The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

The opposing team’s batter brings Andy his tax forms during the game.

Scene 76 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 48 min into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 76

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 73
Andy prepares tax returns for guards, establishing a new role in the prison.
Scene 74
A year later, more guards line up for Andy’s tax help, including Norton.
Scene 75
Andy identifies a tax deduction for a guard during a baseball game.
Scene 76
This scene

76INT -- PRISON LIBRARY/ANDY'S OFFICE -- DAY (1952)

The Batter sits across from Andy. The line winds out the door.

RED (V.O.)

The guards on the opposing teams

all remembered to bring their W-

2's.

ANDY

Moresby Prison issued you that gun,

but you actually had to pay for it?

THE BATTER

Damn right, and the holster too.

ANDY

See, that's all deductible. You get

to write that off.

RED (V.O.)

Yes sir, Andy was a regular H&R

Block. In fact, he got so busy at

tax time, he was allowed a staff.

ANGLE SHIFTS to reveal Red and Brooks doing filing chores.

ANDY

Say Red, could you hand me a stack

of those 1040s?

RED (V.O.)

Got me out of the wood shop a month

out of the year, and that was fine

by me.