The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Red finds the rock wall and oak tree Andy described and searches nearby.

Scene 243 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

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Begins 1:53 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 243

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 240
Unable to sleep, Red longs for the safety of familiar prison routines.
Scene 241
Red gets a ride to Buxton and begins searching for Andy’s hidden message.
Scene 242
Red crosses the Maine countryside, checking his compass for the hayfield.
Scene 243
This scene

243EXT -- COUNTRYSIDE -- DAY

Walking. Searching. The day turning late. Red finds himself staring at a distant field. There's a long rock wall, like something out o f a Robert Frost poem. Big oak tree. Red checks his compass. North end. He crosses a dirt road into the field.