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    THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)wri$enanddirectedbyFrankDarabont

    basedonRitaHayworthandShawshankRedemp9onbyStephenKing

    running9me:13minutes

    BASIC SCREENPLAY ANALYSIS

    PROTAGONIST:AndyDufresne,abankerwronglyimprisonedforthemurderofhiswife.

    CHARACTERIZATION/MAINMISBEHAVIOR:Guilt-ridden;unabletoletgoofthepast

    EXTERNALGOAL:Toadapttoprisonlife/Tobreakfreeofprisonlife

    INTERNALGOAL:Tofindhopewithinhimselfandfreehimselffromtheguiltofhiswifesdeath

    MAINDRAMATICCONFLICT:TheWarden

    THEME:Youcanfindself-worthinyourmosthopelesshours.

    CENTRALDRAMATICQUESTION:WillAndybreakfreeofShawshank?

    ENDING:AndyescapesShawshanktoMexicowiththeWardensdirtymoney.

    ARC:AndygoesfromaShawshankinmate,guilt-riddenoverhiswifesdeath,toafreemanable

    tostartanew.

    STORY ENGINES

    ACTI

    Andyisfoundguiltyforthemurderofhiswifeandherlover,andisthrownintoShawshankfor

    life.HeaKemptstoadapttoprisonlifebypickingupahobbywithchiselingrocks.

    ACTII-A

    Andyfindsfriendsandenemieswithintheprisonwalls.Hebeginstoadapttothelifeinside.

    ACTII-B

    Andydiscovershopethroughliteratureandmusic,sharingwithhisfellowinmates.Whenthe

    Wardendiscovershistalentsasabanker,heusesAndytolaunderdirtymoney.Andymentorsa

    younginmatewhocouldprovehisinnocence,buttheWardensilencesit.

    ACTIII

    AndydecidestobreakoutofShawshank--getbusylivingorgetbusydying.Heescapesand

    bringsdownallthecorrupNonatShawshank.

    ACTIV

    RedisparoledaPer40yearsatShawshank.Hegetsajobatagrocerystore,butstruggles.

    RememberingAndysproposal,hebreakshisparoleandreuniteswithAndyinMexico.

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    FULL SCREENPLAY ANALYSIS

    ACT I

    1-"IfIDidn'tCare"byTheInkSpotsplaysoveracarradio.ANDYDUFRESNE,boozed-up,pullsa pistolfromtheglovecompartment.

    5-7-Andystandstrialforthemurderofhiswifeandherlover.Andypleadshisinnocence.The

    courtfindsAndyguiltyandsentenceshimtolifeinprison.

    8-RED,thenarrator,sitsinfrontofaparoleboardandtheydenyhisparole.

    11-INCITINGINCIDENT:AndyentersShawshank.Redtellsushewasabanker.

    12-Redandcrewgambleonwhichnewinmatewillbreakdownfirst.RedbetsonAndy.

    RED (V.O.) I must admit I didn't think much of Andy the first time I laid eyes on him. It looked like a stiff breeze would blow him over.15-WARDENNORTONlecturesthenewinmates...

    WARDEN I believe in two things: discipline and the bible. Here you'll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord; your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.20-Oneofthenewinmate,thefatman,breaksdown.CAPTAINHADLEYopenshiscelland

    beatshimsenselessinfrontoftheenNrecellblock.

    21-STRONGMOVEMENTFORWARD :Andydoesn'tbreakdown.

    RED (V.O.) His first night in the joint, Andy Dufresne cost me two packs of cigarettes. He never made a sound.22-Andyfindsamaggotinhisfood;befriendsBrooks.Brooksfeedsthemaggottothebirdinhiscoatpocket,Jake.

    24-AndydiscoversthefatmandiedfromHadleysbeaNng.

    29-ENDOFACTONETURN:AndyasksRedforarockhammer.

    Andychoosestopickupahobbychiselingrocksandadapttolifeinprison.

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    ACT II-A

    31-Andyreceivestherockhammer.

    33-Andyisbeatenandrapedby"theSisters."

