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Escape from Alcatraz

posted 6 years ago by fleischwolf (294)
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Did any of you see this 70s movie with Clint Eastwood? Wow, so many things in common with this film. An old geezer sheltering animals, how they dispense of the rubble. Really "inspired" Shawshanks.

[–] strntz (10801) 6 years ago

How would *any* prison escape movie not have many similarities?

[–] fleischwolf (294) 6 years ago

Really, ever prison escape movie has an old codger with a pet animal and the escapee discarding the rubble by dispensing it in the court?

[–] strntz (10801) 6 years ago

Green Mile also had a con with a pet mouse...

Let me ask you this; where would you dispose of the rubble you removed from your tunneling. Eat it? Get a kitchen job and put it in the meatloaf?

[–] fleischwolf (294) 6 years ago

It's just strikingly similar, no way around it.

[–] PaladinNJ (20310) 6 years ago

Down your pants leg. Carry it out to the courtyard.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71672) 5 years ago

The Great Escape!
That's how they got rid of the tunnel dirt👍

[–] Moonglum9 (10709) 6 years ago

Green Mile also had a con with a pet mouse...

Hee-hee-hee. You want some cornbread, Mr. Jingles? Well you can forget it - CUZ I'M GONNA KILL YOU!

[–] strntz (10801) 6 years ago

"All I wanted me was a little corn bread, you motherf***ers! All I wanted me was a little corn bread!" ~ William "Wild Bill" Wharton

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

"How would *any* prison escape movie not have many similarities?"

5 mins ago I saw the dumbest comment on the site , now i've seen one of the best!

[–] PaladinNJ (20310) 6 years ago

Insane thing is someone actually did it: https://www.jpost.com/International/NJ-inmates-make-Shawshank-style-escape