I have to say that's the most amazing story I ever heard. What amazes me most is you were taken in by it. Sir? Well... it's obvious this fella Williams is impressed with you. He hears your tale of woe and quite naturally wants to cheer you up. He's young, not terribly bright. Not surprising he wouldn't know what a state he'd put you in. Sir, he's telling the truth. Well, let's say, for the moment, this Blatch does exist. You think he'd just fall to his knees and cry, "Yes, I did it! I confess! And by the way, add a life term to my sentence"? That doesn't matter. With Tommy's testimony, I can get a new trial. That's assuming Blatch is even still there. The chances are he'd be released by now. They'd have his last address, names of relatives. There's a chance, isn't there? How can you be so obtuse? What? What did you call me? Obtuse. Is it deliberate? Son, you're forgetting yourself. The country club will have his old timecards, records, W-2s, - with his name on them. - If you indulge this fantasy, that's your business. - Don't make it mine. This meeting is over. - Sir, if I were to ever get out, I would never mention what goes on in here. I'd be as indictable as you for laundering money.
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Lickety-split. - I want to get home. - Just about finished, sir.
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Andy, we're getting to be kinda friends, aren't we? Yeah, I guess.
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- He's got his fingers in a lot of pies, I hear. - What you hear isn't half of it. He's got scams you haven't even dreamed of. Kickbacks on his kickbacks. There's a river of dirty money running through this place. But the problem with having all that money is you'll have to explain - where it came from. - That's where I come in. I channel it, filter it, funnel it. Stocks, securities, tax-free municipals. I send that money out into the real world. - And when it comes back... - Clean as a virgin's honey pot, huh? Cleaner. By the time Norton retires, I'll have made him a millionaire.
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I mean... in here, I'm the guy who can get things for you, sure. But outside, all you need is the Yellow Pages. Hell, I wouldn't even know where to begin.
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But I suppose...
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I want him found. Not tomorrow, not after breakfast. Now! Yes, sir!
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Let's go! Some of us have got a schedule to keep.
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I remember thinking it would take a man 600 years to tunnel through the wall with it. Old Andy did it in less than 20. Oh, Andy loved geology. I imagine it appealed to his meticulous nature. An Ice Age here, a million years of mountain-building there. Geology is the study of pressure and time. That's all it takes, really. Pressure... and time. That and a big goddamn poster. Like I said, in prison, a man will do most anything to keep his mind occupied.
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So, when Andy Dufresne came to me in 1949 and asked me to smuggle Rita Hayworth into the prison for him, I told him, "No problem."
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Yeah. It floats around. It's got to land on somebody. It was my turn, that's all. I was in the path of the tornado. I just didn't expect the storm would last as long as it has.
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This is where the canary is, Johnny.
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Rumor has it you're a real cold fish. You think your shit smells sweeter than most. Is that right? - What do you think? - To tell you the truth, I haven't made up my mind. I understand you're a man that knows how to get things. I'm known to locate certain things, from time to time. - I wonder if you might get me a rock hammer. - A what? A rock hammer. - What is it, and why? - What do you care?
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A politician's word so that... young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did? Well, are you? 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 wanna talk to him.
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Please sit down.
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Dufresne... Here's your book.
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Sometimes it makes me sad, though, Andy being gone. I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still... the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.