Dear Red, if you're reading this, you've gotten out. And if you've come this far, maybe you're willing to come a little further. You remember the name of the town, don't you? Zihuatanejo. I could use a good man to help me get my project on wheels. I'll keep an eye out for you and the chessboard ready. Remember, Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds you and finds you well. Your friend, Andy.
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Get my stuff down to the laundry. And shine my shoes. I want 'em looking like mirrors. Yes, sir.
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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.
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Sounds good to us. I figure we owe him that much for the beer.
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In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank Prison.
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I'm Andy Dufresne. The wife-killing banker.
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Call the trustees. Take that tub of shit down to the infirmary.
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Three deposits tonight.
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Ain't you gonna scream?
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I've had some long nights in stir.
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So you do what you can to keep going. Some fellas collect stamps. Others build matchstick houses.
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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. He never said who did it. But we all knew. Things went on like that for a while. Prison life consists of routine... and then more routine. Every so often, Andy would show up with fresh bruises. The Sisters kept at him. Sometimes he was able to fight 'em off. Sometimes not. And that's how it went for Andy. That was his routine. I do believe those first two years were the worst for him. And I also believe, if things had gone on that way, this place would have got the best of him. But then, in the spring of 1949, the powers that be decided that... The roof of the license-plate factory needs resurfacing. I need a dozen volunteers for a week's work. As you know, special detail carries with it special privileges. It was outdoor detail... ...and May is one damn fine month to be working outdoors. Stay in line there. More than a hundred men volunteered for the job.
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Let's get this over with.
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So, this is Johnny Farrell. I've heard a lot about you, Johnny. Take a few weeks. Weeks? Well, yeah, Andy. I don't have her stuffed down the front of my pants right now, I'm sorry to say. But I'll get her. Relax.
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Honey...
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King me. Chess. Now, there's a game of kings. - What? - Civilized, strategic. And a total fucking mystery. I hate it. Maybe you'll let me teach you someday. Yeah. Sure. I thought of getting a board together. Well, I'm the right man. I'm the guy that can get things. We might do business on a board. But I want to carve the pieces myself. One side in alabaster, the opposing side in soapstone. What do you think? I think it'll take years. Well, years I got. What I don't have are the rocks. Pickings are pretty slim in the yard. Pebbles, mostly.
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There's a harsh truth to face. No way I'm gonna make it on the outside. All I do any more is think of ways to break my parole... ...so maybe they'd send me back. A 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.