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Ellis Boyd Reddingyour files say you've served 40 years of a life sentenceYou feel you've been rehabilitatedRehabilitatedWell now let me seeI don't have any idea what that meansIt means you're ready
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The Shawshank Redemption

A young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to...

1967 Parole Hearings Man:
Ellis Boyd Redding, your files say you've served 40 years of a life sentence. Do you feel you've been Rehabilitated?Red:Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means.1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, it means that you're ready to rejoin society...Red:I know what you think it means, sonny. To me, It's just a made up word. A politician's word, so 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?1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, are you?Red:There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try to talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone, and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit

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Ellis Boyd Redding
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your files say you've served 40 years of a life sentence
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You feel you've been rehabilitated
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Rehabilitated
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Well now let me see
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I don't have any idea what that means
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It means you're ready to rejoin society
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I know what you think it means sonny
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To me it's just a made up word
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A politician's word so that
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young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie
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and have a job
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What do you really want to know
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Am I sorry for what I did
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Well are you
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There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret
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Not because I'm in here or because you think I should
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I look back on the way I was then
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a young
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stupid kid who committed that terrible crime
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I want to talk to him
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I want to try and talk some sense to him
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Tell him the way things are
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But I can't
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That kid's long gone
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and this old man is all that's left
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I got to live with that
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Rehabilitated
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It's just a bullshit word
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So you go on and stamp your forms sonny and stop wasting my time
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Because to tell you the truth
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I don't give a shit
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Duration
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Timestamp in Movie
02:06:15
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Mar 19, 2026
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Movie Summary

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

Actors

Brian Brophy
1967 Parole Hearings Man
Morgan Freeman
Ellis Boyd 'red' Redding