Alcatraz es la prisión más segura de su época. Se cree que nadie podrá escaparse de ella antes de que tres hombres audaces hagan un intento exitoso de escapar de una de las prisiones más inf... Leer todoAlcatraz es la prisión más segura de su época. Se cree que nadie podrá escaparse de ella antes de que tres hombres audaces hagan un intento exitoso de escapar de una de las prisiones más infalibles del mundo.Alcatraz es la prisión más segura de su época. Se cree que nadie podrá escaparse de ella antes de que tres hombres audaces hagan un intento exitoso de escapar de una de las prisiones más infalibles del mundo.
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- TriviaAlcatraz was one of the few prisons in America at the time to have hot water for showers. This wasn't a compassionate decision, but was intended to keep the prisoners from becoming too used to cold water in case they did get out of the prison and try to swim off the island.
- ErroresWhen Morris meets the warden on his arrival, the warden states that no newspapers, or magazines carrying news, are issued to the prisoners. However, Morris' library duties later include delivering issues of The Saturday Evening Post and Ebony, publications containing news items in each issue.
- Citas
Frank Morris: There's always the possibility that some asshole will be offended. Isn't there?
- Créditos curiososOpening credits prologue: JANUARY 18, 1960 SAN FRANCISCO
- Bandas sonorasD Block Blues
by Gilbert Thomas Jr.
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Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 film starring Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGooghan, Roberts Blossom, and Paul Benjamin.
Eastwood is Frank Morris, who, with the two Anglin brothers (their names were changed for the film) contrived the most elaborate scheme ever to escape "The Rock."
Their bodies were never found, and a photo surfaced some years later of the brothers in Brazil. The escape, plus Alcatraz's bad reputation, helped it close less than a year later.
The movie gives a good idea of the horrors of prison life, and particularly the horrors of Alcatraz. Frankly, I don't think the escapees cared if they died. I'm sure anything was better than being in Alcatraz.
Escape from Alcatraz is old-fashioned in that it has the art of the buildup, something lost in today's scripts. Today you must get to the point of your story in the first ten minutes. A film, for instance, like San Francisco where the earthquake happens toward the end would be a no-no.
So we see the preparations, and they're impressive - papier mache heads with hair stolen from the barber shop to fool the guards into thinking they were asleep, digging out a grill at the back of the cell and putting a false grill up to fool the guards; welding a digging tool together with silver from a dime; the making of a raft; playing music while digging to hide the noise (though this really isn't shown). It was painstaking.
Patrick McGoohan plays the warden, who, like all film prison wardens, is a horror show. When he sees a portrait of himself in a cell, he takes away the painting privileges of one of the inmates, Doc. When he finds out two inmates are talking cell to cell, he demands that they be separated.
Actually, at the time of the escape, the warden was Olin Blackwell, considered the most lenient warden Alcatraz had ever had. And by then, inmates were performing music (shown in the film), and had weekend movies (also shown).
Clint Eastwood, heavier than we've seen him in years, does an excellent job as Frank Morris, low-key but lethal. There isn't a tremendous amount of dialogue, but with his great presence and Frank's quiet leadership, we really don't need it.
Recommended for a gritty look at life on Alcatraz, and the fascinating escape.
Eastwood is Frank Morris, who, with the two Anglin brothers (their names were changed for the film) contrived the most elaborate scheme ever to escape "The Rock."
Their bodies were never found, and a photo surfaced some years later of the brothers in Brazil. The escape, plus Alcatraz's bad reputation, helped it close less than a year later.
The movie gives a good idea of the horrors of prison life, and particularly the horrors of Alcatraz. Frankly, I don't think the escapees cared if they died. I'm sure anything was better than being in Alcatraz.
Escape from Alcatraz is old-fashioned in that it has the art of the buildup, something lost in today's scripts. Today you must get to the point of your story in the first ten minutes. A film, for instance, like San Francisco where the earthquake happens toward the end would be a no-no.
So we see the preparations, and they're impressive - papier mache heads with hair stolen from the barber shop to fool the guards into thinking they were asleep, digging out a grill at the back of the cell and putting a false grill up to fool the guards; welding a digging tool together with silver from a dime; the making of a raft; playing music while digging to hide the noise (though this really isn't shown). It was painstaking.
Patrick McGoohan plays the warden, who, like all film prison wardens, is a horror show. When he sees a portrait of himself in a cell, he takes away the painting privileges of one of the inmates, Doc. When he finds out two inmates are talking cell to cell, he demands that they be separated.
Actually, at the time of the escape, the warden was Olin Blackwell, considered the most lenient warden Alcatraz had ever had. And by then, inmates were performing music (shown in the film), and had weekend movies (also shown).
Clint Eastwood, heavier than we've seen him in years, does an excellent job as Frank Morris, low-key but lethal. There isn't a tremendous amount of dialogue, but with his great presence and Frank's quiet leadership, we really don't need it.
Recommended for a gritty look at life on Alcatraz, and the fascinating escape.
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- Escape from Alcatraz
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- Presupuesto
- USD 8,000,000 (estimado)
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 43,000,000
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 5,306,354
- 24 jun 1979
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 43,005,351
- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 52 minutos
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.85 : 1
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