| 词条 | Escape from Alcatraz (film) |
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| name = Escape from Alcatraz | image = Escape from alcatraz.jpg | caption = Movie poster by Bill Gold | director = Don Siegel | writer = Richard Tuggle | based on = {{basedon|Escape from Alcatraz (1963 book)|J. Campbell Bruce}} | starring = {{Plain list|
}} | producer = Don Siegel Robert Daley | studio = The Malpaso Company | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1979|06|22}} | music = Jerry Fielding | cinematography = Bruce Surtees | editing = Ferris Webster | runtime = 112 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $8 million[1] | gross = $43 million[2] }} Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American prison thriller film directed by Don Siegel.[3] It is an adaptation of the 1963 non-fiction book of the same name by J. Campbell Bruce and dramatizes the 1962 prisoner escape from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island. The film stars Clint Eastwood, Jack Thibeau and Fred Ward as prisoners Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin and John Anglin. Allen West was played by Larry Hankin; his character's name was changed to Charley Butts. Patrick McGoohan portrays the suspicious, vindictive warden and Danny Glover appears in his film debut. Escape from Alcatraz marks the fifth and final collaboration between Siegel and Eastwood, following Coogan's Bluff (1968), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), The Beguiled (1971) and Dirty Harry (1971). PlotOn January 18, 1960, Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) arrives at the maximum security prison Alcatraz. Soon after arriving, he is sent in to meet the warden (Patrick McGoohan), who curtly informs him that no inmate has ever successfully escaped from Alcatraz. Among the inmates, Morris makes acquaintances with the eccentric Litmus, (Frank Ronzio) who is fond of desserts, English (Paul Benjamin), a black inmate serving two life sentences for killing two white men in self-defense and the elderly artist and chrysanthemum grower Doc (Roberts Blossom). Morris also makes an enemy of a rapist called Wolf (Bruce M. Fischer), who harasses him in the showers and later attacks him in the prison yard with a knife; both men spend time in the hole. When the warden discovers that Doc has painted an ungainly caricature of him, as well as other policemen on the island itself, he permanently removes Doc's painting privileges; in response, a depressed Doc hacks off his own fingers with a hatchet from the prison workshop and is led away. Later, Morris encounters bank robber brothers John and Clarence Anglin (Fred Ward and Jack Thibeau), who are his old friends from another prison sentence, and he makes the acquaintance of prisoner Charley Butts (Larry Hankin). Later, during mealtime, Morris places one of Doc's chrysanthemums at the table in honor of Doc, but the warden stops by and crushes it. Litmus is enraged, but as he reaches out to grab the warden, he suffers a fatal heart attack. The warden coldly reminds Morris that "some men are destined never to leave Alcatraz—alive." Morris notices that the concrete around the grille in his cell is weak and can be chipped away, which evolves into an escape plan. Over the next few months Morris, the Anglins and Butts dig through the walls of their cells with spoons (which have been soldered into makeshift shovels), make papier-mâché dummies to act as decoys, and construct a raft out of raincoats. On June 11, 1962, the inmates decide to leave. Wolf has been released from solitary confinement and prepares to stab Morris with a knife, but English is able to intercept him. That night, Morris, the Anglins and Butts plan to meet in the passageway and escape. Butts panics and fails to rendezvous with them. Carrying the flotation gear, Morris and the Anglins access the roof and avoid the searchlights. From there, they scramble down the side of the building into the prison yard, climb over a barbed-wire fence and make their way to the shoreline of the island where they inflate the raft. The three men enter the water; partially submerged, they cling to the raft and use their legs as the primary propelling force and kicking. When their escape is discovered the following morning, a massive manhunt ensues. The warden does not want to blemish his perfect record and insists that the men drowned, despite no bodies being found. On a rock on the shore of Angel Island, he finds a chrysanthemum and throws it in the water after being told that they do not grow there. Cast{{Div col|colwidth=26em}}
Production{{double image|left|Alcatraz.jpg|200|Malpaso prod (bench).jpg|200|Left:Alcatraz. Right:Malpaso-Paramount production bench used during the filming}}Screenplay and filmingAlcatraz was closed shortly after the true events on which the film was based. Screenwriter Richard Tuggle spent six months researching and writing a screenplay based on the 1963 non-fiction account by J. Campbell Bruce.[4] He went to the Writers Guild and received a list of literary agents who would accept unsolicited manuscripts. He submitted a copy to each, and also to anybody else in the business that he could cajole into reading it. Everyone rejected it, saying it had poor dialogue and characters, lacked a love interest, and that the public was not interested in prison stories. Tuggle decided to bypass producers and executives and deal directly with filmmakers. He called the agent for director Don Siegel and lied, saying he had met Siegel at a party and the director had expressed interest in reading his script. The agent forwarded the script to Siegel, who read it, liked it, and passed it on to Clint Eastwood.[5]Eastwood was drawn to the role as ringleader Frank Morris and agreed to star, providing Siegel direct under the Malpaso banner. Siegel insisted that it be a Don Siegel film and outmaneuvered Eastwood by purchasing the rights to the film for $100,000.