film "Escape from Alcatraz"

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American film film prison film thriller film

"Escape from Alcatraz" is a 1979 prison thriller film starring Clint Eastwood that dramatizes the infamous 1962 escape attempt from the maximum-security federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island.

Aliases (5)

Escape from Alcatraz ×59
Escape from Alcatraz (1979 film) ×3
1962 escape from Alcatraz ×2
1962-06-11 Alcatraz escape ×1
Alcatraz escape plan (improvised dummy heads and raft) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → film → prison film → thriller film →
basedOn	Escape from Alcatraz (1963 non-fiction book) →
basedOnAuthor	J. Campbell Bruce →
boxOfficeGrossUSD	43000000 →
cinematographyBy	Bruce Surtees →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
depictsEvent	1962 Alcatraz escape attempt →
director	Don Siegel →
distributedBy	Paramount Pictures →
editedBy	Ferris Webster →
filmingLocation	Alcatraz Island → San Francisco →
genre	drama → prison film → thriller →
hasTheme	ingenuity and survival → institutional oppression → prison escape →
mainCharacter	Clarence Anglin → Frank Morris → John Anglin →
musicBy	Jerry Fielding →
narrativeLocation	Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary →
notableFor	depicting one of the most famous prison escapes in American history →
originalLanguage	English →
partOfCareer	collaborations between Clint Eastwood and Don Siegel →
portrayedBy	Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris → Fred Ward as John Anglin → Jack Thibeau as Clarence Anglin →
producer	Don Siegel →
productionCompany	The Malpaso Company →
ratingMPAA	PG →
releaseDate	1979-06-22 →
releaseYear	1979 →
runtimeMinutes	112 →
screenwriter	Richard Tuggle →
setInLocation	Alcatraz Island → San Francisco Bay →
starring	Clint Eastwood → Fred Ward → Jack Thibeau → Larry Hankin → Patrick McGoohan → Roberts Blossom →
timePeriodSetting	1960s →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Clint Eastwood ("Escape from Alcatraz") → Jack Thibeau ("Escape from Alcatraz") → Jerry Fielding ("Escape from Alcatraz") → John Anglin ("Alcatraz escape plan (improvised dummy heads and raft)") → Patrick McGoohan ("Escape from Alcatraz") → Roberts Blossom ("Escape from Alcatraz") →	notableWork
Clint Eastwood as Frank Morris ("Escape from Alcatraz") → Fred Ward as John Anglin ("Escape from Alcatraz") →	appearsIn
Fred Ward as John Anglin ("Escape from Alcatraz (1979 film)") →	associatedWithPrisonEscapeInFiction
Frank Morris ("1962-06-11 Alcatraz escape") →	escapeAttempt
Alcatraz Island →	featuredIn
Escape from Alcatraz ("Escape from Alcatraz (1979 film)") →	hasAdaptation
Jack Thibeau ("Escape from Alcatraz") →	hasSupportingRoleIn
John Anglin ("1962 escape from Alcatraz") →	notableFor
John Anglin ("1962 escape from Alcatraz") →	participantIn
Jack Thibeau ("Escape from Alcatraz") →	participatedIn
Frank Morris →	portrayedIn
John Anglin ("Escape from Alcatraz (1979 film)") →	subjectOf
Escape from Alcatraz ("Escape from Alcatraz") →	title
Bruce Surtees ("Escape from Alcatraz") →	workedOn