The Shawshank Redemption · written by Frank Darabont · 1994

Brooks enters the dingy room, unsure what to do with his freedom.

Scene 90 of 249 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Brooks

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Begins 53 min into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 90

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 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
A hotel worker leads Brooks to his small room and explains its rules.
Scene 90
This scene

90INT -- BROOKS' ROOM -- DAY (1954)

Brooks enters. The room is small, old, dingy. Heavy wooden beams cross the ceiling. An arched window affords a view of Congress Street. Traffic noise drifts in. Brooks sets his bag down. He doesn't quite know what to do. He just stands there, like a man waiting for a bus.

BROOKS (V.O.)

The parole board got me into this

halfway house called the Brewster,

and a job bagging groceries at the

Foodway...