    RED (V.O.) I wish I could tell you that Andy fought the good fight, and the Sisters let him be. I wish I could tell you that, but prison is no fairy- tale world.38-FIRSTTRIAL:Whileonaworkdetailtarringaroof,AndyoverhearsHadleycomplaining

    abouttaxeshellpayonaninheritancehereceived.Andybreakstherulesandapproaches,

    angeringHadley,andisnearlythrownofftheroof.Atthelastsecond,AndyinformsHadleyhe

    cankeepthemoneywithoutpayingtaxesandofferstosetupthetaxfreegiP(hewasabanker

    aPerall).Inreturn,herequestsbeerfortheworkers.

    RED You could argue he'd done it to curry favor with the guards. Or, maybe make a few friends among us cons. Me, I think he did it just to feel normal again, if only for a short while.40-TheinmatesdrinkbeerwithoutAndy.Heywood,oncehosNletoAndy,offershimabeer.

    HEYWOOD You want a cold one, Andy? ANDY No thanks. I gave up drinking.Andygrows:alcoholplayedalargeroleinhisincarcera9on.

    42-Lateatnight,Andywriteshisnameonthewallofhiscellwiththerockhammer.

    43-AndyapproachesRedwhilewatchingGildaandasksRedforRitaHayworth.

    45-FIRSTCASUALTY:AndyisbeatenwithininchesofhislifebyBogsandtheSisters.The

    beaNngissobadhespendsamonthintheinfirmary.

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    47-BogsisbeatenbyHadleyforsendingAndytotheinfirmary.

    RED (V.O.) Two things never happened again after that. The Sisters never laid a finger on Andy again... and Bogs never walked again.49-Backfromtheinfirmary,AndyfindsaRitaHayworthposterinhiscellfromRed.

    52-Andy'scellistossedbytheWardenandHadley.TheWardenknowsAndy'sgoodwith

    numbers.AndyimpressestheWardenwithhisknowledgeoftheBible.

    52-WARDENSAGENDASETUP:TheWardennoNcestheRitaHayworthposter,disapproves,but

    letsitslide.

    53-TheWardengivesAndyanewjobworkingwithBrooksinthelibrary.

    57-WiththeWarden'spermission,Andywritestothestateforfundstoexpandthelibrary.

    58-YearaPeryear,Andydoestaxesforalltheprisonguards,eventheWarden.

    59-BrooksaKemptstokillHeywood,butAndyandRedtalkhimoutofit.Brookssparolecame

    through.APerspendingthemajorityofhislifeinprison,therealworldterrifieshim.

    61-MIDPOINT(internal):AroundAndyandfriends,RedempathizeswithBrooks.

    RED They send you here for life and that's what they take.AndyrealizesthelongerhestaysatShawshank,themorefrighteningfreedombecomes.

    ThefollowingsequenceisasetupforActIVandRedsStory:

    61-Brooksreleaseshisbird,Jake,andleavesShawshank.

    63-Brooksfindstheoutsideworldtoofast-paced.Hegetsajobbagginggroceries,but

    thinksaboutrobbingthestore...anythingtogetbacktowhatheknows.

    66-Brookschisels"Brookswashere"inhisapartmentandhangshimself.

    67-Andyreceivesfunds,books,andmusicfortheShawshanklibraryfromthestate.

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    69-MIDPOINT(external):Andyputsonarecord,"CanzoneKasull'aria"fromMozart's

    "MarriageofFigaro,"locksthedoortotheofficehesin,andbroadcaststhesongovertheA

    fortheenNreprisontohear.

    RED (V.O.) I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I dont want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. Id like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it cant expressed in words, and it makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a great place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free.

    72-TheWardenhasHadleybreakdownthedoor.Andyreceivestwoweeksintheholeaspunishment.

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    ACT II-B

    74-ASSUMPTIONOFPOWER(internal):Duringchow,AndytalkswithRedandcrewabout

    hope....

