The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Heywood celebrates winning his bet that Fat-Ass would break first.

Scene 23 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 23

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 20
The new prisoners endure a night of panic, crying, and sickness in their cells.
Scene 21
Red listens for Andy to break down, while Heywood taunts Fat-Ass.
Scene 22
Fat-Ass cries as Heywood threatens him with sexual violence.
Scene 23
This scene

23INT -- HEYWOOD'S CELL -- NIGHT (1947)

HEYWOOD

AND IT'S FAT-ASS BY A NOSE.'