Poll
Question:
What's the best movie set inside a prison or similar facility?
Option 1: The Shawshank Redemption
votes: 9
Option 2: Cool Hand Luke
votes: 2
Option 3: Midnight Express
votes: 3
Option 4: The Great Escape
votes: 5
Option 5: Escape From Alcatraz
votes: 1
Option 6: The Green Mile
votes: 1
Option 7: Papillon
votes: 3
Option 8: Dead Man Walking
votes: 0
Option 9: Hunger
votes: 0
Option 10: In The Name of the Father
votes: 0
Option 11: Write-in (name)
votes: 3
Inspired by the prisoner's grub thread. The film's plot has to take place in and around the prison (i.e. escape attempt scenes) for most of the film, not just a few scenes.
As suggested by the thread title, my vote is for Cool Hand Luke.
:lol:
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Either Sullivan's Travels or I Am a Fugitive from the Chain Gang.
;)
Midnight Express. The tongue spitting scene is one of a kind. Scariest warden ever.
Quote from: Savonarola on August 22, 2016, 07:12:14 PM
Either Sullivan's Travels or I Am a Fugitive from the Chain Gang.
;)
Sullivan's Travels' prison arc is just a small part of the film :contract:
I agree that Chain Gang is pretty great though. Should have put it in.
Quote from: Savonarola on August 22, 2016, 07:12:14 PM
or I Am a Fugitive from the Chain Gang.
Did you ever see the pseudo-remake with Val Kilmer from the 1980s? Charles Durning made a damned good sociopath of a warden. Not as bad a Turkish warden, but Georgia is close enough.
The Shawshank Redemption
Nice thread, lots of good films listed worthy of a viewing.
Just to get in before Valmy, I dibs 'Papillon' :frog:
Shawshank is a great film, but how can the winner not be The Great Escape?
Or the Count of Monte Crisco?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 22, 2016, 08:01:15 PM
Or the Count of Monte Crisco?
Crisco, really? :(
More a revenge flick.
Try Monte Hall.
Monte zuma
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS.
Quote from: celedhring on August 22, 2016, 07:18:45 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on August 22, 2016, 07:12:14 PM
Either Sullivan's Travels or I Am a Fugitive from the Chain Gang.
;)
Sullivan's Travels' prison arc is just a small part of the film :contract:
Small, but crucial; though I do concede the prison scenes are when the film becomes close to the sort of films that Sullivan's Travel is supposed to be lampooning.
Quote]I agree that Chain Gang is pretty great though. Should have put it in.
One of my favorites (not just because the protagonist is an engineer.) Sam Goldwyn famously said "If you got a message put it on a postcard" (that is, don't put it in your movie.) This is one of the very few message pictures of the early 30s that proves him wrong.
Brubaker
Quote from: Habbaku on August 22, 2016, 08:39:32 PM
:perv:
My ex always messed up her movie titles, and kept referring to Elizabeth Taylor in
Blue Velvet. I wish. :lol: Baby wants to fuck, indeed.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 22, 2016, 07:20:21 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on August 22, 2016, 07:12:14 PM
or I Am a Fugitive from the Chain Gang.
Did you ever see the pseudo-remake with Val Kilmer from the 1980s? Charles Durning made a damned good sociopath of a warden. Not as bad a Turkish warden, but Georgia is close enough.
They made movies in the 1980s? :unsure:
;)
No, I didn't know they remade it.
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093485/
Youtube has it in its entirety, but it definitely looks like VHS--
https://youtu.be/sVkcK4qbkgE
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We're bringing out the big guns, are we?
Prepare to be woo-ed by the master.
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and have a cock meat sandwich (https://youtu.be/JnKMKAEvLxM).
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 22, 2016, 07:05:07 PM
:lol:
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:lol:
There's a reason the Great Escape is a cultural cornerstone
Quote from: Tyr on August 23, 2016, 02:00:35 AM
There's a reason the Great Escape is a cultural cornerstone
Is it? I mean, it's a beloved and well-known film, but "cultural cornerstone" seems a bit much. There's really few films I would call "cultural cornerstones".
Yes, what is it a cornerstone of?
Down by Law. :)
Voted Midnight Express, but I don't have any strong opinions on this.
Write in for "Escape to Victory" given the real soft-spot I have for it and it seems to fit the conditions for the poll.
Feel free to laugh at my lack of taste.
Quote from: Agelastus on August 23, 2016, 02:46:44 PM
Write in for "Escape to Victory" given the real soft-spot I have for it and it seems to fit the conditions for the poll.
Feel free to laugh at my lack of taste.
Some Yanks may also complain about your choice of the "European" title. :P
Quote from: Tyr on August 23, 2016, 02:00:35 AM
There's a reason the Great Escape is a cultural cornerstone
Love the Cooler King, but I think I'd put A Man Escaped or The Grand Illusion ahead of that for a POW movie (maybe even Stalag 17.)
I forgot about Stalag 17. Time for a rewatch. :)
Stalag 17 is great. Gotta run a POW movie poll at some point, too. :hmm:
When I was a kid I was addicted to "Colditz". I think that was the first WWII-anything I saw.
Some great films here, not sure I can decide. Maybe I have to re-watch some of these.
Chicken Run :P
Quote from: Brazen on August 24, 2016, 10:52:01 AM
Chicken Run :P
Isn't that covered under
The Great Escape? ;)