    ANDY That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you you need it so you don't forget. RED Forget? ANDY Forget there are places in the world that aren't made out of stone. That there's something inside they can't get to; that they can't touch that's yours. RED What are you talking about? ANDY Hope. RED Let me tell you something, my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. It's no use on the inside. Better get use to that idea. ANDY Like Brooks did?75-Redsitsinfrontoftheparoleboard,andaPerserving30yearsofalifesentence,theydeny

    hisparole.

    76-AndygivesRedaharmonica.

    76-RedgivesAndyaMarilynMonroeposterforAndystenthanniversaryatShawshank.

    78-ASSUMPTIONOFPOWER(external):Andyreceivesfundsfromthestateandgrows

    ShawshankslibraryintothebestprisonlibraryinewEngland.Theinmatesnowhavefreedom

    toreadandlistentomusic.

    81-TheWardenusesinmatestoworkascontractlaboroutsidetheprisonforhugekickbacks.

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    84-AndyworkstheWarden'sbooks,cleaningthedirtymoney.Andyclaimshe'llmakethe

    WardenamillionairebytheNmehereNres.MoneyiscleanedthroughaficNNousperson.

    ANDY The funny thing is - on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.85-TommyWilliams,ayoungcriminalwhosbeenimprisonedalloverewEngland,arrives.

    88-AndyteachesTommytoreadsoTommycanearnhishighschooldiploma.

    89-The60's:RaquelWelchisnowtheposteronAndy'swall.

    91-RedtellsTommywhyAndyisinprison.Tommyisshocked.

    92-TURN/PLOTPOINT#2:TommyinformsAndyandRedaboutElmoBlatch,aformercell-

    matewhotoldhimexplicitdetailsaboutmurderingagolfproandhismistress.

    ELMO I got me this job one time bussing tables at a country club, so I could case all this big rich pricks that come in. So I pick out this guy, go in one night and do his place. He wakes up. He gives me shit. So I killed him. Him and his tasty bitch he was with. Thats the best part. Shes fucking this prick, see, this golf pro, but shes married to some other guy. Some hotshot banker. And hes the one they pinned it on!94-DECISION:Desperatetoclearhisname,AndyinformstheWardenaboutTommysElmo

    Blatchstory.AndybegstheWardentohelp,buttheWardenrefuses,asheneedsAndyto

    launderhisdirtymoney.Andyinsiststhatthemoneylaunderingwillbekeptsecretandthe

    Wardenexplodeswithrage,pungAndyintheholeforanenNremonth.

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    ACT III

    96-Inthehole,AndyreceiveswordthatTommyearnedhishighschooldiploma.

    99-TheWardenhasTommykilled.

    100-TheWardenlecturesAndyinthehole.

    WARDEN I'm sure by now you've heard. Terrible thing. Man that young, less than a year to go, trying to escape... Broke Captain Hadley's heart to shoot him, truly it did. We just have to put it behind us... move on. ANDY I'm done. Everything stops. Get someone else to run your scams. WARDEN Nothing stops. Nothing... or you will do the hardest time there is. No more protection from the guards. I'll pull you out of that one-bunk Hilton and cast you down with the Sodomites. You'll think you've been fucked by a train! And the library? Gone...sealed off, brick-by-brick. We'll have us a little book barbecue in the yard. They'll see the flames for miles. We'll dance around it like wild Injuns! You understand me? Catching my drift?... Or am I being obtuse? [to Hadley] Give him another month to think about it.104-APersixtydaysinthehole,AndytellsRedhe'dgotoZihuatanejo,Mexicoifheevergot

    outofShawshank. RED Mexico's way the hell down there, and you're in here, and that's the way it is! ANDY You're right. It's down there, and I'm in here. I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get busy dying.AndydecidestobreakoutofShawshank.

    107-AndydescribesahayfieldwithalongrockwallnearatowncalledBuxton.Further,undera

    blackvolcanicrock,therewillbesomethingwaiNngforRedifandwhenhegetsout.Andy

    leavesRedperplexed,worried.

