The Escapist - Out of Hell

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Movie
German title The Escapist - Out of Hell
Original title The Escapist
Country of production Great Britain , Ireland
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 99 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Rupert Wyatt
script Rupert Wyatt,
Daniel Hardy
production Alan Moloney ,
Adrian Sturges
music Benjamin Wallfisch
camera Philipp Blaubach
cut Joe Walker
occupation

The Escapist is a British - Irish feature film released in 2008 . Director Rupert Wyatt's debut film is about prison inmate Frank and his attempt to escape. The distinctive feature of the film are the two storylines that are told alternately.

The film premiered in 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival . In Germany it was shown at the Britspotting film festival in Berlin . The Escapist was released in British cinemas on June 20, 2008 ; in the US on April 2, 2009.

action

Frank, sentenced to life imprisonment, decides to break out of prison after 14 years. The reason for this decision is his 21-year-old daughter, whom he no longer wants to leave alone after an overdose of drugs. In order to implement his plan, he recruits his "prison brother" Brodie, the brutal Lenny and Viv Batista. Shortly before the outbreak is imminent, Frank receives a visit from his wife, who breaks down wordlessly in tears; it seems clear that his daughter has already died of an overdose after all. The group can find their way into the prison's ventilation and sewage system through a thin wall in the confessional of the prison chapel. They are helped by an impression of the chapel key made by Frank and a diamond from a knocked out tooth. Only two of the group finally make it to a subway tunnel. Since Frank is seriously injured by the prison king Rizza in revenge for his slain brother Tony at the beginning of the attempt to escape, he finally collapses on the way to freedom and bleeds to death. In the final scene of the film, Frank meets his daughter unharmed, but as a teenage schoolgirl. In a flashback, it becomes clear that he did not survive the injury, but only fantasized about his participation in the escape in view of his imminent death.

Special stylistic means

The prison break story is divided into two storylines. One of them begins to break out shortly before Frank's decision and describes the plan. The second begins at the beginning of the film with the active breakout. The storylines are told alternately.

Worth mentioning

The film was shot in 26 days. The extras in the prison were mostly amateur actors and former prisoners who supported the film crew with information from everyday prison life. The film premiered in January 2007 in Great Britain.

The British band Coldplay dedicated their song of the same name, The Escapist , to the film . It can be found as a hidden track on the album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends .

reception

“The prison thriller, told in many flashbacks, reveals the director's style will, but is not immune to numerous clichés. The committed play of the good actors largely makes up for this. "

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for The Escapist - Get out of Hell . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2008 (PDF; test number: 115 880 DVD).
  2. ↑ The Escapist - Out of Hell. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 11, 2014 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used