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San Francisco a été un lieu emblématique pour de grands films et séries télévisées. L'une des attractions les plus célèbres n'est autre que l'île d'Alcatraz.

Deux des films les plus populaires sont Escape from Alcatraz et The Rock.

Évasion d'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.

Le Rock

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 est filmé dans une célèbre scène de poursuite en voiture lorsque Alcatraz apparaît en arrière-plan.
  • Le Dernier Gangster. Le personnage d'Edward G. Robinson, Joe Krozak, finit sa vie à Alcatraz pour fraude fiscale.
  • Les rues de San Francisco. La série télévisée classique présentait de nombreuses scènes de rue dans chaque épisode, ainsi que des plans d'Alcatraz en arrière-plan.
  • Birdman of Alcatraz. Le film de Burt Lancaster est basé sur la vie de Robert Franklin Stroud qui a été incarcéré à Alcatraz.
  • Six Against the Rock. Que diriez-vous du film Six Against the Rock, qui met en scène la tentative d'évasion avortée de 1946.
  • Point Blank. Le film néo-noir américain de 1967 sur Alcatraz, qui est devenu un classique culte.

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