The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption1994

Director: Frank Darabont
Genre: Crime, Drama
The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 film about a banker named Andy Dufresne, who is accused of double murder in the 1940s and begins a life sentence at the fictional Shawshank prison, where he be friends an older inmate named Red. During his long str… more »



Red:
[playing checkers with Andy] King me.

Andy:
Chess. Now there's a game of kings.

Red:
What?

Andy:
Civilized, strategic.

Red:
And a total f***ing mystery. I hate it.

Andy:
Well, maybe you'll let me teach you someday.

Red:
[chuckles] Sure.

Andy:
I've been thinking of getting a board together.

Red:
Well, hey, you're talking to the right man. I'm the guy that can get things, right?

Andy:
We might do business on a board, and I'll want to carve the pieces myself. One side in alabaster, the opposing side in soapstone. What do you think?

Red:
I think it'll take years.

Andy:
Well, years I got. What I don't have are the rocks. Pickings are pretty slim in the yard. Pebbles, mostly.

Red:
Andy, we're getting to be kind of friends, aren't we?

Andy:
Yeah, I guess.

Red:
Can I ask you something? Why'd you do it?

Andy:
I'm innocent, Red. Just like everybody else here. What are you in here for?

Red:
Murder. Same as you.

Andy:
Innocent?

Red:
Only guilty man in Shawshank.

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