Alcatraz (2012)

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6.7	Rating (138 ratings)
6.9	IMDB rating

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Paul A. Edwards

Charles Beeson

Starring (View all)

Sarah Jones
Detective Rebecca Madsen 13 episodes, 2012

Jorge Garcia
Dr. Diego Soto 13 episodes, 2012

Jonny Coyne
Warden Edwin James 13 episodes, 2012

Parminder Nagra
Dr. Lucy Banerjee 13 episodes, 2012

Sam Neill
Emerson Hauser 13 episodes, 2012

Cameron K. Smith
Alcatraz Guard 2 episodes, 2012

Leon Rippy
Dr. Milton Beauregard 12 episodes, 2012

Jason Butler Harner
Deputy Warden E.B. Tiller 10 episodes, 2012

Written by (View all)

Steven Lilien
(13 episodes, 2012)

Elizabeth Sarnoff
(13 episodes, 2012)

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14 years, 5 months ago at Jan 27 6:23

Jessica

Interesting concept, though it feels a little like "The 4400", "Crossing Jordan", and "Lost", with the air of mystery. Then again, it's a Bad Robot production. Not bad, so far, and I have seen the first two episodes. Definitely intriguing, though I can see how it might go sour after a while if they cannot keep it fresh and interesting (kind of like what happened to "Alias", another Bad Robot sh... read more

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13 years, 8 months ago at Oct 15 20:51

arkkangabriel

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 t... read more

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13 years, 8 months ago at Oct 15 20:52

arkkangabriel

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... read more

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Description: Alcatraz is an American television series created by Elizabeth Sarnoff, Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, and produced by JJ Abrams and Bad Robot Productions. The series originally premiered on Fox on January 16, 2012, as a midseason replacement. The change between the eras, the series focuses on the Alcatraz prison, which was closed in 1963 allegedly due to dangerous conditions for prisoners and their guards. The premise of the show is that both prisoners and guards have disappeared in 1963 and reappeared suddenly in San Francisco today, where they are being tracked by a government agency. The series stars Sarah Jones, Jorge G Alcatraz is an American television series created by Elizabeth Sarnoff, Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, and produced by JJ Abrams and Bad Robot Productions. The series originally premiered on Fox on January 16, 2012, as a midseason replacement. The change between the eras, the series focuses on the Alcatraz prison, which was closed in 1963 allegedly due to dangerous conditions for prisoners and their guards. The premise of the show is that both prisoners and guards have disappeared in 1963 and reappeared suddenly in San Francisco today, where they are being tracked by a government agency. The series stars Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill and Parminder Nagra. The series was canceled on May 9, 2012.On 21 March 1963, 256 prisoners and 46 guards vanished from Alcatraz Island prison without trace. To cover up the disappearance, the government invented a story about the prison is being closed due to unsafe conditions, and officially reported that the prisoners had been moved. However, the federal agent Emerson Hauser (Sam Neill), a young police officer in charge of the San Francisco transfer of prisoners to the island in 1963, is one of the first to discover that the inmates are really missing and not transferred . In today's San Francisco, the "63s" (as missing inmates and guards are called) begin returning, one by one. Strangely, it has not aged at all, and have no clue about their missing time or his whereabouts during the missing years, however, seem to be returning with compulsions to find certain objects and to continue their criminal habits. Even stranger, the government has been waiting for his return, and now runs Hauser secret government unit dedicated to the pursuit of returning prisoners, this unit was created long waiting for the statements of the prisoners. To help track down and capture returning prisoners, police detective enlists Hauser Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones) and Dr. Diego Soto (Jorge Garcia), a published expert on the history of Alcatraz prisoners and their ... (more)

Release date: 16 January 2012

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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. "

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"In what would turn out to be Alcatraz’s final episode, Sarah Jones’ main character Rebecca Madsen supposedly dies (spoiler alert) and it is revealed that the show-premise phenomenon occurring at the prison is happening all over the country. Two big cliffhangers, zero resolution."