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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'
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educations.
Andy covers his surprise. Glances at Brooks. Brooks smiles.
ANDY
I see. Well. Why don't we have a seat and talk it over?
BROOKS
Pull down one'a them desks there.
Andy and Dekins grab a desk standing on end and tilt it to the floor. They find chairs and settle in.
Brooks returns with a tablet of paper and a pen, slides them before Andy.
ANDY
What did you have in mind? A weekly draw on your pay?
DEKINS
Yuh. I figured just stick it in the bank, but Captain Hadley said check with you first.
ANDY
He was right. You don't want your money in a bank.
DEKINS
I don't?
ANDY
What's that gonna earn you? Two and a half, three percent a year? We
can do a lot better than that.
(wets his pen)
So tell me, Mr. Dekins. Where do you want to send your kids?
Harvard? Yale?
92 INT -- MESS HALL -- DAY (1949) 92
FLOYD
He didn't say that!
BROOKS
God is my witness. And Dekins, he just blinks for a second, then laughs his ass off. Afterward, he
actually shook Andy's hand.
HEYWOOD
My ass!
BROOKS
Shook his fuckin' hand. Just about shit myself. All Andy needed was a
suit and tie, a jiggly little hula girl on his desk, he would'a been Mister Dufresne, if you please.
RED
Makin' yourself some friends, Andy.
ANDY
I wouldn't say "friends." I'm a convicted murderer who provides sound financial planning. That's a
wonderful pet to have.
RED
Got you out of the laundry, didn't it?
ANDY
Maybe it can do more than that.
(off their looks)
How about expanding the library? Get some new books in there.
HEYWOOD
How you 'spect to do that, "Mr. Dufresne-if-you-please?"
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ANDY
Ask the warden for funds.
LAUGHTER all around. Andy blinks at them.
BROOKS
Son, I've had six wardens through here during my tenure, and I have
learned one great immutable truth of the universe: ain't one of 'em been born whose asshole don't
pucker up tight as a snare drum when you ask for funds.
93 INT -- MAIN BUILDING HALLWAY -- DAY (1949) 93
DOLLYING Norton and Andy up the hall:
NORTON
Not a dime. My budget's stretched thin as it is.
ANDY
I see. Perhaps I could write to the State Senate and request funds directly from them.
NORTON
Far as them Republican boys in Augusta are concerned, there's only
three ways to spend the taxpayer's hard-earned when it come to prisons.
More walls. More bars. More guards.
ANDY
Still, I'd like to try, with your permission. I'll send a letter a week. They can't ignore me forever.
NORTON
They sure can, but you write your letters if it makes you happy. I'll even mail 'em for you, how's
that?
94 INT -- ANDY'S CELL -- NIGHT (1949) 94
Andy is on his bunk, writing a letter.
RED (V.O.)
So Andy started writing a letter a week, just like he said.
95 INT -- GUARD DESK/NORTON'S OUTER OFFICE -- DAY (1949) 95
Andy pops his head in. The GUARD shakes his head.
RED (V.O.)
And just like Norton said, Andy got no answers. But still he kept on.
96 INT -- PRISON LIBRARY/ANDY'S OFFICE -- DAY (1950) 96
Andy is doing taxes. Mert Entwhistle is seated across from him. Other off-duty guards are waiting
their turn.
RED (V.O.)
The following April, Andy did tax returns for half the guards at
Shawshank.
97 INT -- PRISON LIBRARY -- ONE YEAR LATER (1951) 97
Tax time again. Even more guards are waiting.
RED (V.O.)
Year after that, he did them all... including the warden's.
98 EXT -- BASEBALL DIAMOND -- DAY (1952) 98
A BATTER in a "Noresby Marauders" baseball uniform WHACKS the
ball high into left field and races for first.
RED (V.O.)
Year after that, they rescheduled the start of the intramural season to coincide with tax season...
99 INT -- PRISON LIBRARY/ANDY'S OFFICE -- DAY (1952) 99
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The Batter sits across from Andy. The line winds out the door.
RED (V.O.)
The guards on the opposing teams all remembered to bring their W-2's.
ANDY
Moresby Prison issued you that gun, but you actually had to pay for it?
