81 INT -- CELLBLOCK FIVE -- NIGHT (1949) 81

Andy, limping a bit, returns from the infirmary. Red watches
from his cell as Andy is brought up and locked away.

82 INT -- ANDY'S CELL -- NIGHT (1949) 82

Andy finds the cardboard tube lying on his bunk.

GUARD (O.S.)
Lights out!

The lights go off. Andy opens the tube and pulls out a large
rolled poster. He lets it uncurl to the floor. A small scrap
of paper flutters out, landing at his feet. The poster is the
famous Rita Hayworth pin-up -- one hand behind her head, eyes
half closed, sulky lips parted. Andy picks up the scrap of
paper. It reads: "No charge. Welcome back." Alone in the dark,
Andy smiles.

83 INT -- CELLBLOCK FIVE -- MORNING (1949) 83

The BUZZER SOUNDS, the cells SLAM OPEN. Cons step from their
cells. Andy catches Red's eye, nods his thanks. As the men
shuffle down to breakfast, Red glances into Andy's cell --

84 RED'S POV -- DOLLYING PAST 84


-- and sees Rita in her new place of honor on Andy's wall.
Sunlight casts a harsh barred shadow across her lovely face.

85 INT -- CELLBLOCK FIVE -- NIGHT (1949) 85

Ernie is mopping the floor. He glances back and sees Warden
Norton approach the cellblock with an entourage of a DOZEN
GUARDS. Still mopping, Ernie mutters to the nearest cell:

ERNIE
Heads up. They're tossin' cells.

Word travels fast from cell to cell. Cons scramble to tidy up
and hide things. Norton enters, nods to his men. The guards
pair off in all directions, making their choices at random.

GUARD
What kind'a contraband you hiding
in there, boy?

Cells are opened, occupants displaced, items scattered,
mattresses overturned. Whatever contraband is found gets
tossed out onto the cellblock floor. Mostly harmless stuff.

A GUARD pulls a sharpened screwdriver out of a mattress,
shoots a nasty look at the CON responsible.

NORTON
Solitary. A week. Make sure he
takes his Bible.

CON
Too goddamn dark to read down there.

NORTON
Add another week for blasphemy.

The man is taken away. Norton's gaze goes up.

NORTON
Let's try the second tier.

86 2ND TIER 86

Norton arrives, makes a thin show of picking a cell at random.
He motions at Andy on his bunk, reading his Bible. The door is
unlocked. Norton enters, trailed by his men. Andy rises.

ANDY
Good evening.

Norton gives a curt nod. Hadley and Trout start tossing the
cell in a thorough search. Norton keeps his eyes on Andy,
looking for a wrong glance or nervous blink. He takes the
Bible out of Andy's hand.

NORTON
I'm pleased to see you reading
this. Any favorite passages?


ANDY
"Watch ye therefore, for ye know not
when the master of the house cometh."

NORTON
(smiles)
Luke. Chapter 13, verse 35. I've
always liked that one.
(strolls the cell)
But I prefer: "I am the light of
the world. He that followeth me
shall not walk in darkness, but
shall have the light of life."

ANDY
John. Chapter 8, verse 12.

NORTON
I hear you're good with numbers.
How nice. A man should have a skill.

HADLEY
You wanna explain this?

Andy glances over. Hadley is holding up a rock blanket, a
polishing cloth roughly the size of an oven mitt.

ANDY
It's called a rock blanket. It's
for shaping and polishing rocks.
Little hobby of mine.

Hadley glances at the rocks lining the window sill, turns to
Norton.

HADLEY
Looks pretty clean. Some contraband
here, nothing to get in a twist over.

Norton nods, strolls to the poster of Rita.

NORTON
I can't say I approve of this...
(turns to Andy)
...but I suppose exceptions can
always be made.

Norton exits, the guards follow. The cell door is slammed and
locked. Norton pauses, turns back.

NORTON
I almost forgot.

He reaches through the bars and returns the Bible to Andy.

NORTON
I'd hate to deprive you of this.
Salvation lies within.

Norton and his men walk away.

RED (V.O.)
Tossin' cells was just an excuse.
Truth is, Norton wanted to size
Andy up.

87 INT -- PRISON LAUNDRY -- DAY (1949) 87

Andy is working the line. Hadley enters and confers briefly
with Bob. Bob nods, crosses to Andy, taps him. Andy turns,
removes an earplug. Bob shouts over the machine noise:

BOB
DUFRESNE! YOU'RE OFF THE LINE!

88 INT -- WARDEN NORTON'S OFFICE -- DAY (1949) 88

Andy is led in. Norton is at his desk doing paperwork. Andy's
eyes go to a framed needle-point sampler on the wall behind
him that reads: "HIS JUDGMENT COMETH AND THAT RIGHT SOON."

NORTON
My wife made that in church group.

ANDY
It's very pretty, sir.

NORTON
You like working in the laundry?

ANDY
No, sir. Not especially.

NORTON
Perhaps we can find something more
befitting a man of your education.

89 INT -- MAIN BUILDING -- STORAGE ROOMS -- DAY (1949) 89

A series of bleak rooms stacked high with unused filing
cabinets, desks, paint supplies, etc. Andy enters. He hears a
FLUTTER OF WINGS. An adult crow lands on a filing cabinet and
struts back and forth, checking him out. Andy smiles.

ANDY
Hey, Jake. Where's Brooks?

Brooks Hatlen pokes his head out of the back room.

BROOKS
Andy! Thought I heard you out here!

ANDY
I've been reassigned to you.

BROOKS
I know, they told me. Ain't that a
kick in the ass? Come on in, I'll
give you the dime tour.

90 INT -- SHAWSHANK PRISON LIBRARY -- DAY (1949) 90

Brooks leads Andy into the bleakest back room of all. Rough
plank shelves are lined with books. Brooks' private domain.

BROOKS
Here she is, the Shawshank Prison
Library. Along this side, we got
the National Geographics. That
side, the Reader's Digest Condensed
books. Bottom shelf there, some
Louis L'Amours and Erle Stanley
Gardners. Every night I pile the
cart and make my rounds. I write
down the names on this clipboard
here. Well, that's it. Easy, peasy,
Japanesey. Any questions?

Andy pauses. Something about this doesn't make any sense.

ANDY
Brooks? How long have you been
librarian?

BROOKS
Since 1912. Yuh, over 37 years.

ANDY
In all that time, have you ever had
an assistant?

BROOKS
Never needed one. Not much to it,
is there?

ANDY
So why now? Why me?

BROOKS
I dunno. Be nice to have some
comp'ny down here for a change.

HADLEY (O.S.)
Dufresne!