Rating: PG
Genre:
Action
Release Date: 03/09/1999
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 111 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
No one can escape from Alcatraz, right? Try telling that to lifer Frank Morris (
Clint Eastwood). This
Donald Siegel-directed nailbiter is a reenactment of
Frank Morris' 1962 attempt to bust himself and two other cons out of The Rock.
Eastwood, as Morris, tilts with nasty warden
Patrick McGoohan for a while, befriends several fellow prisoners, and picks the guys with whom he'll make his escape. Among his break-out buddies are the Anglin Brothers (
Fred Ward and
Jack Thibeau), with whom he'd served in other lockups, and several others who've got their own special reasons to despise the sadistic
McGoohan. Filmed on location at the newly renovated Alcatraz,
Escape From Alcatraz was another box-office winner for the
Eastwood/
Siegel combo.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
