261 INT -- PRISON CORRIDORS -- DAY (1966) 261

The D.A. marches along amidst a phalanx of TROOPERS.

262 INT -- NORTON'S OFFICE -- DAY (1966) 262

Norton sits blankly at his desk, revolver before him. The
doorknob rattles, a VOICE is heard:

D.A. (O.S.)
Samuel Norton? We have a warrant
for your arrest! Open up!

The POUNDING starts. Norton dumps the box of bullets out on thr
desk. He starts sorting them to see which ones he likes.

263 OUTSIDE HIS OFFICE 263

Troopers hustle the hapless duty guard to Norton's door as he
fumbles nervously with a huge key ring.

DUTY GUARD
I'm not sure which one it is...

He starts trying keys in the lock. And as the keys go sliding
in one after another...

264 INT -- NORTON'S OFFICE -- DAY (1966) 264

...so do the bullets. Norton is riveted to the door. For every
key, he loads another bullet. Methodical and grim. He gets the
final bullet in just as the right key slams home. The door
bursts open. Men muscle in. Somebody SHOUTS. Troopers dive in
all directions as Norton raises the gun --

-- and jams it under his chin. His head snaps back as the wall
goes red. His swivel chair does a slow half-turn and creaks to
a final stop. Troopers rise slowly, gazing in horror.

RED (V.O.)
I like to think the last thing that
went through his head...other than
that bullet...was to wonder how the
hell Andy Dufresne ever got the
best of him.

PUSH SLOWLY to the wall to reveal Mrs. Norton's framed sampler
trickling blood and brains...and we get our final Bible lesson
for today: "HIS JUDGMENT COMETH AND THAT RIGHT SOON."

265 EXT -- PRISON YARD -- DAY (1966) 265

Mail call. Red hears his name. They pass him a postcard.

RED (V.O.)
Not long after the warden deprived
us of his company, I got a postcard
in the mail. It was blank. But the
postmark said, "McNary, Texas."

266 INT -- LIBRARY -- DAY (1966) 266

Red sits with an atlas, tracing his finger down the page.

RED (V.O.)
McNary. Right on the border. That's
where Andy crossed.
(shuts the book)
When I picture him heading south in
his own car with the top down, it
makes me laugh all over again...

267 EXT -- MEXICO -- HIGHWAY -- DAY (1966) 267

A red convertible rips along with Andy at the wheel, cigar
jutting from his grin, warm wind fluttering his tie.

RED (V.O.)
Andy Dufresne, who crawled through
a river of shit and came out clean
on the other side. Andy Dufresne,
headed for the Pacific.

268 INT -- MESS HALL -- DAY (1966) 268

Heywood is regaling the table with some anecdote about Andy.

RED (V.O.)
Those of us who knew him best talk
about him often. I swear, the stuff
he pulled. It always makes us laugh.

A wild burst of laughter. PUSH IN on Red. Feeling melancholy.

RED (V.O.)
Sometimes it makes me sad, though,
Andy being gone. I have to remind
myself that some birds aren't meant
to be caged, that's all. Their
feathers are just too bright...

269 EXT -- FIELDS -- LATE DAY (1966) 269

Convicts hoe the fields. Guards patrol on horseback.

RED (V.O.)
...and when they fly away, the part
of you that knows it was a sin to
lock them up does rejoice...but still,
the place you live is that much more
drab and empty that they're gone.

A DISTANT RUMBLE OF THUNDER. Red pauses, gazes off. Storm
clouds coming in, backlit by the sun. A light drizzle begins.

RED (V.O.)
I guess I just miss my friend.

270 INT -- PRISON CELL -- NIGHT (1966) 270

Red is sleeping. He wakes with a start.

RED (V.O.)
But there are times I curse him for
the dreams he left behind...

He senses a presence, looks over his shoulder. There's a Rita
Hayworth poster on his wall. He gets out of bed. Rita just

keeps smiling, inscrutable. As Red watches, a brilliant
round glow builds behind the poster, shining from the
tunnel. The poster rips free, charred to ash in the blink
of an eye as a shaft of holy white light stabs into the
cell. Sunlight. Red staggers back against the glare.

A whirlwind kicks up, whipping everything into the air. The
hole in the wall is like a giant vacuum cleaner -- papers,
book, toiletries, bedding -- if it ain't nailed down, it gets
sucked down the hole toward the light. Red fights it, but the
suction drags him closer and closer...