Documentary, Drama
Dramatic Escape follows inmates at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Upstate New York, as they attempt to mount a behind bars production of A FEW GOOD MEN. Tracing the inmates' steps from auditions through their curtain call, we are witness to their journey - both as individuals and as a players ensemble. All of the obstacles involved with putting on a stage production on the outside become all the more difficult behind bars. Hear the inmates' stories and candid retelling of the crimes that landed them in prison. Witness their everyday struggle with what they have done and listen as they contemplate whether redemption is ever achievable either to themselves or to the outside world.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Mutiny in the Big House
Linç
Bronson
Foxfire
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
The Lovers on the Bridge
Women in Prison
They Call Us Monsters
The Shawshank Redemption
La Strada
Bandyta
Johnny Handsome
The Prisoner
Ariel
Instinct
American Me
Animal 2
Traitor
Felon
From Prison: Young Devil Worshipers
SIMILAR MOVIES
Mutiny in the Big House
IMDB 4.4 | Oct , 1939
A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison...Linç
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1970
The film tells the story of a convict who fights against the injustice of prison management. Arap Kadir is new to prison. He earns prison leader Fethi’s trust in no time thanks to his honesty and audacity. But Arap Kadir is left with no protection when Fethi is exiled to another prison. Seeing this as an advantage, the management decide to bring Arap Kadir to his knees.Bronson
IMDB 7 | Mar , 2009
A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.Foxfire
IMDB 6 | Aug , 1996
The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 1990
Recently released from a mental hospital, Ricky ties up Marina, a film star he once had sex with and keeps her hostage.The Lovers on the Bridge
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 1991
Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind.Women in Prison
IMDB 3.5 | Oct , 1978
Two women end up in prison because of they fell for the same two timing con man. When they discover each other all hell breaks loose.They Call Us Monsters
IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 2016
Behind the walls of the Compound, LA’s most violent juvenile offenders await their trials. To their advocates, they’re kids. To the system, they’re adults. To their victims, they’re monsters. Who are they to you?The Shawshank Redemption
IMDB 8.7 | Sep , 1994
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.La Strada
IMDB 7.9 | Sep , 1954
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.Bandyta
IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 1997
Shipped off to a Romanian orphanage to finish his sentence, a British criminal finds romance but also discovers corruption inside the facility.Johnny Handsome
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 1989
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.The Prisoner
IMDB 10 | Jun , 2013
Sonny and Dub once shared a cell. Now Sonny is a free man, but Dub is on death row and sentenced to be executed in a matter of days. As Sonny comes to visit Dub one last time, Dub has one last dying request for Sonny.Ariel
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1988
After the coal mine he works at closes and his father commits suicide, a Finnish man leaves for the city to make a living but there, he is framed and imprisoned for various crimes.Instinct
IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 1999
In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.American Me
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 1992
During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. But his old gang buddies force him back into his old habits.Animal 2
IMDB 5.5 | Sep , 2007
Now serving a life sentence for murder, James "Animal" Allen returns to fighting for cash in order to help his troubled son on the outside. However, with his newfound fame as a fighter, Animal uncovers a jailhouse conspiracy that threatens to cause racial tensions to explode.Traitor
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 2008
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer Samir Horn.Felon
IMDB 7.2 | Jul , 2008
A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.From Prison: Young Devil Worshipers
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1989
Devil worship? Could it be real? Follow up to Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground.