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     • Although some interiors had to be recreated at Paramount in Hollywood, much of the movie was actually shot at the disused prison of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
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   Where was Alcatraz filmed?

   • Although some interiors had to be recreated at Paramount in Hollywood, much of the movie was actually shot at the disused prison of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. The crumbling structure needed extensive renovations, which have fortuitously helped to preserve it as a tourist attraction.

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   When was escape from Alcatraz released?

   • Released by Paramount Pictures on June 22, 1979, Escape from Alcatraz received critical acclaim and was a financial success, one of the highest-grossing films of 1979. In early 1960, Frank Morris, a career criminal notorious for having escaped from several previous facilities, arrives at the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island.

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   Where does Alcatraz go in the story?

   • In the story, Alcatraz and his group reach Nalhalla, the location of the Smedry family's home and Crystallia, the kingdom of the Crystin Knights.

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   Is escape from Alcatraz based on a true story?

   • Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American prison thriller film directed and produced by Don Siegel. The screenplay, written by Richard Tuggle, is based on the 1963 non-fiction book of the same name by J. Campbell Bruce, which recounts the 1962 prisoner escape from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island.

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   How to get to Alcatraz?

   • Alcatraz is now a national park and can be visited by boat from Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. Included in the fascinating tour, you can see the dummy head used in the real escape. Trips are understandably popular so, if you want to avoid disappointment, best book ahead.

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   Was Alcatraz a successful escape?

   • On a rock he finds a chrysanthemum flower head and is told by his aide that none grow on Angel Island. A post-script states that the fugitives are never found and Alcatraz as a prison closed less than a year later. The film's final scene implies that the escape was successful, but in fact it remains a mystery whether this is so.

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   Escape from Alcatraz was filmed in San Francisco, California in the United States of America. Final scene with flower In movie. Scene where The warden finds a part of the raft and a flower from Alcatraz Island.

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   Then and Now filming locations in 1978 San Francisco, on Alcatraz Island, from the movie 'Escape From Alcatraz'.

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   The film is set between the arrival of Morris at Alcatraz in January 1960 and his escape in June 1962. Shortly after he arrives, Morris meets the Warden, who remains in office over the course of the entire movie.

7. giggster.com › guide › movie-locationWhere was Escape from Alcatraz filmed? - Giggster

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   The production unit descended upon Alcatraz Island in October 1978 and they filmed at the actual prison for three and a half months. For some of the interior scenes, the filming crew used sound stages at Paramount Studios.

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   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.

9. limelightmagazine.com › 2021/02/26 › filminglocationFILMING LOCATION SPOTLIGHT – “ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ” (1979)

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   Feb 26, 2021 · Today we spotlight some of the filming locations for Escape From Alcatraz (1979), which starred Clint Eastwood and was directed by Don Siegel. The top photo is a screen shot taken from the movie while the photo underneath it is what the location looks like when I visited in September 2014.