ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ (DVD)(WS)DOLBY DIGITAL ENG MONO/FRENCH MONO/ DVD

Escape from Alcatraz
No one can escape from Alcatraz, right? Try telling that to lifer Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood). This Donald Siegel-directed nailbiter is a reenactment of Frank Morris' 1962 attempt to bust himself and two other cons out of The Rock. Eastwood, as Morris, tilts with nasty warden Patrick McGoohan for a while, befriends several fellow prisoners, and picks the guys with whom he'll make his escape. Among his break-out buddies are the Anglin Brothers (Fred Ward and Jack Thibeau), with whom he'd served in other lockups, and several others who've got their own special reasons to despise the sadistic McGoohan. Filmed on location at the newly renovated Alcatraz, Escape From Alcatraz was another box-office winner for the Eastwood/Siegel combo. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris Patrick McGoohan as Warden Roberts Blossom as Doc Jack Thibeau as Clarence Anglin Fred Ward as John Anglin Paul Benjamin as English Larry Hankin as Charley Butts Bruce M. Fischer as Wolf Frank Ronzio as Litmus

Crew Fritz Manes - Associate Producer Wallis Nicita - Casting Marion Dougherty - Casting Luigi Alfano - First Assistant Director Don Siegel - Director Ferris Webster - Editor Robert Daley - Executive Producer Jerry Fielding - Composer (Music Score) Gilbert Thomas - Songwriter Joe McKinney - Makeup Rick Neff - Camera Operator Bob Bergdahl - Camera Operator Allen Smith - Production Designer Bruce Surtees - Cinematographer Don Siegel - Producer Ed McDonald - Set Designer Chuck Gaspar - Special Effects Bert Hallberg - Sound/Sound Designer Jack Terry - Unit Production Manager Richard Tuggle - Screenwriter Alan Robert Murray - Sound Effects Editor Bub Asman - Sound Effects Editor Gary Kalkin - Unit Publicist Carol Rydall - Dialogue Coach Billy Walsh - First Assistant Camera Pat McGinness - First Assistant Camera Gordon Paschal - First Assistant Camera Dennis Matsuda - First Assistant Camera Chuck Holmes - Gaffer Charles Saldana - Key Grip June Edgerton - Music Editor Larry Bird - Properties Master John Reitz - Re-Recording Mixer Lloyd Nelson - Script Supervisor Richard Graves - Second Assistant Director Mark Johnson - Second Assistant Director Ron Grover - Still Photographer Gene Lauritzen - Construction Coordinator Glenn Wright - Costumes Supervisor Timothy Board - First Assistant Editor Joel Cox - First Assistant Editor Dale Haugo - Scenic Artist Bill Miller - Transportation Captain Raymond J. Mullen - Transportation Captain John C. Reade - Transportation Coordinator J. Campbell Bruce - Book Author

Escape from Alcatraz
The script for this prison-escape picture is as lean and expressive as the scowl on Clint Eastwood's rough-hewn, familiar face. Each scene gives us either who, what, when, where, why, or how; the emphasis is on the how, though, for everything else flows from that. The early scenes and central relationships establish the brutality and caprice with which The Rock is managed, but really, the motivation for Frank Morris' escape is built in. No over-the-top soliloquies concerning the beauty of freedom are necessary, and the film quickly gets down to the business of delineating Morris' brilliant plan. Producer/director Don Siegel, screenwriter Richard Tuggle, and cinematographer Bruce Surtees depict the step-by-step sequence of events with pins-and-needles suspense and flatly realistic atmosphere. Afterwards, the film doesn't waste too much time relishing as the warden (Patrick McGoohan) eats crow. Escape From Alcatraz was one of Siegel's final efforts; Tuggle would go on to direct Eastwood and Genevieve Bujold in 1984's dark, kinky cop flick Tightrope. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
 

Venice International Film Festival, Film Presented (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: Widescreen version Dolby Digital: English mono; French mono English captions Interactive menus Scene selection MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 111 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 0. Scene Selection 1. "Welcome To Alcatraz" [:12] 2. Litmus [4:31] 3. The Warden [3:30] 4. Wolf [4:17] 5. Library "Boy" [4:41] 6. King Of The Mountian [1:53] 7. D Block [:17] 8. Charlie Butts [4:13] 9. Painting Privileges [3:24] 10. A Way Out [:51] 11. Tools Of The Trade [6:45] 12. Sound Sleeper [:44] 13. Local Hardware [2:05] 14. Shakedown [5:05] 15. Return of Wolf [5:13] 16. Moving Day [2:40] 17. Search Party [7:30]