Murder in the first / Warner Bros. presents a Le Studio Canal+ production in association with the Wolper Organization.

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In this fact-based story, a convict is confined to the dungeons of Alcatraz for three years in isolation after a failed escape. When he at last emerges from the total darkness, he's confused, savage, barely human, and he immediately kills the stoolie who ratted on his escape. It's an open-and-shut c...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
Studio Canal+
Wolper Organization
Other Authors: Slater, Christian
Bacon, Kevin, 1958-
Oldman, Gary
Rocco, Marc
Macy, William H., 1950-
Gordon, Dan, 1947-
Frydman, Marc
Wolper, Mark M.
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [1999], ©1999.
Edition:Widescreen format.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Prisons > Drama.
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California > Drama.
Trials (Murder) > California > Drama.
Feature films.
Legal films.
Prison films.
Feature films > United States.
Feature films > France.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California.
Prisons.
Trials (Murder)
California.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Legal films.
Prison films.
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
In this fact-based story, a convict is confined to the dungeons of Alcatraz for three years in isolation after a failed escape. When he at last emerges from the total darkness, he's confused, savage, barely human, and he immediately kills the stoolie who ratted on his escape. It's an open-and-shut case of Murder One. But his resolute attorney puts Alcatraz and its sadistic associate warden on trial in his client's behalf.
Note:Originally released as motion picture in 1994.
Videorecording.
Call Number:9W9 D0001190 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Rated R.
ISBN:0790741660
9780790741666
Credits:Music, Christopher Young ; co-producer, Deborah Lee ; editor, Russell Livingstone ; production designer, Kirk M. Petruccelli ; director of photography, Fred Murphy ; executive producers, David L. Wolper, Marc Rocco ; writer, Dan Gordon ; producers, Marc Frydman, Mark Wolper ; director, Marc Rocco.
System Details:DVD, region 1, full screen or widescreen presentation; Hi-fi English and French Dolby surround stereo ; digitally processed.
Participant or Performer:
Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, Brad Dourif, William H. Macy, R. Lee Ermey.