肖申克的救赎Shawshank Redemption Movie Script

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.

89INT -- 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.

90INT -- 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! 91 ANDY STEPS BACK INTO THE OUTER ROOMS AND FINDS HADLEY WITH 91 another GUARD, a huge fellow named DEKINS.

HADLEY:

That's him. That's the one.

Hadley exits. Dekins approaches Andy ominously. Andy stands his ground, waiting for whatever comes next. Finally:

DEKINS:

I'm Dekins. I been, uh, thinkin' 'bout maybe settin' up some kinda trust fund for my kids' educations.