The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Red tells his parole officer he is adjusting to life outside.

Scene 236 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:51 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 236

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 233
Red asks permission to use the restroom and realizes prison habits still control him.
Scene 234
Red walks through Portland, bewildered by the women and traffic.
Scene 235
Red encounters hippies in the park during the Summer of Love.
Scene 236
This scene

236INT -- PAROLE OFFICE -- DAY

Red sits across from his PAROLE OFFICER. The P.O. is filling out his report.

P.O.

You staying out of the bars, Red?

RED

Yes sir. That I am.

P.O.

How you doing otherwise? Adjusting

okay?

RED

Things got different out here.

P.O.

Tell me about it. Young punks

protesting the war. You imagine?

Even my own kid. Oughtta bust his

fuckin' skull.

RED

Guess the world moved on.