Escape From Alcatraz

The movie was great! I watched it the night after visiting Alcatraz with my family. The movie was on point to the actual audio tour they give you while there. The move is very well narrated and shows many of the points we seen in the visit. The length of the movie was perfect not to long but to the point. I like the highlights of how the prisoners actually escaped. I have already recommended this movie to others who have watched it. Good watch!

One of Clint Eastwood‘s best movies would recommend A+

love the movie worth buying/renting...chandra

I really like this film. Personally I think while the movie is based on a true story, it's somewhat fictional portrayal of an actual event. Ultimately, I don't think anyone know really what went through the minds of the escapees but this movie does a great job at building up the crew that ultimately made the escape. The Alcatraz escape is probably one of the greatest mysteries of our time as their bodies were never found and no trace of them ever came up. By now they would surely have passed away. The oldest escapee Frank West, that Clint Eastwood plays, was born in 1926 putting his age at 94 (he was born in September) at the time of this review. It's very well possible that he's still alive but I would imagine he'd need assisted living by now and surely the facility would find out that they're dealing with Frank West, one of the escapees.With that said, the film does a very good job at the elaborate escape attempt. Clint Eastwood character, Frank Morris, one day discovers the salty corrosive nature of the sea softens the metal and building material in his cell. So throughout the film Frank discovers way to dig out of his cell and conceal the work. He relays what to do to other cellmates who are in on the escape attempt.The film has a story of the harsh prison life, living with other cellmates and the realities of an unfair system that continues to punish people well beyond their redemption. But the core of the movie, about the escape is rather interesting. The prison has everything they need to escape, but the prisoners, especially Frank, is able to improvise with the equipment they have by doing research. He's reading popular mechanics and other technical books that explains how to do things like build rafts, make drill bits, etc and Frank is able to understand all that and be able to use that skill during his escape. The most elaborate is the fake head that he used to make it appear like he's sleeping in his bunk until daylight exposes the dummy.Overall the movie is very interesting. However, I would be hesitant to say it is entirely true in how they improvised and figured out everything. I think most of it was probably just Johnny on the spot situation where they wanted to escape and tried any way they could think of. I would think, given the technical expertise of research, that Frank would have also thought about the temperature along with his crafting of the raft. I think Frank read it but didn't really understood the dangers beyond simply building an improvised boat that he read about in a magazine.I also find the movie's take to be the most accurate portrayal of the entire escape. Every film I seen always talk about whether the individuals could survive the swim from Alcatraz to the San Francisco mainland. In this film, it seems to be the best case on the technical aspect of it where the escapees applied what they learned to make the escape.A great movie to watch. It is a good film and probably one of the better "prison" movies out there. It's on par with Shawshank Redemption and it doesn't get too violent or bad for the entire family to watch.

Hate buying a movie that is listed as cc or has English subtitles and has neither, I’m hard of hearing so I always ask and double check. Yet another movie that isn’t. Doesn’t change that’s it a good movie. Glad had people who are understanding that I have to pause movie to have some things explain to me.

Believe this is true/accurate from what I know about this history. There may have been some "license" used in the filming, but overall, I feel very comfortable in the conclusion and prevailing theme. Highly recommend if interested in this part of history while being entertained at the same time.

