A new message has been carved alongside the old: "So was Red."
INT -- GREYHOUND BUS STATION -- DAY (1967)
TRACKING SHOT reveals a long line of people at the counter.
RED (V.O.)
For the second time in my life, I am guilty of committing a crime.
CAMERA brings us to Red, next in line, bag by his feet.
RED (V.O.)
Parole violation. I doubt they'll toss up any roadblocks for that. Not for an old crook like me.
RED
(steps up)
McNary, Texas?
EXT -- TRAVELING SHOT -- DAY (1967)
A gorgeous New England landscape whizzes by, fields and trees a blur of motion. ANGLE SHIFTS to reveal a Greyhound Sceni-Cruiser barreling up the road, pulling abreast of us. CAMERA TRAVELS from window to window, passing faces. We finally come to Red gazing out at the passing landscape.
RED (V.O.)
I find I am so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it is the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain…
THE BUS
ROARS past camera, dwindling to a mere speck on the horizon.
RED (V.O.)
I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams.
(beat)
I hope.
EXT -- BEACH -- WIDE PANORAMIC SHOT -- DAY (1967)
A distant boat lies on its side in the sand like an old wreck that's been left to rot in the sun. There's someone out there.
CLOSER ON BOAT
A MAN is meticulously stripping the old paint and varnish by hand, face hidden with goggles and kerchief mask.
Red appears b.g., a distant figure walking out across the sand, wearing his cheap suit and carrying his cheap bag.
The man on the boat pauses. Turns slowly around. Red arrives with a smile as wide as the horizon. The other man raises his goggles and pulls down his mask. Andy, of course.
ANDY
You look like a man who knows how to get things.
RED
I'm known to locate certain things from time to time.
Red shrugs off his jacket and picks up a sander. Together, they start sanding the hull as we
FADE OUT
THE END
FRANK ÁRPÁD DARABONT (born FERENC ÁRPÁD DARABONT, January 28, 1959) is a Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and producer who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In his early career he was primarily a screenwriter for horror films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Blob and The Fly II. As a director he is known for his film adaptations of Stephen King novellas and novels such as The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist.