Escape from Alcatraz (DVD)

Once you're sent to The Rock, you stay on The Rock. San Francisco's legendary prison sits on its own little island, a mile away from the shore. It's an escape artist's very worst nightmare. How do you reach safety without being swept out to sea or freezing to death in the notorious waters? How do you break out of an airtight security camp in the first place? These were all problems which faced Frank Morris, one of only three men who are believed to have escaped Alcatraz. This movie depicts the real-life story. Clint Eastwood steers the reigns and puts in a commanding performance as a 1979 version of Frank Morris. It won't go down as his most glorified appearance in ...  Read the complete review

After being transferred to the maximum security prison of Alcatraz from Atlanta, bank robber, Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) is soon introduced to the bleakness of the island penitentiary. Informed by the stern Warden (Patrick McGoohan), that no one has managed to escape from the prison alive and that he should accept his sentence and try and earn the privilege of getting a job within the walls. As he sets about serving out his sentence and keeping his head down, he makes acquaintances with little Italian Litmus, who keeps a pet mouse, and Doc, an elderly convict who lives for his painting. His arrival also comes to the attention of prison thug, Wolf, who takes a fancy to ...  Read the complete review

As I plot my escape from the foundations of The Four Seasons mall I often look to this film for some pointers.Although I've no guards to worry about I still have to contend with several tonnes of reinforced concrete,support struts and high tensile girders.Still big Clint can give it a go, so I'm sharpening my spoon and giving it a go... This film concerns a true but Holywoodised escape attempt from the supposedly escape proof Alcatraz prison in San Fransico bay.Our hero is Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) whose own crimes are glossed over - still they can have us rooting for an orphanage arsonist can they?.Frank is good at escaping hence his transfer to ...  Read the complete review

This is an excellent film that relates the true story of the only successful escape from Alcatraz prison at San Francisco in America. Known as ‘The Rock’ Alcatraz became the prison where all of the worse prisoners in America were sent. ‘All of the rotten eggs in one basket’. The film follows the story of Frank Morris (played by Clint Eastwood) who will not accept that escape is impossible. Together with three other prisoners Morris devises a plan to get onto the roof of the prison and escape over the perimeter fence and swim to a nearby island. This plan will take months to realise but time is one thing that the prisoners of ...  Read the complete review