The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

At morning count, Andy thanks Red; Red spots the poster covering a hole in the wall.

Scene 63 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 41 min into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 63

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.
Scene 51
Andy tells Red that prisoners retain an inner life and hope, though Red warns hope can be dangerous.
Just before
Scene 60
Red and the others hide a box of rocks for Andy’s return.
Scene 61
Andy limps back from the infirmary and is locked in his cell.
Scene 62
Andy opens the tube on his bunk and discovers a Rita Hayworth poster and Red’s note.
Scene 63
This scene

63INT -- CELLBLOCK FIVE -- MORNING (1949)

The BUZZER SOUNDS, the cells SLAM OPEN. Cons step from their cells. Andy catches Red's eye, nods his thanks. As the men shuffle down to breakfast, Red glances into Andy's cell --

RED'S POV -- DOLLYING PAST

-- and sees Rita in her new place of honor on Andy's wall. Sunlight casts a harsh barred shadow across her lovely face.