Escape from Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan. From TMDB
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60 of 194 · most liked firstI may have context for this! Last night WPBT in Palm Beach broadcast the 1979 Clint Eastwood film "Escape from Alcatraz."
unlabelledView post →i don’t think i’ll ever get over how the morning after the movie Escape From Alcatraz played on television in south florida, donald trump proposed bringing back alcatraz as a prison. just unreal levels of insanity that this is how the president comes up with policy
unlabelledView post →"Incidentally, the president’s sudden push for the tourist destination of Alcatraz to once again become a maximum-security prison complex came just hours after a South Florida PBS station aired the 1979 classic film Escape from Alcatraz. The president spent the past weekend... in Palm Beach."
unlabelledView post →Guess when the film “Escape from Alcatraz” was released!
unlabelledView post →You might be a moron if you are watching the movie "Escape from Alcatraz" and then you think it's a good idea to reopen the Alcatraz prison. #TrumpIsAMoron
unlabelledView post →Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Directed by Don Siegel starring Clint Eastwood Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward and with Danny Glover making his film debut.
unlabelledView post →Escape from Alcatraz was the movie on pbs this past Saturday Totally on brand to cut all funding to pbs and then steal an idea from pbs programming
unlabelledView post →I live in South Florida. On Saturday night, looking for a film to watch, we stumbled onto Escape From Alcatraz on WPBT. It hooked us - it's an entertaining film! When Trump posted on Sunday about reopening the prison, we thought it was an insane coincidence. Until we thought about it for a minute
unlabelledView post →Clint Eastwood's final film: ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ WITH AN EMPTY CHAIR
unlabelledView post →Trump orders rebuilding and reopening of defunct US prison Alcatraz. > Washington (AFP) – US President Donald Trump said Sunday he had directed officials to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz prison, the notorious federal jail based on a small island in California that closed six decades ago. > "REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!" the Republican wrote on his Truth Social platform. >"Today, I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen…
unlabelledView post →Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Directed by Don Siegel
unlabelledView post →Just learned Trump watched "Escape from Alcatraz" the night before he announced his "re-open Alcatraz" policy. Next he'll watch the Keanu Reeves surfing/bankrobbing movie. Then expect ICE's new mandate to be going undercover in MALIBU to catch all those wily undocumented immigrants.
unlabelledView post →Trump Says He Wants Alcatraz Restored as a Prison; The project would be extraordinarily expensive at a time when the administration already plans to cut billions of dollars from the Justice Department. Alcatraz has been run as a park for the past several decades. You can catch a ferry from San Francisco and go for a tour. It is not functional as a prison at this time. [Some PBS stations aired the movie Escape From Alcatraz shortly before this pronouncement from…
unlabelledView post →He saw the ripped raincoats in the movie and assumed it was sharks, he is terrified of sharks (from the Escape from Alcatraz plot summary on Wikipedia)
unlabelledView post →Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Directed by Don Siegel starring Clint Eastwood Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward and with Danny Glover making his film debut.
unlabelledView post →What movie would you show to Trump to get him to emit another brainfart policy like he did when he saw Escape From Alcatraz? Tell us using #CinemaMarALago – best suggestion wins an OGWN mug.
unlabelledView post →And I said what about Escape From Alcatraz? She said I think I remember the film. As I recall I think we both kinda liked it. And I said well that’s the one thing we’ve got...
unlabelledView post →The 1979 Clint Eastwood film ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ was playing on local Palm Beach television when the Mad King got his half-baked idea and issued his decree.🙄
unlabelledView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Capricorn One (continuing my challenge to watch every 70s paranoia/conspiracy movie), Escape from Alcatraz, Bringing Up Baby, Harry In Your Pocket
unlabelledView post →Remember that this is only happening because Trump watched the movie Escape from Alcatraz the night before on local TV and then posted the idea on Truth Social.
unlabelledView post →Ok, ok. When he announced reopening Alcatraz, I happened to see the post within minutes, I said to my wife, “I bet that fucker was watching “Escape from Alcatraz this weekend” I was joking, because of course that can’t be true…. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
unlabelledView post →Someone pointed out that a local tv station in Palm Beach, where Trump was on Saturday night, played the movie ‘Escape From Alcatraz’.
