The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Red watches the field and considers how the prison feels emptier without Andy.

Scene 223 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 223

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 220
Red finds McNary on an atlas and imagines Andy heading south.
Scene 221
Andy drives through Mexico toward the Pacific coast.
Scene 222
Red and the inmates remember Andy, then Red reflects on the empty yard.
Scene 223
This scene

223EXT -- FIELDS -- LATE DAY (1966)

Convicts hoe the fields. Guards patrol on horseback.

RED (V.O.)

...and when they fly away, the part

of you that knows it was a sin to

lock them up does rejoice...but

still, the place you live is that

much more drab and empty that

they're gone.

A DISTANT RUMBLE OF THUNDER. Red pauses, gazes off. Storm clouds coming in, backlit by the sun. A light drizzle begins.

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

I guess I just miss my friend.