The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

A hotel worker leads Brooks to his small room and explains its rules.

Scene 89 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 53 min into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 89

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 86
On the bus, Brooks is frightened by how quickly the outside world moves.
Scene 87
Brooks struggles to cross a busy Portland street.
Scene 88
Brooks arrives at the Brewster Hotel and sees how little the lodging offers.
Scene 89
This scene

89INT -- BREWSTER HOTEL -- DAY (1954)

A WOMAN leads Brooks up the stairs toward the top floor. He has trouble climbing so many stairs.

WOMAN

No music in your room after eight

p.m. No guests after nine. No

cooking except on the hotplate...

BROOKS (V.O.)

People even talk faster. And

louder.