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Escape From Alcatraz
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6.00
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| Starring |
Clint Eastwood  , Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom
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Directed by:
Don Siegel
Written by:
Richard Tuggle, from J. Campbell Bruce's book
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1979 |
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THRILLER
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US |
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C |
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112 |
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A true-life escape from the island prison. |
Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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| Tense, detailed, claustrophobic thriller, brilliantly lit and shot. Don Siegel clearly learnt a lot from making the not dissimilar, but inferior, Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954), and here puts that experience to good use. The film features a controlled, minimalist but powerful performance from Eastwood: one of his best. Much of it has the power of Bresson's A Man Escaped - which is high praise indeed. | | "An almost entirely interior film masquerading as an exterior one." | | | | (Tom Milne, Monthly Film Bulletin) | |
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