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Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

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Escape from Alcatraz

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Featured in

    • "Sneak Previews" Rocky II/The In-Laws/Lost and Found/Escape from Alcatraz/The Main Event (TV Episode 1979)

      Clips shown
    • Hero at Large (1980)

      As the bus comes into town, the theater marquee shows Clint Eastwood and Escape from Alcatraz.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Hollywood's Hidden Stars (TV Episode 1990)

      A clip is shown.
    • "MythBusters" Escape from Alcatraz/Duck Quack/Stud Finder (TV Episode 2003)

      Clips of this movie are shown
    • "Hollywood Science" Escapes (TV Episode 2003)

      One of the films featured in this episode

Features

    • Hell Is for Heroes (1962)

      The movie being watched by the inmates in the theater

Followed by

    • Out of Alcatraz

Referenced in

    • The Blues Brothers (1980)

      on theater marquee
    • Brubaker (1980)

    • "The Facts of Life" The Secret (TV Episode 1981)

      Tootie mentions the title
    • All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood (TV Special 1986)

      Mentioned by Monty Hall introducing Don Siegel
    • Memories of Videodisc (Video 1986)

References

    • The Great Escape (1963)

      Both prison governors use the metaphor of keeping all rotten eggs in one basket.

Spoofed in

    • "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" French/Escape from Koopatraz (TV Episode 1989)

      The segment "Escape from Koopatraz" is a parody of "Escape from Alcatraz".
    • Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

      The papier-mache head left in Suzy's bed resembles the fake heads left in Escape from Alcatraz
    • "Housos" Jailbreak (TV Episode 2013)

      Franky calls the movie "Escape on Alcatraz".
    • "Phineas and Ferb" The Return of the Rogue Rabbit/Live and Let Drive (TV Episode 2013)

      The OWCA prison has the acronym OWCA-traz

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