Escape from Alcatraz

Who:  Amber
What:  Escape from Alcatraz
Where:  @ home on AMC
Why:  I think Alcatraz is cool

I was shocked to find out that Clint Eastwood played the main character (Frank Morris) in this movie.  I read that in the credits.  I didn't even recognize him!  I'm so embarrassed.

This movie was slow moving, and not much action.  And the title pretty much gives away the ending ... 3 men successfully escape from Alcatraz.  After I watched the movie, I tried to find out if it was true, and nobody can really confirm or deny it.  Nobody ever found the 3 men or their bodies.  And they never got arrested again (even though they were career criminals - only the worst of the worst end up in Alcatraz).

Basically this movie shows how day to day life is in Alcatraz.  You have a teeny tiny cell all by yourself.  You eat crappy food.  And working for 15 cents a day is a big time privilege.

Escape from Alcatraz chronicles Frank Morris and 2 brothers who hatch a plan to escape.  Over the course of about a year, they slowly chip away at the grates in their cell.  They made paper mache' (sp?) grates out of newspaper, so during the day nobody could see a huge gaping hole in the cell.  They also made paper mache' heads, so guards would think they were sleeping at night.

They managed to steal small tools to chip away at the cement.  They stole hair from the barbershop to make their paper mache'.  And they stole some raincoats to make a life raft for the final escape across the San Francisco Bay.

There wasn't much action in this movie, but it was interesting to watch their plan, and see how it all worked out.

Now I'm in the mood to watch The Rock!