of laughter. PUSH IN on Red. Feeling melancholy.

RED (V.O.) (CONT'D)

Sometimes it makes me sad, though,

Andy being gone. I have to remind

myself that some birds aren't meant

to be caged, that's all. Their

feathers are just too bright...