If you watch enough stupid commercials -- you know, the ones where the dudes hang out in the "man cave" and "reminisce," if reminisce is the right word -- the guys will always watch sports, do high fives, and tell each other "You da man!" even though, in reality, none of them are "da man." Of course, nowadays, since the media wants to make men look bad -- and conversely, make women look good -- you'll always see that the white guys are fat and stupid (and usually balding), while if there is a guy with any redeeming qualities, he will always be a minority. Hey, I don't make the rules, I only observe and report, just like Paul Blart. Another guy who isn't "da man," even though he's a nice guy.But if Clint Eastwood were to star in one of these commercials -- he's way too white and he's way too cool and he's way too smart to do that -- and if another actor were to say to him, "Clint, you're Da Man!" that other guy would be right! Mr. Eastwood IS Da Man. And "D" and "M" must be capitalized, for effect. Man, I tell you, Mr. Eastwood has played the good guy, the bad guy, and the ambiguously good-or-bad guy, and he plays all those guys better than any of those other guys. Heck, he's even cool talking to a chair. (I would rather talk to a chair than Obama myself, but I digress.)And in this film, Mr. Eastwood plays kinda the bad guy -- Frank Morris -- but he plays that character straight. He's not too bad, and he's not too good, just like most people are in the real world, even many criminals. And I really liked the fact that the guards and warden were pretty mean too, but not TOO mean. From interviews that I've seen with guards nowadays at San Quentin (yes, a different prison, but right up the bay), supposedly, guards don't want to be mean to prisoners, unless they absolutely have no choice. Those guards want respect both ways, to make everyone's day easier. I understand. When you work with "Dead Men Walking" on Death Row, you don't want to become a "Dead Man Laying" at the end of the day. (Or is that "lying"? I always struggle with this construction.)I saw this film not long after it initially released in the theater and liked it. After watching it again -- digitally remastered for streaming in 1080P -- I loved it this time. I guess that I've grown to appreciate terrific acting over the years. No one overplays his hand in this film, in particular Mr. Eastwood. Watch the subtle movements of Da Man. He has a real economy of movement here, and it makes sense; if you were in prison, you wouldn't want to bring too much attention to yourself.Did the prisoners actually make it out alive, something that the warden said was impossible for anyone on "The Rock"? Well, maybe, but that's not the point. The point is: Clint Eastwood is Da Man. If he's the good guy; if he's the bad guy; if he's the in-between guy. He'd be cool even if he died trying. And he'd be especially cool just talking to a chair. Something that I'd rather do myself than talk to some people. Hint hint.(BTW: I thought about John Madden while writing this review. I really miss him as a color commentator; I wish he'd unretire. But I tried to write this as if he were saying it, although I added my own political leanings.)

I've never seen this movie and it was great . Would definitely watch it again

Dieser Film ist sehr Spannend!

That was one of my favorite films from my younger days, particularly with the very atmospheric beginning, a superior intelligence and superb story line which as we all know is based on the true story of the actual escape attempt by Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin to escape from the infamous Alcatraz prison in 1962 on a flimsy raft across the notoriously difficult and unpredictable currents in the San Francisco Bay. Throughout the film we follow Franks adventures in prison, he makes both friends and enemies and certainly wasn't impressed by Wolfie. Superbly acted by Clint Eastwood and Patrick McGoohan. The bodies were never found after the escape or washed up on a beach either, which has been a subject for speculation and conspiracy theory's ever since. Alcatraz was officially closed a year after the escape.

Speelt goed zonder fouten opgenomen met dank aan de firma die ze verkocht opgenomen heeft.

Le film est inspiré d'une histoire vraie: l'évasion en 1962 de 3 prisonniers de la prison d'Alcatraz, prisonniers qui ne furent jamais retrouvés.La réalisation de Don Siegel est excellente. Les plans de caméra sont parfaits: simples, posés, redoutablement efficaces et ce d'autant plus que le film a été tourné à Alcatraz même. La tension est palpable à chaque instant et les relations entre les détenus sont très bien rendues: frictions, méfiance, violence mais également complicité et amitié.Ce qui importe tant au scénariste qu'au réalisateur ce sont les personnages en eux-mêmes bien plus que ce qu'ils sont vraiment au plus profond d'eux-mêmes et pourquoi ils se sont retrouvés en prison et tout particulièrement en ce qui concerne le personnage principal interprété avec brio par un Clint Eastwood au mieux de sa forme. Il est impressionnant de flegme et d'efficacité. Face à lui, Patrick Mc Goohan est un redoutable directeur de prison sadique et cynique.Un très grand film.

What can you say about Clint Eastwood? My favorite actor and a great film maker. This is one of his awesome classics and it looks great on blu ray. Love it!