The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Unable to sleep, Andy lies awake in his cell.

Scene 30 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 19 min into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 30

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 27
At breakfast, Bogs and Rooster size Andy up while Brooks feeds a maggot to his crow.
Scene 28
Andy struggles to learn the prison laundry line’s punishing routine.
Scene 29
In the showers, Bogs and the Sisters threaten Andy.
Scene 30
This scene

30INT -- ANDY'S CELL -- NIGHT (1947)

Andy lies staring at the darkness, unable to sleep.