I know people think it’s a little touristy, but it’s one of my favorite things to do in San Francisco too. Lots of pre-prison history on that island too that you can still find if you know what to look for.
2:05 Now I finally get an old George Carlin joke about the settlers coming to America and saying to the American Indians to "move over, move over, all the way to an offshore island." The History Channel had an interesting show exploring if the inmates made it. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3270269/The-picture-proves-two-inmates-DID-escape-Alcatraz-Notorious-escapees-didn-t-drown-body-surfed-passenger-ferry-freedom-started-farm-Brazil-claims-family.html
Thanks for mentioning Rufe Persful. He is buried near where I live and I make it point to take out of town visitors to his grave and tell them his story.
Does anyone know if they rebuilt the cells to show the digging scenes where they chip away at the walls? I really find it hard to believe they actually destroyed real Alcatraz cells for a movie but I’d love to know
i saw the movie, when the warden order's doc s painting privileges removed he gives a diferent cell number that the one you see in the movie.. how come nobody noticed that..?
You might be thinking of "Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story" which was a 2 part miniseries on TV about 35-40 years ago. It was about being inside Alcatraz from the point of view of Clarence Carnes, the youngest man to be an inmate there.
@@GrinderCB No, this was specifically about the escape and there was initial narrative about the three inmates who escaped. It was made in the 1950s in black and white.
Alcatraz the Whole Shocking Story is my favorite Alcatraz movie. Great cast, gritty, matter of fact and believable. The Clint Eastwood movie is my second favorite.
