Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz

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 organizes 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

Production: Paramount Home Video
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
PG
Year:
1979
112
4,859 Views

Share your thoughts on Escape from Alcatraz's quotes with the community:

0 Comments

    Quote of the Day Today's Quote | Archive

    Would you like us to send you a FREE inspiring quote delivered to your inbox daily?

    Please enter your email address:

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this movie page to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Escape from Alcatraz Quotes." Quotes.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quotes.net/movies/escape_from_alcatraz_quotes_3629>.

    Know another quote from Escape from Alcatraz?

    Don't let people miss on a great quote from the "Escape from Alcatraz" movie - add it here!

    Quiz

    Are you a quotes master?

    »
    "I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not."
    A Kurt Cobain
    B Vincent van Gogh
    C Michael Jackson
    D Franklin Pierce