Red's Parole Speech
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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My name is Nick Bongiovanni, and this is my take on Reds parole speech from the Shawshank Redemption Police. It Ellis Boyd Redding. Your files say you've served 40 years of a life sentence. You feel you've been rehabilitated. Rehabilitated. Well, now, let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that word means. Well, it means you're ready to rejoin society. And I know what you're thinking. Me and Sonny. To me, it's just a made up word. 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 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 ******** 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 ****.