After Andy escapes, some time passes and Red goes for his 40-year parole hearing, upon which he is released. First, Andy obviously put it there after he escaped, not before he went to prison (how else would a note for Red be there?). Some people think that Andy leaving the tin with the money, and postcard telling Red where to find Andy was a bit risky because leaving it there for years, it could either be stumbled upon, or the area could have been urbanized and it would have been destroyed-the latter was a very real concern of Andy's in the novella.
(8) The book gives us more of the history of Shawshank, including Red's accounts of several other escape attempts, including a successful one where an inmate walked out the front gate while working on the prison's baseball field. The scene of Red meeting Andy on the beach as he sands a boat was added after the first cut of the film was shown to focus groups, who wanted a happier ending. Also, the book leaves it ambiguous whether Red in fact meets Andy in Mexico. In the film, Red simply goes directly to the correct hayfield. Having Brooks tell the story in the movie probably lent more drama to the script (7) In the book, Red's search for the proper hayfield where Andy left his package is a fairly substantial piece of the plot. More of post-prison life is told by Red himself after he's released. Tommy's story is also slightly different in the book-he relates that Blatch told him the double murder was pinned on a lawyer rather than a banker, and Andy latches onto it with the thinking that the two professions were often confused for one another (in those days) (6) Brooks Hatlen's post-incarceration story is not in the original novella. Norton instead offers Tommy a chance to be transferred to a minimum security prison with more privileges (furloughs with his wife, increased visitation, etc) in another part of Maine if he keeps quiet about the evidence that could clear Andy's name.
The Norton in the film is a composite character of the other wardens, a way to tighten the story up (5) In the book, Tommy is not murdered by Hadley on orders from the warden. The last one in the novella is Norton (his 1st name is Samuel), who is the pious man played by actor Bob Gunton in the movie. However, he's still very intelligent and crafty like the Andy of the movie (3) Red is not an middle-aged African American man, but a middle-aged Irishman with graying red hair (hence the nickname) (4) During Andy's incarceration, the prison is overseen by at least 3 different wardens, all with different personalities and motives. Some notable changes: (1) Andy serves a total of 27 years instead of 19 (2) Andy is not a tall, thin man like Tim Robbins, but is actually short and thin. A few minor changes were made to tighten up the story but it mostly stays very faithful to the source.
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