[1] This created a rift between the two friends. Although Siegel eventually agreed for it to be a Malpaso-Siegel production, Siegel went to Paramount Pictures, a rival studio,[4] and never directed an Eastwood picture again. Although Alcatraz had its own power plant, it was no longer functional, and 15 miles of cable were required to connect the island to San Francisco's electricity. As Siegel and Tuggle worked on the script, the producers paid $500,000 to restore the decaying prison and recreate the cold atmosphere;[1] some interiors had to be recreated in the studio. Many of the improvements were kept intact after the film was made. The dangerous escape down the prison wall and into the water was performed without stunt doubles by Eastwood, Fred Ward, and Jack Thibeau, who had both been cast partly for their athleticism. Director Siegel twice thought they had been lost to the treacherous currents.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} Background and historical accuracy{{see also|June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt}}The film implied that the escape had been successful.[6] The character Charlie Butts is fictional. A fourth inmate, Allen West, did participate in the real escape but was left behind when he couldn't remove his ventilator grille on the night of the escape. He aided the FBI's official investigation of the escape. The warden is a nameless, fictional character. The film is set between the arrival of Morris at Alcatraz in January 1960 and his escape in June 1962. Shortly after he arrives, Morris meets the warden, who remains in office over the course of the entire movie. In reality, warden Madigan had been replaced by Blackwell in 1961. The warden character mentions his predecessors Johnston (1934–48) and (incorrectly) Blackwell (1961–63). ReceptionEscape from Alcatraz was well received by critics and is considered by many as one of the best films of 1979.[7][8][9] Frank Rich of Time described the film as "cool, cinematic grace", while Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic called it "crystalline cinema".[10] Vincent Canby of The New York Times called it "a first-rate action movie," noting that "Mr. Eastwood fulfills the demands of the role and of the film as probably no other actor could. Is it acting? I don't know, but he's the towering figure in its landscape."[11] Variety called it "one of the finest prison films ever made."[12] Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4, writing, "For almost all of its length, 'Escape from Alcatraz' is a taut and toughly wrought portrait of life in a prison. It is also a masterful piece of storytelling, in which the characters say little and the camera explains the action."[13] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune awarded 3 stars out of 4, calling it "very entertaining and well made. The principal problem is a too-quick ending that catches us by surprise."[14] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "A delight for cineastes, 'Escape From Alcatraz' could serve as a textbook example in breathtakingly economical, swift and stylish screen storytelling."[15]Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively collected reviews from 22 critics, and gave the film an approval rating of 95%, with an average rating of 6.9/10.[16] The film grossed $5,306,354 in the U.S. during its opening weekend from June 24, 1979, shown on 815 screens. In total, the film earned $43,000,000 in U.S. theaters,[2] making it the 15th highest-grossing picture of 1979. In 2001, the American Film Institute nominated this film for AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills.[17] See also
ReferencesNotes1. ^1 2 Hughes, p.175 2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=escapefromalcatraz.htm|title=Box Office Information for Escape from Alcatraz |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date= |accessdate=January 28, 2012}} 3. ^Variety film review; June 20, 1979, page 18. 4. ^1 {{cite book|last=McGilligan|first=Patrick|title=Clint: The Life and Legend|publisher=Harper Collins|year=1999|page=304|isbn=0-00-638354-8|location=London}} 5. ^{{cite book |last1=Litwak |first1=Mark |title=Reel Power: The Struggle For Influence and Success in the New Hollywood|date=1986 |publisher=William Morrow & Company |location=New York |isbn=0-688-04889-7 |pages=131–132}} 6. ^{{Citation | last = McFadden | first = Robert D. | title = Tale of 3 Inmates Who Vanished From Alcatraz Maintains Intrigue 50 Years Later | newspaper = The New York Times | publication-place = New York, NY | volume = | issue = | date = June 9, 2012 | page = | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/us/anniversary-of-a-mystery-at-alcatraz.html | accessdate = June 9, 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.listal.com/list/best-films-of-1979 |title=Best Films of 1979 |publisher=listal.com |date= |accessdate=June 11, 2010}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/search/title?year=1979,1979&title_type=feature&sort=moviemeter,asc |title=Most Popular Feature Films Released in 1979 |publisher=IMDb.com |date= |accessdate=June 11, 2010}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.films101.com/y1979r.htm |title= The Best Movies of 1979 by Rank |publisher=Films101.com |date= |accessdate=June 11, 2010}} 10. ^{{cite book|last=McGilligan|first=Patrick|title=Clint: The Life and Legend|publisher=Harper Collins|year=1999|page=307|isbn=0-00-638354-8|location=London}} 11. ^{{cite journal |last=Canby |first=Vincent |authorlink=Vincent Canby |date=June 22, 1979 |title=Screen: 'Alcatraz' Opens |url= |journal=The New York Times |page=C5 }} 12. ^{{cite journal |date=June 20, 1979 |title=Escape From Alcatraz |url= |journal=Variety |page=18 }} 13. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/escape-from-alcatraz-1979 |title=Escape From Alcatraz |last=Ebert |first=Roger |authorlink=Roger Ebert |date=June 27, 1979 |website=RogerEbert.com |accessdate=November 23, 2018 }} 14. ^Siskel, Gene (June 22, 1979). "Quick ending the only bar to great 'Escape'". Chicago Tribune. Section 4, p. 3. 15. ^Thomas, Kevin (June 22, 1979). "'Alcatraz': Other Side of Dirty Harry". Los Angeles Times. Part IV, p. 26. 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/escape_from_alcatraz/ |title= Escape from Alcatraz Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |date= |accessdate=May 21, 2017}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/thrills400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills Nominees |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=August 20, 2016}} Bibliography
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