San Francisco ha sido un lugar emblemático para grandes películas y programas de televisión. Una de las atracciones más célebres que aparece es nada menos que la isla de Alcatraz.

Dos de las películas más populares son Fuga de Alcatraz y La Roca.

Fuga de Alcatraz

Released in 1979, this film features Frank Morris (played by Clint Eastwood). This hardened con had a history of prison breaks and was sent to serve the rest of his life sentence at Alcatraz — America’s most infamously brutal and inescapable, maximum security prison. Morris quickly realizes the prison’s dehumanizing effects and clashes with its cruel warden (played by Patrick McGoohan). Fed up with life at Alcatraz, Morris and two convict brothers (Fred Ward, and Jack Thibeau) meticulously plan the unthinkable: an escape from the Island. Take a look at the trailer.

La Roca

Stanley Goodspeed (played by Nicolas Cage) is an FBI chemical warfare expert who is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason (played by Sean Connery), to stop General Francis X. Hummel (played by Ed Harris) from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. General Hummel demanded $100 million in war reparations to be paid to the families of slain servicemen who died on covert operations. After their SEAL team is wiped out, Stanley and John deal with the soldiers on their own. Check out the trailer.

 

 

 

 

Of course, most of us are familiar with the aforementioned, high-profile movies, but what are some of the other films and TV shows that popularize this infamous Island? To save you time, we’ve compiled a quick list of the films or TV shows we know of that were shot with Alcatraz making an appearance somewhere in the film’s scenes.

• Bullit. Steve McQueen es filmado en una famosa escena de persecución de coches cuando Alcatraz aparece en el fondo.
• El último gángster. El personaje de Edward G. Robinson, Joe Krozak, acaba cumpliendo condena en Alcatraz por evasión de impuestos.
• Las calles de San Francisco. La clásica serie de televisión presentaba muchas escenas callejeras culminantes en cada episodio, así como tomas de Alcatraz en el fondo.
• Birdman de Alcatraz. La película de Burt Lancaster se basó en la vida de Robert Franklin Stroud, que estuvo encarcelado en Alcatraz.
• Seis contra la Roca. Qué tal la película Seis contra la Roca, que muestra el intento de fuga abortado de 1946.
• A quemarropa. La película neo-noir estadounidense de 1967 sobre Alcatraz, que se ha convertido en un clásico de culto.

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