"Your coldness and cruelty shock me, Dufresne," the judge declared icily, "even in your presence, I can feel that chill. On behalf of the Maine Supreme Court, I sentence you to two consecutive life sentences, to be served one after the other, effective immediately, with no parole and no appeals!" With the judge's harsh verdict, Andy Dufresne's face turned deathly pale.
Next naturally came the clanging of prison gates, what greater blow could there be? The shot looking up at the prison gate as they entered was suffocating to viewers, and the Prison Warden's blunt statement, "Give your soul to God, but your body is mine," gave a preliminary glimpse into the despair within the prison.
However, it was unexpected that most people—both Red in the film and the audience in front of the big screen—thought Andy would sob uncontrollably on his first night in prison, yet he accepted his situation very calmly. As Red said during yard time, among these prisoners, he seemed like a free man.