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    109-RedtellsthecrewofhisconcernforAndy.HeywoodmenNons,atAndysrequest,he

    deliveredhimasixfootrope.owerlesstohelp,theybelieveAndywillhanghimself.

    110-AndyfinishestheWarden'sbooksforthenightandpolishestheWarden'sshoes.

    111-Lightsout.Andygrabsaropefromunderhispillow.Astormclosesin...

    RED (V.O.) I have had some long nights in stir. Alone in the dark with nothing but your thoughts, time can draw out like a blade...112-POINTOFNORETURN:Thecellsopenformorningrollcall.Andydoesnotcomeout.

    113-TheWardenfindsAndy'sshoesinhisshoebox.

    115-TheWarden,furiousAndyhasdisappearedwithoutatrace,throwsAndy'schesspiecesat

    theRaquelWelchposteranddiscoversagiganNcholeinthewall.AndyhastunneledoutandescapedfromShawshank.

    RED (V.O.) In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All they found of him was a muddy set of prison clothes, a bar of soap, and an old rock hammer, damn near worn down to the nub. I remember thinking it would take a man six hundred years to tunnel through the wall with it. Old Andy did it in less than twenty.116-FLASHBACK:Andy,withhisnewrockhammer,aemptstochiselhisnameinthecellwallanddiscoversthewallbreaksawayeasily.

    118-FLASHBACK:Onhisfinalnight,AndywalkstohiscellwearingboththeWarden'sshoesand

    theWarden'ssuitunderhisprisonclothes.

    120-FLASHBACK:Tohidethenoise,Andywaitsforthundercrashesandbreaksopenasewage

    pipewithalargerock.

    RED (V.O.) Andy crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of shit smelling foulness I can't even imagine, or maybe I just don't want to. Five hundred yards... that's the length of five football fields, just shy of half a mile.

    120-CLIMAX-FLASHBACK:Andycrawlsoutofthesewagepipeafreeman.Rainwashesthe

    filthoffhim.Hesfinallyfree.

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    EPILOGUE

    122-Andy,wearingtheWarden'ssuit,visitsabank.AssumingtheficNNousperson'sidenNtyhe

    usedtolaunderthemoney,hecleansoutthebankaccount.

    RED All told, he blew town with over three hundred thousand dollars of Warden Norton's money.123-AndymailstheWardensledgerandanotetoanewspaperregardingthecorrupNonat

    Shawshank.

    124-Withthepoliceoutsidehisdoor,theWardenkillshimself.

    125-RedreceivesanunsignedpostcardfromFortHancock,Texas.HeknowsAndymadeit.

    126-Afreeman,AndydrivesalongMexicosacificcoasttowardZihuatanejo.

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    ACT IV (REDS STORY)

    128-REDSASSUMTIOOFOWER:Yetagain,Redsitsinfrontoftheparoleboard.Theyaskif

    hefeelsrehabilitated.

    RED There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So, you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit.129-REDSTUR:Red'sparoleisapprovedandheleavesprisonaPer40yearsofincarceraNon.

    130-REDSDECISIO:RedrentsBrook'soldroom,workingthesamejobBrookshadatthe

    grocerystore. RED (V.O.) There's a harsh truth to face. No way I'm gonna make it on the outside. All I do anymore is think of ways to break my parole, so maybe they'd send me back. Terrible thing, to live in fear. Brooks Hatlen knew it. Knew it all too well. All I want is to be back where things make sense. Where I won't have to be afraid all the time. Only one thing stops me. A promise I made to Andy.136-REDSOITOFORETUR:Alongtherockwall,Redfindsaboxunderblackvolcanic

    rock.InsidehefindsmoneyandaleKerfromAndy,askingRedtojoinhiminMexico.

    ANDY (V.O.) Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.137-RedchiselsintothesamewallBrooksdid.Itnowsays,"BrookswashereandsowasRed."

    RED Get busy living or get busy dying. That's God damn right.138-REDSCLIMAX:RedbreakshisparoleandbuysabusNcket.

    139-InZihuatanejo,Mexico,RedreuniteswithAndy.

    139-THEEND.

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