Alcatraz (2012)

Alcatraz Island and its many uses (9 movies items)

"Switching between eras, the series focuses on the Alcatraz prison, which was allegedly shut down in 1963 due to unsafe conditions for its prisoners and guards. The show's premise is that both the prisoners and the guards disappeared in 1963 and have abruptly reappeared in modern-day San Francisco, where they are being tracked down by a government agency. "

“Alcatraz, the prison that would earn the nickname the "Rock" was the ultimate American prison. For 29 years, moisture has nested in prison that kept the country's most notorious criminals and put them away from the rest of the world. The thick fog with warning sirens, cold wind and water of the bay Alcatraz made this the loneliest of the prisons. In 1861, Alcatraz started to receive Confederate prisoners, thanks to its natural isolation created by the surrounding waters. They were soldiers, Confederate privateers, and Southern sympathizers. They were confined in the dark basement of the guardhouse and the conditions were pretty grim. The men slept side by side, head to toe, lying on the stone floor of the basement. There was no running water, no latrines. These men were bound by iron chain” read more

“Alcatraz Prison, located on Alcatraz Island, near the bay of San Francisco (California) was one of the safest and most famous prisons in the United States and in which major gangsters were jailed. Such is the case of Al Capone, for example, and of the "Birdman of Alcatraz".

Alcatraz was first a fort and a military prison. Between 1934 and 1963 was a maximum security penitentiary.

Colloquially, it has also been given the name "The Rock", with which also is called in the film of the same name starring Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage.

The fame of Alcatraz security comes from the fact of being on an island and that anyone who wanted to escape had to swim in the cold waters of the bay, at risk of hypothermia or an attack by sharks. However, the Spanish swimmer David ” read more

“The series has been renewed interest in the current public Alcatraz, so much so that the National Park Service has had to install warning signs for public trips. Fans of the television series have split views in an attempt to find the "nerve center" that appears below the prison in the series. The signal states: "The TV show Alcatraz is fictional, many areas it depicts are not real closed areas to protect historic structures and nesting birds.” read more

“For the FBI, one of the most conclusive evidence that the brothers John and Clarence Anglin escaped alive and perished in the frigid waters surrounding Alcatraz prison was the fact that the mother of these received each year until a bouquet death-without-card for his birthday. The other is one that speculates that the brothers attended the funeral of his mother in 1973 disguised as women despite the strong presence of FBI agents waiting.

On the night of June 11, 1962, four prisoners had scheduled his flight from 'The Rock', as it was known since its opening in 1933 the impregnable federal prison located on a bluff overlooking the bay of San Francisco (Northern California) and they began closing in 1963. Alcatraz was considered a high security prison because of their geographical ” read more

2012 (93 movies items)

"Season 1 primi episodi"

What's on the TV tonight? (17 tv items)

"1. kausi aloitettu 2.9.2012 *JÄI KESKEN* Subin tahtiin mennään. Ekan jakson perusteella vaikuttaa ihan OK sarjalta, mut ei mitenkään tajunnanräjäyttävää menoa. -- Joo taisin jaksaa kaksi jaksoo katsoa. Ehkä joskus katon tän läpi, mut nyt ei kiinnostanut. Ideana vaikutti ihan hyvältä sarjalta, mut toteutus jotenki ontui."

Bubs' episodemeter (75 tv items)

" Stopped Seasons: 1 / Episodes: 5"

Watched TV (51 tv items)

"~ The premise was intriguing but this show had no heart."

In Memoriam: TV shows briefly on the air (367 tv items)

"Aired: January 16, 2012 – March 26, 2012 Number of episodes: 13 "

My Television Diary 2012 (112 tv items)

"Stopped watching/cancelled Created by: Elizabeth Sarnoff, Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt Starring: Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Jonny Coyne, Parminder Nagra, Jason Butler Harner, Sam Neill, Robert Forster Status: Cancelled, Season 1 (2012) Up to Episode: 1.04 - Cal Sweeney Last Watched Episode: 4+ Weeks"