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 Escape from Alcatraz (DVD)
Description: Theatrical Release: 1979 / Director: Don Siegel / Actors: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan ... / Features of the DVD: ... more  Escape from Alcatraz (DVD) ... Anamorphic, Full Screen, PAL / One of Clint Eastwood's two most important filmmaking mentors was Don Siegel (the other was Sergio Leone), who directed Eastwood in Dirty Harry, Coogan's Bluff, Two Mules for Sister Sara and this enigmatic, 1979 drama based on a true story about an escape from the island prison of Alcatraz. Eastwood plays a new convict who enters into a kind of mind game with the chilly warden (Patrick McGoohan) and organises a break leading into the treacherous waters off San Francisco. As jailbird movies go, this isn't just a grotty, unpleasant experience but a character-driven work with some haunting twists. --Tom KeoghNewest Review: ... Shawshank Redemption, and before Alcatraz became the focus of military action in The Rock, there was Escape From Alcatraz, ... more ... featuring Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood. Based upon the real life events, surrounding the supposedly only successful escape attempt by a group of inmates from the infamous American prison. The outcome of which was a contributory factor which caused the closure of the prison just a year later, as they realized the prison was in a seriously dilapidated condition and was no longer viable as a non money making facility. I say supposedly successful escape attempt, because they were never found alive or dead, so there is no ...more |
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Escape from Alcatraz (DVD): How To Escape From Alcatraz? (1286 words)
by tehfincheh - written on 07/01/06 (Very useful, 231 readings)
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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 ...
Welcome to Alcatraz (1277 words)
by christianfilm - written on 20/05/06 (Very useful, 160 readings)
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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 ...
by - written on 06/04/01
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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 ...
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