Escape from Alcatraz

The Mount Sutro Tower (breaking ground in 1971 and completed in 1972) is pictured in the movie's opening sequence while at the same time on-screen text indicates the plot year to be 1960.

The cell occupied by Frank's blockmate Charlie Butts.

Frank Morris' bed is on the right side of the cell in some scenes, and on the left in others.

In the beginning, where Frank Morris is being escorted through Alcatraz, we see him from behind, naked.

We also see him being escorted by the guards from within a cell, and very brief, you can see that he is wearing a white towel around his hips.

In the next shot, he is seen naked from behind again.

Finally when being put in his cell, he is once again wearing a towel.

The position of the Warden's hand while he is holding the flower in the last scene.

Position of Butts' arms change as he squeezes through the vent hole of his cell during the escape sequence.

In the wardens office, when Morris is being briefed by the warden, the camera pulls back to (accidentally) reveal the large hole in the office ceiling.

At this point the boom is quite visible.

When Frank Morris smuggles the metal wedge through the detector, there is an oscilloscope connected to the detector loop that was not made until the 1970s.

Frank Morris sticks a mirror out of his cell to spot the guard, but the angle he's holding it at is for the benefit of the camera.

He can only see the back of the mirror.

Coast Guard cutter searching for escapees has a red diagonal stripe painted on the hull near the bow.

This stripe was not adopted by the Coast Guard until 1967.

In the cafeteria scene following Docs "accident", Clint's food tray contains a whole potato.

After the conversation with the warden it is in pieces.

When Doc chops his fingers off, a brief close-up on the severed hand and fingers reveal that they are clearly made of prosthetics, and there are no fingernails on the rubber parts.

On the boat ride over to the prison from San Francisco a radar unit can be seen spinning on top of the boat.

That type of radar transponder wasn't developed until the mid 1970s.

According to the information on screen, this took place in 1960.

In the scene where Doc is painting in the prison yard, the spots of wet paint on the left-hand side of the canvas change.

Doc and Frank are having a conversation - the shots showing Frank speaking do not show the canvas for the most part, while the ones that show Doc speaking do.

The wet spots increase and decrease in size and number every time the canvas is shown.

In his opening monologue, the warden mentions his predecessors, including a previous warden named Johnson.

He's presumably referring to James A.

Johnston (note the T in his last name, which the warden does not pronounce), who was the first warden of Alcatraz, presiding over its opening in 1934 and retiring in 1948.

In the final scene when the warden is looking around Angel Island (after the escape) on a shot of San Francisco from Angel Island, you can see the Pyramid Building or Trans-America Pyramid, not built until the 1970s.

When Wolf goes at Frank Morris with a knife in the yard the fight scene shows Wolfs hat mysteriously disappearing and then reappearing.

When the warden spots the flower at the end of the movie, it is very close to the waterline.

However, when the warden picks the flower up, he has plenty of room to sit on dry sand.

There isn't much to say about this film – other than that it's fantastic. I watched it recently for the first time and was delighted by the calibre of the script, the talents of the cast and Don Siegel's assured direction.

It's a testament to the compelling nature of the story that this film can run an hour and 52 minutes and not feel nearly that long. This is interesting and involving every step of the way, with producer & director Don Siegel treating the material in the most matter of fact way possible.

Escape from Alcatraz is a fantastic movie with a really well written storyline that is based on a true story and told perfectly in a true way instead of in a more movie like style,it gives you a really good idea of what life was like for prisoners of Alcatraz and how impossible it was to escape,and we learn how Frank Morris slowly digs his way out and becomes the only man to ever escape.Clint Eastwood puts ion a perfect performance like he always does,this role was very different for him and he did a brilliant job,the other actors all did a great realistic job as both prisoners and guards of Alcatraz.

The fifth and final collaboration between Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood is a sturdy prison drama about the infamous title event in 1962. The film unfolds slowly at first, and Richard Tuggles' script invokes all the usual prison film signposts.

Clint Eastwood plays Frank Morris, a convict sent to the infamous island prison Alcatraz, where he spends years planning a clever escape with three other prisoners, though one of them will not make it out. Film details how the plan is formulated, and the patience and skill required to pull off this elaborate plan to fool the guards, and make it to the roof, then to an inflatable raft to freedom, if they can survive the dangerously cold waters to shore.

This movie is fantastic rendition of the great escape .

Throughout the movie I was feeling on the edge multiple times and feeling like they were getting caught more than once. Of course I knew the real story before but I was still paranoid all the time.

The only redeeming factor in this film was how silent it was and how camera was the main storyteller. It resembled great heist film such as Le Cercle Rouge (1970) or Rififi (1955).

Whether acting or directing, Academy Award® winner Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino) always manages to make it gritty and keep it real. And it doesn't get more real than this fact-driven thriller starring Eastwood as Frank Morris, the cunning bank robber who masterminded the only successful escape from Alcatraz's infamous maximum security prison.