The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Brooks walks out of Shawshank, crying and looking back at the prison.

Scene 85 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 52 min into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 85

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 82
Dawn breaks over Shawshank.
Scene 83
Sunlight falls across the Rita Hayworth poster in Andy’s cell.
Scene 84
Brooks frees Jake through the library window, unable to care for him anymore.
Scene 85
This scene

85EXT -- SHAWSHANK PRISON -- MAIN GATE -- DAY (1954)

TWO SHORT SIREN BLASTS herald the opening of the gate. It swings hugely open, revealing Brooks standing in his cheap suit, carrying a cheap bag, wearing a cheap hat. Brooks walks out, tears streaming down his face. He looks back. Red, Andy, and others stand at the inner fence, seeing him off. The massive gate closes, wiping them from view.