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Escape From Alcatraz [1979] [DVD]

Clint Eastwood (Actor), Patrick McGoohan (Actor), Don Siegel (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward
  • Directors: Don Siegel
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dubbed, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 7 May 2001
  • Run Time: 112 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000059H5F
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank:: 2,197 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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One of Clint Eastwood's two most important filmmaking mentors was Don Siegel (the other was Sergio Leone), who directed Eastwood in Dirty Harry, Coogan's 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 organises a break leading into the treacherous waters off San Francisco. As jailbird movies go, this isn't just a grotty, unpleasant experience but a character-driven work with some haunting twists. --Tom Keogh

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Languages: English, German
Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired, English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech,Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Can he escape? Of course he can..., 27 April 2008
By Tangerine "tangerineman" (North Yorkshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Escape From Alcatraz [1979] [DVD] (DVD)
Clint Eastwood takes the role of Frank Morris a very intelligent bank robber who supposedly escaped from Alcatraz. The film depicts Morris planning his way out (escaping through the cell wall with a pair of nail clippers). Once through this he as able to work out where the best place would be to escape from as well as construct a raft of some description and create a dummy to place in his bed so guards would not notice his abscence. Undeniable brilliance. Whilst Eastwood is without doubt the star and performs well I always feel that Patrick McGoohan as the Warden is most intense. The film wouldn't work without him. A great performance in my eyes. The bottom line is that this film is fascinating, enjoyable and entertaining. Not a bad combination.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars It's the kind of movie that you want to watch over & over, 18 Oct 2000
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This review is from: Escape From Alcatraz [VHS] [1979] (VHS Tape)
This movie really gets the essence of what it must have been like "On the Rock". Having recently visited San Francisco I was amazed how accurate and real Hollywood manage to portray the Island. Clint Eastwood is his usual hard nosed self grinding his time out in the infamous penitentiary
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Escape From Alcatraz, 4 May 2005
By Rich Milligan (Thatcham, Berkshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Escape From Alcatraz [1979] [DVD] (DVD)
I'm not that much of a film buff to know whether Escape from Alcatraz was the first of the great prison break movies, but certainly looking at films like Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile or Lock Up you can certainly see the influence that this film has had. For that reason alone you could probably rightly call this excellent film a classic.

Clint Eastwood makes the film his own with a majestic powerful performance, letting his acting do the talking rather than relying on dialogue. In fact the whole film is quite light on dialogue, instead the tension and the frustration of prison life is shown through the actions of the inmates.

Great performances also from Paul Benjamin as the librarian English, Larry Hankin as Charlie Butts and Patrick McGoohan as the almost humanless warden.

Just one of those films that you really just "have" to have seen.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
Item delivered quickly and well packaged. Good price. Have yet to view dvd but I can't see any problems. Service recommended.
Published 2 months ago by H. A. Miller

4.0 out of 5 stars See Ya Later... Boy.
One of the greatest prison films ever made with one of the greatest combinations of cast, crew and script ever put to screen. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tiktok of Oz

5.0 out of 5 stars Escape from Alcatraz
Following a recent trip to Alcatraz Island I started looking at the history of the Island, I've read the books and I'd seen the Clint Eastwood film a long time ago so it was good... Read more
Published 6 months ago by John B. Whitters

5.0 out of 5 stars never tire of this film
i,ve always loved this film and having just returned from a trip to san francisco where i took in an audio tour of alcatraz,i had to buy the dvd. Read more
Published 9 months ago

5.0 out of 5 stars Most excellent.
Of course this is a classic film, so no complaints there. The picture quality on this DVD is excellent for such an old film, and I was very impressed with it; an anamorphic... Read more
Published 19 months ago by S. England

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic ....
This is a great, great film. Eastwood at his cool best. Up there with Papillon in terms of classic true escape stories. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. Ian Badham

4.0 out of 5 stars Jailhouse
This is a no nonsense, straight forward film that starts suspense early and lasts all the way through. Read more
Published 22 months ago by T. A. Underwood

5.0 out of 5 stars *****5stars*****
I love this film...i can watch it over and over again...Clint eastwood's not my favourite of actors but he is brillint in this film... Read more
Published on 12 May 2008 by Terry Bright

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece
This film is nothing less than a masterpiece. Eastwood's last movies show how much he has learned from his great mentor, Don Siegel. Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2006 by Michael R.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Adaptation Of A True Story!
Every now and then its nice to see an actor such as Clint Eastwood playing a slightly different role to what he usually does and still manage to do a great job. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2005 by no1filmaddict

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