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San Francisco è stata un luogo iconico per grandi film e telefilm. Una delle attrazioni più celebri è l'isola di Alcatraz.

Due dei film più popolari sono Fuga da Alcatraz e The Rock.

Fuga da 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 roccia

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 viene ripreso in una famosa scena di inseguimento in auto quando sullo sfondo compare Alcatraz.
  • L'ultimo gangster. Il personaggio di Edward G. Robinson, Joe Krozak, finisce in prigione ad Alcatraz per evasione fiscale.
  • Le strade di San Francisco. La serie televisiva classica presentava in ogni episodio molte scene di strada e inquadrature di Alcatraz sullo sfondo.
  • Birdman of Alcatraz. Il film di Burt Lancaster si basa sulla vita di Robert Franklin Stroud, incarcerato ad Alcatraz.
  • Sei contro la roccia. Che ne dite del film Six Against the Rock, che mostra il tentativo di fuga abortito del 1946.
  • Point Blank. Il film neo-noir americano del 1967 su Alcatraz, diventato un classico di culto.

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