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Escape from Alcatraz Cover Image DVD

Escape from Alcatraz [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents a Malpaso Company / Siegel Film ; screenplay by Richard Tuggle ; produced and directed by Donald Siegel.

Benjamin, Paul, 1938- (Added Author). Blossom, Roberts. (Added Author). Bruce, J. Campbell (John Campbell), 1906- Escape from Alcatraz. (Added Author). Eastwood, Clint, 1930- (Added Author). Hankin, Larry. (Added Author). McGoohan, Patrick, 1928-2009 (Added Author). Siegel, Don, 1912-1991 (Added Author). Thibeau, Jack. (Added Author). Tuggle, Richard, 1948- (Added Author). Ward, Fred, 1942- (Added Author). Malpaso (Company) (Added Author). Paramount Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Paramount Pictures Corporation. (Added Author).

Summary:

An account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. Eastwood portrays Frank Morris, the cunning bank robber who masterminded the elaborately detailed and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful, escape.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0792154568
  • ISBN: 0792161505
  • ISBN: 9780792154563
  • ISBN: 9780792161509
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, ©1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the book by J. Campbell Bruce.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Music, Jerry Fielding ; editing, Ferris Webster ; director of photography, Bruce Surtees.
Participant or Performer Note:
Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward, Paul Benjamin, Larry Hankin, Bruce M. Fischer, Frank Ronzio, Fred Stuthman.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC; Region 1; widescreen format; Dolby digital sound.
Language Note:
English or French language soundtrack (mono); closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

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Subject:
Anglin, Clarence > Biography > Drama.
Anglin, John > Biography > Drama.
Bruce, J. Campbell (John Campbell), 1906- > Film adaptations.
Morris, Frank (Frank Lee) > Biography > Drama.
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California > Drama.
Escapes > California > Drama.
Prisons > Drama.
Genre:
Action and adventure films.
Crime films.
Feature films.
Prison films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Available copies

  • 8 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 9 total copies.
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Madison Main Library PG DVD ESC (Text) 30229100247237 Adult Video Fiction Available -
Alexander Main Library DVD 06-213 Escape (Drama) (Text) 34269000820788 Adult Video Available -
Dunn Public Library DVD F Esc 246 D (Text) 33436001752168 Adult Video Available -
East Regional Library DVD E (Text) 31781066152560 Adult Video Available -
Lee County Main Library DVD ESCAPE #6697 (Text) 33262003272816 Adult Video Available -
North Asheville Library FF 24697 DVD (Text) 0020509606776 Adult Video On holds shelf -
Walnut Cove Public Library DVD (Text) 30670100378755 Adult Video Fiction Available -
Wilkes County Public Library DVD ESC (Text) 50501011471121 Adult Video Available -
Yadkin County Public Library DVD (Text) 30671100829474 Adult Video Fiction Available -