The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

The inmates heckle a Rita Hayworth movie; Andy sits beside Red.

Scene 53 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Red
Andy

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Begins 35 min into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 53

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.
Scene 31
Andy and Red begin the friendship that will carry the film’s argument about hope and connection.
Just before
Scene 50
The crew drinks cold beer in the sun, a brief taste of freedom.
Scene 51
Andy and Red play checkers; Andy argues that chess is a game of kings.
Scene 52
At night, Andy carves his name into the wall and begins chipping at it.
Scene 53
This scene

53INT -- PRISON AUDITORIUM -- NIGHT (1949)

...while a CONVICT AUDIENCE hoots and catcalls, talking back to the screen. We find Red slouched in a folding chair, watching the movie. Andy enters, backlit by the flickering glare of the projector, and takes a seat next to him.

RED

Here's the good part. Bugs come out

of the walls to get his ass.

ANDY

I know. I've seen it three times

this month already.

Ray Milland starts SCREAMING. The entire audience SCREAMS with him, high-pitched and hysterical. Andy fidgets.

ANDY (CONT'D)

Can we talk business?

RED

Sure. What do you want?

ANDY

Rita Hayworth. Can you get her?

RED

No problem. Take a few weeks.

ANDY

Weeks?

RED

Don't have her stuffed down my

pants this very moment, sorry to

say. Relax. What are you so nervous

about? She's just a woman.

Andy nods, embarrassed. He gets up and hurries out. Red grins, turns back to the movie.