Escape From Alcatraz starring Clint
Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan,
Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred
Ward
"One Of Clint Eastwood's Best!
One of Clint Eastwoods two most important filmmaking mentors was Don
Siegel (the other was Sergio Leone), who directed Eastwood in Dirty
Harry, Coogans 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 organizes a break
leading into the treacherous waters off San Francisco. As jailbird movies
go, this isnt just a grotty, unpleasant experience but a character-driven
work with some haunting twists. --Tom Keogh

Personal Review: Escape From Alcatraz starring Clint
Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau,
Fred Ward
My two favorite Clint Eastwood movies are "Play Misty For Me" and
"Escape From Alcatraz". This DVD is pretty much a bare-bones release,
but the film comes in widescreen format and there are chapter selections.
Hopefully Paramount will release a special edition disc soon with
anecdotes and info on the film.
Although the movie was released way back in 1979 the film still holds up
today. It's mainly about a prisoner, played superbly by Eastwood, who
attempts to escape prison with two other inmates. The movie documents
their attempts in leaving one of the most well-secured prisons in the U.S.,
Alcatraz, located in San Francisco Bay. Roberts Blossom, who once
played one of the most evil characters in soaps (Sven in "Another World"),
also has a supporting role as a prisoner who befriends the Eastwood
character.
If you like a good film or a good prison movie "Escape From Alcatraz" is it!
Other well-made prison dramas include "Midnight Express", "The
Shawshank Redemption", and "The Green Mile".
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