unlabelledView post →PBS is for everyone. Remember when Trump mused about reopening Alcatraz last week? That came about because he saw the movie “Escape from Alcatraz” on a PBS station in Florida last weekend. You can’t make this shit up.
unlabelledView post →This entire idea is so stupid that it’s painful just to think about it. Trump only got this idea because the 1979 movie Escape From Alcatraz was showing on local Palm Beach TV.🙄
unlabelledView post →Trump pooped out on Truth Social that he wanted to rebuild Alcatraz... because he'd watched 'Escape from Alcatraz' that night. Total "memory care unit" stuff here. www.thedailybeast.com/moviemaker-d...
unlabelledView post →Actually, didn't one person escape which is why they made the movie Escape from Alcatraz? It is funny that the man who pardons every violent criminal he likes is talking about Law & Order while being a 34 time convicted felon.
unlabelledView post →@robertandrewp.bsky.social “I live in South Florida. On Saturday night, looking for a film to watch, we stumbled onto Escape From Alcatraz on WPBT. It hooked us When Trump posted on Sunday about reopening the prison, we thought it was an insane coincidence. Until we thought about it for a minute”
unlabelledView post →🤦 🤦 🤦 If you're wondering why President Grandpa says he wants to re-open Alcatraz... The Clint Eastwood film "Escape from Alcatraz" was shown on a South Florida PBS station the night before the announcement. Trump was at Mar-a-Lago most of the weekend. deadline.com/2025/05/trum...
unlabelledView post →Trump announced Alcatraz reopening just hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on a South Florida PBS station-1979 film starring Clint Eastwood about the daring 1962 escape attempt aired on the local PBS channel just 6 hours before the president made his demand that the prison be reopened/wire svc
unlabelledView post →Favorite film for each year of the 1970s: 1970: Wanda 1971: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1972: The Hot Rock 1973: Paper Moon 1974: The Conversation 1975: Jaws 1976: Mikey and Nicky 1977: Close Encounters... 1978: La Cage aux Folles 1979: Escape from Alcatraz What are yours? #Filmsky 📽️🎞️🎬
unlabelledView post →I guess everyone's favourite prison drama is Shawshank, but there's plenty other good ones, from Escape from Alcatraz to McVicar. Tom Blyth and David Jonsson both deliver powerful performances in Cal McMau's tough drama Wasteman, in UK cinemas Friday 20th 2026. 4/5 film-authority.com/2026/02/16/w...
unlabelledView post →Just like his recent viewing of Escape from Alcatraz and then thinking it would be a brilliant idea to reopen the prison, he must have also recently watched the Barbie movie and now thinks Mattel is an actual place… or person… or whatever. He’s a complete idiot!
unlabelledView post →www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... From @justinbaragona.bsky.social: Trump's "push for the tourist destination of Alcatraz [...] came just hours after a South Florida PBS station aired the 1979 classic film Escape from Alcatraz. The president spent the past weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort"
unlabelledView post →Escape from Alcatraz (great movie btw) was on cable tv last night in case anyone is wondering
unlabelledView post →@omacolt.bsky.social #AugustMovieChallenge Aug 11 Prison in a movie Escape from Alcatraz 1979
unlabelledView post →It’s probably just a coincidence that Donald Trump announced plans to re-open San Francisco’s Alcatraz prison shortly after the movie “Escape from Alcatraz” aired on PBS. In completely unrelated news, here are ten other recent proposals from the Trump Administration…
unlabelledView post →Trump announced Alcatraz reopening just hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on a South Florida PBS station The 1979 film starring Clint Eastwood about the daring 1962 escape from the Alcatraz prison www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
unlabelledView post →How much you want to bet both his movie tariff and Alcatraz decisions came after catching Escape From Alcatraz (1979) last night?
unlabelledView post →Why did Trump decide to reopen Alcatraz? Because he saw the Clint Eastwood film 'Escape from Alcatraz' on Saturday night. Dear,oh dear.
