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Favourite Prison Movie???

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    #32
    Bret Hart
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    No option for An Inconnect Man ? Disgusting. One of my favourite prison films and not a option as well for any of the Mean Machine versions.Tut tut.


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    #33
    MadDog76
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    Bret Hart wrote: »
    No option for An Inconnect Man ? Disgusting. One of my favourite prison films and not a option as well for any of the Mean Machine versions.Tut tut.

    An Inconnect Man ......... sorry but I've never even heard of it if I'm honest. :confused:


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    #34
    poeticmakaveli
    Registered Users Posts: 254 ✭✭poeticmakaveli


    I seen an innocent man years ago, it's with tom selleck,right?
    I loved lock up, brubaker, escape from Alcatraz, american me, blood in blood out. There was a film years ago I remember I liked, it was with Forrest Whitaker I think and kiefer sutherland.. Eh "life" was brilliant and hilarious with Eddie Murphy & martin Lawrence! Stir crazy was a classic, the hurricane, I could name quite a few more I'm sure but they are just sticking out at the moment!

    just googled it, the name of the Forrest Whitaker and kiefer Sutherland movie was "last light"


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    MadDog76
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    poeticmakaveli wrote: »
    I seen an innocent man years ago, it's with tom selleck,right?
    I loved lock up, brubaker, escape from Alcatraz, american me, blood in blood out. There was a film years ago I remember I liked, it was with Forrest Whitaker I think and kiefer sutherland.. Eh "life" was brilliant and hilarious with Eddie Murphy & martin Lawrence! Stir crazy was a classic, the hurricane, I could name quite a few more I'm sure but they are just sticking out at the moment!

    Oh, An Innocent Man ......... yeah, I've seen it and it's ok ......... but I'd struggle to pick a movie from the Poll to replace with it.


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    #36
    e_e
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    EvSenn wrote: »
    I love Down By Law. But Tom Waits is always a good watch.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rK3s_BP9kE


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    MadDog76
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    The Top Ten Prison Movies of all time as voted by British prisoners on Channel Four's Prison Night.

    10. Midnight Express

    9. Stir Crazy

    8. Scum

    7. The Great Escape

    6. Escape From Alcatraz

    5. Cool Hand Luke

    4. Bronson

    3. Dead Man Walking

    2. The Green Mile

    1. The Shawshank Redemption


    Any surprises?

    Stir Crazy, while a very funny classic movie that I personally love, is a surprise for me if I'm honest.


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    #38
    wositelec
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    "Stir Crazy" is definitely good comedy movie. I remember many excellent prison movies, but I think that serious prison movies are better :-)

    I'm looking for interesting prison episode from unknown TV series, but it was from 90's and I wrote this in correct thread entitled "movie Identification".


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    Birdman of Alcatraz

    Papillon

    Sullivan’s Travels

    Escape From New York :P


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    JP Liz V1
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    Birdman of Alcatraz

    Papillon

    Sullivan’s Travels

    Escape From New York :P

    Not the Remake
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #41
    Robert Jackson
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    Red Heat was a favourite



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    #42
    Montage of Feck
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    Does Escape from New York count as a prison movie? But anyway it got to be Birdman of Alcatraz for me.

    🙈🙉🙊



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    #43
    BaywatchHQ
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    I watched Escape from Alcatraz for the first time last week. I have a signed photo from Larry Hankin which he sent me in the post. I was also surprised to see Old man Marley from Home Alone in it. I was trying to figure out where I recognised his voice from.

    However my favourite prison film is Stallone's 'Lock Up'.



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    Stephen_Maturin
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    Escape from Alcatraz been criminally underrated here



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    #45
    speedboatchase
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    Toy Story 3



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    #46
    bodhrandude
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    In the Name of the Father, McVicar.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #47
    weadick
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    In the Name of the Father got my vote, my favourite Irish movie too.



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    #48
    Hangdogroad
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    A few more that don't seem to have been mentioned.

    Scrubbers, a female Scum. Young Kathy Burke among the cast.

    Prison (1988). Prison set horror movie, early role for Viggo Mortenson. Not as well known as it should be, maybe down to its generic title.

    A Clockwork Orange counts down to the lengthy prison sequence.

    The spin off movie of Porridge, extra points for giving more screen time to Genial Harry Grout, who only appeared in a handful of episodes of the series.





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    z80CPU
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    Darth Randomer


    escape from alcatraz with Clint eastwood as Frank Morris

    memorable line:

    "Are you afraid of ****, or, do ya just hate ****?"



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    Man Vs ManUre
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    No mention of Shotcaller?? I thought it was really good. Very vicious film.



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    #51
    nachouser
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    The Great Escape.

    /thread



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    #52
    Hangdogroad
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    Carandiru, Brazilian movie about a real life prison massacre.



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    #53
    silliussoddius
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    Fortress, 90’stastic futuristic prison move starring Christopher Lambert. Around the same time Ray Liotta had a kind of prison film called No Escape.



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    erlichbachman
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    Outside of the obvious ones, Scum and midnight express would be closer to the top for me due to the memorable performances from Ray Winston and John Hurt



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    #55
    tom1ie
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/97637248#Comment_97637248

    Absolutely second this.

    Brubaker is, for me, the best prison based film- even better than shawshank.



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    #56
    bodhrandude
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    A Sense of Freedom - The Jimmy Boyle Story.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNXzG3SwttY&t=407s


    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    MfMan
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    Somewhat - The Bravados, Lonely Are The Brave (Kirk Douglas' personal favourite).


    Escape From Alcatraz is Shawshank for adults.



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