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ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ with Jesse Thorn

ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ with Jesse Thorn

FromA Degree Absolute!


ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ with Jesse Thorn

FromA Degree Absolute!

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Length:
104 minutes
Released:
Aug 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Maximum Fun? More like maximum security! Maximum Fun podcast network founder and San Francisco native Jesse Thorn joins us this week to tunnel through the crumbling walls of Escape From Alcatraz, the 1979 Clint Eastwood-starring dramatization of the real 1962 prison break, featuring Patty McG as…The Warden. Stunt casting doesn’t get any stuntier, though Glen and I differ on exactly how much The Artist Formerly Known Only as Number Six contributes to the 115-minute picture in his roughly 10 minutes of screen time.   Escape From Alcatraz Directed by Don Siegel Screenplay by Richard Tuggle Based on the book Escape from Alcatraz by J. Campbell Bruce Released June 22, 1979   Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead   "Folsom Prison Blues" (Live at Folsom Prison, January 1968) written and performed by Johnny Cash  
Released:
Aug 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (50)

Critics Chris Klimek and Glen Weldon both loved the late-60s British sci-fi series "The Prisoner" in their formative years, but they haven't seen it in a long time and they're not at all sure how it will play in a 21st century rife with with "alternative facts" and militant individualism at the expense of social responsibility. One thing is certain: Run-DMC were clearly influenced by the vocal patterns of Patrick McGoohan, and that malicious weather balloon is still eerie as hell. Wait, that's two things. Join them for this illuminating rewatch!