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Actors: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Escape From Alcatraz |
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A prisoner heads up a prison break. He and three others prepare for escape. They remove vents in their cells and widen the openings with crudely made digging tools. They construct fake heads using paper mache and build flotation devices uses raincoats. They're able to escape through a vent in the roof. They climb down a waterspout, scale a fence, make their way to the ocean and swim away into the darkness. Not wanting to admit the escape, the warden announces that the convicts didn't escape, that they drowned.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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Alcatraz is the most dreaded prison of all time and legend has it that anybody who ever tried to escape from there never saw the light of day again. When Frank Morris(Eastwood) is tranferred to "The Rock", the reputation of multiple jail breaks precede him. But the warden (McGoohan) throws down the gauntlet by making the point that in the history of Alcatraz, there have been no escapes. Morris, in the company of two of his previous prisonmates, who have just arrived in Alcatraz, Morris attempts to pull off the imposssible.
--Biswa, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Escape From Alcatraz |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Escape/Rescue?
- escape/rescue from prison/confinement
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- general circumstances
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Island?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
Any profanity?
- None
- Some foul language
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