unlabelledView post →Finding out that the movie Escape From Alcatraz aired on a channel Trump is known to watch, the day before he announced reopening Alcatraz is one of the most SNL IRL moments I've ever seen
unlabelledView post →The story goes that Escape from Alcatraz was rhe featured movie on the local network covering Mar a Lago over the weekend. In other news... https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a64672569/trump-tariffs-movies/
unlabelledView post →I still can't get over that his policies are the result of what he watches on TV. I'm not talking about his watching the Sunday morning political shows. I'm talking fictional movies in prime time that result in new US policies. [At 9pm on Saturday WLRN aired "Escape from Alcatraz"](https://bsky.app/profile/chocomingo.bsky.social/post/3lofrx4mtn22f). On Sunday another Trump policy was announced: he was re-opening Alcatraz prison. This is at least the second time that people have figured out…
unlabelledView post →#AugustMovieChallenge Day 11 - prison in a movie Escape From Alcatraz (1979) #filmsky #moviesky ...Frank Morris and two other convicts make a daring escape from Alcatraz prison in a bid to cross San Francisco Bay on a makeshift raft to Angel Island...
unlabelledView post →Had a debate with the Mrs earlier about which prison film has the fella using nail clippers to start digging a tunnel. I said Shawshank and she said Escape from Alcatraz. I googled it and discovered she was right but I told her I was right. It's the small wins that matter.
unlabelledView post →Escape from Alcatraz, the movie. It was on PBS South Florida over the weekend when Trump was at Mar-a-Lago. In fact, he made his announcement just hours after it aired. 🤡
unlabelledView post →Trump saw the movie 'Escape from Alcatraz' which aired Thursday night in Florida. Over the weekend Trump announced that "I was supposed 2 B a movie maker. It represents something very powerful. Sing Sing & Alcatraz" SPOILER Alcatraz was closed 21 March 1963 because of the $B's 2 repair. 25th time?
unlabelledView post →#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMovies 'Escape from Alcatraz', a 1979 American feature film directed by Don Siegel, based on the book by J. Campbell Bruce. #Photography
unlabelledView post →#AugustMovieChallenge Day 12 Prison in a movie Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
unlabelledView post →Upon hearing the news, I knew he must have seen a movie this weekend, but I assumed it was “The Rock,” thinking “Escape from Alcatraz” was too slow and moody for Trump.
unlabelledView post →Like the weekend he was at mar a lago and watched Escape From Alcatraz on the pbs south Florida classic movie of the week, and for four days it was the only thing he could talk about. He’s senile.
unlabelledView post →Trump watched the 1979 movie "Escape from Alcatraz" starring Clint Eastwood at 9 pm Sunday night on local Palm Beach TV before making that statement on Monday. That is how he is making decisions now.
unlabelledView post →Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz because he's demented and likely watched Clint Eastwood's 'Escape from Alcatraz' just hours before. I refuse to believe this is a coincidence. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
unlabelledView post →Grok: ____ The film Escape from Alcatraz (1979) aired on PBS on May 3, 2025, at 9 PM, as part of their "Saturday Night Movie" programming on NinePBS.
unlabelledView post →It is now being reported that shortly before deciding to reopen Alcatraz Trump watched the movie Escape from Alcatraz. He even said clothing was found on the shore torn by sharks which was in the movie but never happened in real life. He has a definite break with reality.
unlabelledView post →apparently the movie Escape from Alcatraz played on TV in F47's home town recently...
unlabelledView post →Guess what the 9:00p movie was on broadcast tv station in the palm beach area Saturday night? Escape from Alcatraz True story.
unlabelledView post →And that movie was most likely “Escape from Alcatraz” with Clint Eastwood.
unlabelledView post →Escape from Alcatraz movie been on my mind a lot lately. And mad max fury road. People are dying... how many children are there? What did they ever do to yall? Shout out to Patricia Okoumou for climbing statue of liberty last time around trumperinos did this. Raising awareness important.
unlabelledView post →Apparently Trump saw Escape from Alcatraz just before he said to reopen the prison. Well I watched the movie last night, and they talk about how they're able to pick through the walls because of all the salt water corrosion and disrepair from an older prison... Great movie though.
unlabelledView post →Trump saw Escape From Alcatraz on tv, then started talking about reopening Alcatraz (true story). He must have watched the movie Greenland and decided he wants it. The moron in the WH has the intelligence and emotional maturity of a 5th grader and we are all stuck with his whims thanks to the GOP.
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